FCA Magazine (FCRA News) - Issue 17: August 2002
FC staff Retirement Association magazine. The content summary below was very kindly compiled by Diane Birkett, Bedfordshire. See PDF attachment below the text to view the full document. A total of 77 issues were completed between 1997 and the final issue in 2023.
Issue 17: August 2002
Articles
Blast That Tree!
Tony Burns tells some humorous stories of Jock Low and his influence on young students at FTS.
Go to Prague
The suggestion of a place to visit.
Christmas Lunch
A photograph of the North Wales Group members who enjoyed a Christmas lunch at the Port Merion Hotel.
Where Are the Early Conservationists?
University of Nottingham’s School of Geography is researching how and why concern for the environment developed in England in the post war years. Studies are being carried out in Norfolk and Herefordshire.
Wartime Stories
George Marshall, who retired as FOI at Thetford Forest has a wartime story about Rendlesham Forest in 1944.
Life in Retirement
Geoff Waygood writes about his life in retirement.
The Ballad of Jack William’s Tractor
A ballad from Ken Broad who started with the FC as a forest worker in South Wales in 1953 and finished as District Forester (Private Woodlands) in Somerset and South Devon Forest district.
One Tree
A reminder that the One Tree project exhibition is at its last venue, The Geffrye Museum, Hackney, London until September.
News From the North
John Keenleyside reports on the golden wedding anniversary of Finlay and Joey MacRae and the diamond wedding anniversary of Sandy and Jean McIntosh.
Do You Remember This Tractor?
More on the search for vehicle histories.
Jock …… again!
Jock remembers the GCI flume on Loch Eck being replaced by the sectional aluminium chute.
Forester Training Schools
Henry Smith’s compiled recollections of FTS are selling well.
Who is Active in the FCRA?
An analysis of the active FCRA members.
Welcome to Retirement
Ron Elliott (Edinburgh)
Thomas Massey (Petersfield)
Shirley Petherick (Tintern)
William Steele (Kielder)
Elizabeth Grant (Aviemore)
Sandra Lamb (Penicuik)
Edward Baker (West Harling)
Harold Beaver (Plympton)
Edward Munro (Fochabers)
Henry Murray (Huntly)
George Picktall (Gatehouse of Fleet)
Eon Roberts (Capel Curig)
Paul Craig (Drumnadrochit)
Brynmor Hughes (Dolwyddelan)
Gerald Davies (Cinderford)
Farewells
Frank Adams (Thetford) aged 72 retired 1994
Colin Fergusson (Tarbert) aged 82 retired 1983
Kenneth Mackenzie (Portree) aged 93 retired 1973
Mary Mackenzie (Strathcarron) aged 71
John Martin (Dunbeg) aged 87 retired 1979
Alexander Mitchell (Aberdeen) aged 83 retired 1983
Stewart Walter (Kirkcudbright) aged 76 retired 1985
George Lawson (Brandon) aged 88 retired 1979
Neville Lee (Chester) aged 75 retired 1973
Alexander Skene (Elgin) aged 77 retired 1984
Elizabeth Albrighton (Aberystwyth) aged 83 retired 1979
Alan Ive (Basingstoke) aged 82 retired 1983
Leslie Marshall (Marlborough) aged 81 retired 1985
Francis Pearn (Padstow) aged 85 retired 1981
Obituaries
An extract is printed of Peter Garthwaite’s obituary from “Woodland Heritage”.