Slasher Magazine Summary: Publication No. 315 - Autumn/Winter 1983
The scanned images of the Slasher were produced by and courtesy of the Forest Research library staff based at Alice Holt, Surry, where the original copies are located.
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 2009.
Falklands Tree Probe Under Way
Dr Alan Low, Principal Silviculturist at the Forestry Commission Northern Research Station, Roslin, recently returned from a three-week study tour of the South Atlantic archipelago. He believes there is some prospect of successful shelterbelt and amenity tree panting in the Falkland Islands, but the potential for wood production is very limited.
Picture: Dr Alan Low after his Falklands trip.
Seeds Set Up A Golden Harvest Of £750,000
The Forestry Commission has almost completed its biggest ever harvest of conifer seeds - one that will reduce import bills and provide the opportunity for export sales, with the possibility of British Sitka spruce being used in Canadian forests. Douglas Clark, Commission Seed and Plant Production Officer said “This is the best Sitka spruce seed harvest we have ever had”. Chief Forester Alan Henderson said “We knew we were heading for a good crop”. This was thanks to the co-operation of all staff and relatives – wives, mothers and children. Topping the league for the heaviest harvest on Sitka cones is the Commission’s West Argyll forest of Knapdale where 2,200 bags of cones were gathered.
Picture: A mountain of cones.
Postbag
A letter from Christopher Elliott of the Chest, Heart and Stroke Association, requesting personal stories of recovery.
A letter from M.L. Pearce, Research Chief Forester, Westonbirt Arboretum, Tetbury, commenting on the article by Mr Evans “Laws of the Land” (Slasher, Spring 1983).
A letter from Mrs E.L. Cook of Eastleigh, Hampshire who is trying to trace a Scottish forest known as “Jessievale”. Her friend lives in a district in Southern Africa known as New Scotland where there are farms with names such as Busby, Lochiel and Jessievale.
Sandy Greig, H&M, HQ, is looking for back numbers of the now defunct “Journal of the Forestry Commission” which was an annual research / practical forestry booklet. The last one, numbered 36 was printed in 1969.
Sir Dudley’s Ride
The Forestry Commission has named a forest ride in the New Forest to honour the services to the forest rendered by Sir Dudley Forwood Bt who retired as Official Verderer last year.
Picture: Plaque and plinth with Sir Dudley Forwood and Lady Forwood; Conservator Charles Begley; Maldwin Drummond, Chairman of the New Forest Consultative Panel; Nicolas Banister, Deputy Surveyor of the New Forest; Donn Small, retired Deputy Surveyor; Lord Manners, Official Verderer.
Raft Race
Members of the North West Conservancy Office Social Club entered the raft race in Chester. They raised £127.75 for the Chester and District Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus.
Picture: The NW Conservancy crew were Carol Hewitt, Jane Stanley, Howard Davies, Martyn Potton and Colin Walsh.
Let's All Share Your News
The new editor of Slasher appeals for timely news articles for publication and lists the regional correspondents who will collect the news stories.
Conference In Focus
George Holmes, Director General, addressed the International Union of Forestry Research Organisations (IUFRO) Conference in Edinburgh. The conference was organised by NRS and led by Dr George Moeller, US Forest Service and leader of the IUFRO Group concerned.
Picture: Delegates at the IUFRO conference in Edinburgh.
Campsite of the Year
Glencoe was chosen as the Campsite of the Year by the Automobile Association.
Picture: Ian Herd, Regional Manager of the Automobile Association for South Scotland, presents the Campsite of the Year award for Glencoe to Mr D.Y.M. Robertson, Conservator, West Scotland.
Julian Pens A Winner
The James Cup was awarded to Julian Evans for his article in the April 1982 issue of the Quarterly Journal of Forestry entitled "Silviculture of Oak and Beech in northern France”. The award was made during a visit by the Kent branch of the Royal Forestry Society to Ham Street Woods national nature reserve.
Picture: Julian Evans with the James Cup.
The Raj Takes A Final Bow
A Welsh forest is to feature in a major television production about the last days of the British Raj in India from 1942-1947.
