BBC Transmission Van at Glentress Forest

Date Added: 02 August 2018 Contributor: Norman Davidson Year of Photo: 1973 Picture No: 4146

The photographs are courtesy of Stuart Mitchell, Peebles area, who formerly worked at Glentress Forest.

The Forestry Commission skidder tractor driven by Andrew Thomson is towing BBC outside broadcast van up to Glentress mast to relay the Selkirk Sevens rugby series. The registration number of the van JLD644K? Indicates that this event happened possibly around 1972/75.

Does anyone else remember this happening?

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Groups: Forestry Areas, Timber harvesters, processors, forwarders and cable cranes

2 Comments

Hi there u have any old photos people worked glentress 1970s or 1980s eg Brian Ewart or Jim Hamilton or Welsh Hamilton or Andrew Thomson? Comment left on 10 July 2020 at 18:25 by Bruce Parry

Hi Bruce, Unfortunately not very many photographs so far from Glentress area but if you put names into the search box just above the picture you might get some. Welsh Hamilton is featured in Photo No 4167

All the best, Norman Comment left on 11 July 2020 at 08:10 by Norman Davidson

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