Slasher Magazine Summary: Publication No. 227 - November 1966
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The content summary below was very kindly compiled by Diane Birkett, Bedfordshire. See PDF attachment link below the text to view the full document. A total of over 400 issues were produced between 1948 and the final issue in 2010.
Obituary
Tributes and memories of Mr Bert Spencer, Head Forester whose death was announced last month.
Mr William Tribe (Bill Tribe), retired former Head Forester at Cannock has died in his 81st year.
Retirement
Mr M.V. Edwards, Silviculturist (North) has retired after holding the post for 14 years.
Presentation
Mr M.V. Edwards, Silviculturist (North) retirement presentation.
Instant Trees
Last month, Basingstoke was the chosen venue for the Civic Trust's demonstration of the transplanting of semi-mature trees. Commission chairman Mr Leslie Jenkins was one of the principal speakers at the conference which reflected the growing enthusiasm for trees in landscaping.
The reference in the September issue of Slasher to "instant trees" (It Happened in the 1890s)" resulted in some interesting references to earlier transplanting, including: -
Mr M.S. Allcock, Head Forester, Dunnerdale, North West England mentions John Evelyn's publications.
Mr A.A. Scott, Emery Down, New Forest mentions Sir Henry Steuart of Allanton's "The Planters Guide or A Practical Essay on the Best Method of Giving Immediate Effect to Wood by the Removal of Large Trees and Underwood".
Mr E.J. Inglis, Conservancy Mechanical Engineer, South West England provides an extract from a guide to the Villa Hugel (the home of the Krupp Family) issued in 1945 by the North German Coal Control, referring to an avenue of trees in the Villa Gardens at Essen.
Convince or Confuse - Welsh is a Useful Language
A correspondent writes about a party of South Wales foresters on their way by train to Switzerland. They inadvertently settled in a first class carriage. Realising their error, they decided to stay as the train was rather crowded. They heard the ticket collector approaching their carriage and were discussing their predicament in Welsh.
The ticket collector explained, in German, that their second class tickets were not valid in a first class compartment. The foresters answered in Welsh, with some blank stares. The ticket collector tried speaking in English, as the tickets had been issued in London. Again, the response was in Welsh. Using French, then several other languages, with responses always in Welsh, the ticket collector stormed out muttering "Ach! Diese Leute sind zu Dumm, zu Dumm" ("These people are too stupid, too stupid").
The foresters wished him away with "Cered i uffern boi bach" ("Go to hell my boy").
Their travelling companion to whom at Zurich they had wished "Auf wiedersehen und gute reise" ("Goodbye and have a good trip") exclaimed "Sie sind nicht zu Dumm, Sind sie? Auf wiedersehen" ("You are not so stupid, are you? Goodbye").
Hats Off To The Bull
In 1962, sixteen Charollais bulls were imported from France and have accounted for an extra 29,000 tons of beef worth nearly £9½ million, according to the Milk Marketing Board.