The film, due to be screened next year has been four years in the making and Head Forester G.A. Philpot, explains how the Forestry Commission became involved. Parts of Dyfi Forest and the Forest Centre were taken over by Granada Television to finish filming the £8,000,000 production “The Jewel in the Crown”. It is a dramatisation of Paul Scott's epic story, The Raj Quartet” and has been adapted for television by Ken Taylor. The article contains some amusing anecdotes from the film-making.
Pictures: Actress Dame Peggy Ashcroft in a rickshaw and the film-makers recording the scene.
Getting In The Know About That Transfer
Details of a Transfer Register for staff to record their desire to serve in a specific location. The register would be consulted when vacancies in the area arise.
Forest Fuel - It's An Education
In conjunction with the TGEW Ltd., Mendip’s Forestry Commission Exhibit at this year’s Royal Bath and West Show at Shepton Mallet won first prize in the forestry section, together with a special award. The theme of the exhibit was “Fuel from the Forest”.
Amazing Feller That's Douglas
Douglas Finnigan, Forest Worker at Loch Ard in West Perthshire, came fourth in the National Tree Felling Contest held near Dunoon.
Survey Reveals More Losses In Private Forestry
Losses in private forestry increased during 1981 according to the results of surveys by the Department of Forestry, University of Aberdeen. The article contains an analysis of costs.
European Advice
International authorities on forestry and its related industries believe the United Kingdom should grow more timber and manufacture more timber products. That was the view expressed by participants on the Timber Committee of the Economic Commission for Europe's first study tour in the UK.
A Piece Of History Brought To Life
Historic Queen’s House, the headquarters of South East England Conservancy was formally opened on 30th June 1983 after standing empty for five years, while major repairs and restoration were carried out. Lt. Col. Sir James Scott, Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire, was accompanied by Sir David Montgomery and followed by guests and staff. Sir James unveiled a plaque commemorating the event and congratulated the Forestry Commission’s architect.
Picture: Queen’s House.
Queen Opens Pavilion
The Forestry Commission's new log cabin-style pavilion in the forestry section at the Royal Welsh Showground was opened by Her Majesty the Queen. The pavilion, built of locally grown softwood timber from Brechfa, Crychan and Brycheiniog forests, with Douglas fir used for the main support beams, spruce for the walls, roof, ceiling and floor, and Japanese larch for the ramp posts and rails. It was a joint North and South Wales Conservancy venture under the guidance of Roger Bradley, Senior Officer, Wales, with John Everard, Assistant Conservator H&MS (W), the project leader and Derek Baylis, Recreation Planning Officer, North Wales, the Clerk of Works. The pavilion was built in ten weeks by four Forest Craftsmen: Site Foreman Roger Noch, Ganger, Brechfa; Elwyn Davies, Forest Craftsman, Brechfa; Jim Gittoes, Forest Craftsman, Irfon; Rex Jones, Forest Craftsman, Crychan.
Picture: The Queen attending the Show.
Prince At The Village
The Nant Gwrtheyrn Trust, formed to restore an abandoned quarry village on the coast of the Llyn Peninsular, and to use the accommodation to further Welsh language and culture, asked the Prince of Wales Committee for advice and a grant. The Committee approached Mr Summers, Conservancy Engineer N(W) for advice in improving the access. A plantation was offered for sale under the current disposal programme, which was accepted.
Minister Defends Glen Affric Sale
The Secretary of State for Scotland, George Younger, has defended the Forestry Commission decision to sell back into private ownership 11,696 hectares of Glen Affric in West Inverness-shire.
Shotton Site Under Way
Site work has started at the new paper mill at Shotton, North Wales. The United Paper Mill’s plant is due to come on stream in mid 1985.
Picture: The contract being signed.
A Royal Honour For Jackie Fettis
The Lord Lieutenant of South Yorkshire, Mr Gerard Young presented the British Empire Medal to Mr Jackie Fettis, voluntary warden at Wadworth Wood. Conservator North East England, Tony Spencer spoke of Jackie’s unstinting service to the Forestry Commission since the early 1950s.
First In Chain
Four employees from the Dean entered the chainsaw contest at the Three Counties Show and the winner was Mark Edwards, son of the foreman Charlie.
Unions To Set Out Forestry Reviews
The TUC is to draw up a detailed statement on forestry issues with unions concerned for submission to the government.
