Forestry Memories

Head Forester Willie Skene retirement 1968

Head Forester Willie Skene retirement 1968

Date Added: 05 December 2008 Contributor: Norman Davidson Year of Photo: 1968 Picture No: 433

Cutting retained by Emslie Wilson, Greenness, Turriff

Newspaper cutting of Willie Skene’s retirement in Nov 1968 after 36 years service with the FC.

Select the PDF button below the image to read a bit more about the early history of Delgaty Forest.
After the history was written in 1952 Delgaty Forest expanded by the acquisition of areas of land at King Edward (Wood of Balchers), Wood of Wrae outside Turriff, a series of areas near Cuminestown (Minister’s moss, Waggle Hill, Greenness, Castlehill), some scattered blocks near Fyvie (Rappla Wood, Camalynes, ??) and more areas at Methlick (Gight, Badiebath, Wardford, Polesburn, Crimmond Hill, Long Hill and blocks around Tanglandford).

After 1969 Delgaty Forest was amalgamated with Forest of Deer.


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