Mister Magic With A Camera - Don MacCaskill On A Forest Walkabout
In the article in this issue of “Slasher”, Don MacCaskill says “It’s often easier to shoot them with a gun than it is to get them with a camera, but I prefer my trophies on film”.
Pictures: (1) An old Scots pine. (2) An otter. (3) A family of Forest Red Deer. (4) Peregrin falcon female with her family. (5) Buzzard and family. (6) Young badgers emerging at dusk. (7) Loch Lubnaig at dawn.
A Matter For Consideration
Important changes in the Forestry Commission’s retirement policy have been started recently, following the proposal by the management structure review group.
Pensions And The Overseas Connection
The Pensions Department of the Overseas Development Administration (ODA) wishes to identify those officers who, having served overseas as members of the Colonial Service or HM Overseas Civil Service, on permanent and pensionable terms with British Colonial Governments, subsequently transferred to the UK Civil or Public Service and who, when they retire, will be entitled to separate overseas service pensions.
Honour For A Driver
Bill Smith, a tractor driver (H&M) at Thetford, who assisted in running industrial first-aid training courses in the district, and is Area Superintendent of the Breckland St John Ambulance, having been invested as an Officer of the Venerable Order of St John, in which he had previously been a Serving Brother. Bill has been a member of St John for 30 years and his investiture was carried out in London by the Lord Prior Sir Maurice Dorman.
Award From a 'Trespasser'
The Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire got special permission from his counterpart in Leicestershire to “trespass” 200 yards to present Frank Cornell with the British Empire Medal, awarded in the Queen's Birthday Honours list. Frank lives in Lincolnshire, but the site for the presentation was the Clipsham Yew Tree Avenue, which Frank has tended for the past 10 years. It is just inside the Leicestershire border.
Pastures New: David Robertson
Conservator David Robertson has left West Scotland to take up the post of Director Wales in Aberystwyth.
Cheers To A Great Victory at Cricket
The Forestry Commission NE(E) won against North East Timber Merchants Association in a match held at Pickering, North Yorkshire. The Place Cricket Cup, which has been played for since 1953, came back to the Commission for the first time since 1977. John Richardson for the Commission was hero of the afternoon.
Tale Of Woe From Our Unsung Heroine (With Poem)
Heather Boyd of Fort Augustus has written a poem about her duties as Clerkess.
The Great Glasgow Safari
West Scotland Conservancy office staff went on their annual Sitka spruce safari to Glencoe accompanied by heavy rain. Visibility was nearly nil when their train passed through the breathtaking scenery on the West Highland line. Rain and midges met them at Rannoch Moor. Then on to the Glencoe Visitor Centre where the rain took a break.
Picture: View from Glencoe Forest, looking down Loch Leven.
Moving Up And On At The Commission
The Queen has approved the appointment of Mr Gwyn Jones Francis as Commissioner for Harvesting and Marketing at the Forestry Commission in succession to Mr Dallas Alfred Mithen, who retires in November.
Angus Maxwell, Chief Forester in charge of Crychan Forest for the past twelve years has succeeded Ian Watt as District Officer for the Llandovery Forest District.
Archers Target
Kings Forest, Thetford was the venue for the 1983 European Field Archery Championships. The three 28-target courses were designed and constructed by Forester Geoff Southgate, a member of the local club, Kings Forest Bowmen, and his wife Dorothy who is secretary of the International Field Archery Association.
Welcome Caroline Jones
Caroline Jones is the new EO Welfare Officer at HQ, on promotion from N(W) Conservancy Office, Aberystwyth.
Picture: Caroline Jones.
Ray's On Course For Run Success
Among the thousands of runners in the Glasgow Marathon was Ray Cameron, EO, H&M Section, Inverness. He finished in 2 hours 36 minutes, just 19 minutes behind the winner and in 55th place. The Highland Scanner Appeal benefitted by £130 in sponsorship money. His first participation was in the Moray Marathon in August, where he finished fifth in 2 hours 52 minutes from a field of 190, despite the 80 degrees temperature.
Sports News
Picture: Kenny Fergus (Drawing Office) prepares to show how the team won the trophy. The other squad members are: Gerry Cannon (Office Services), Alex Cowan, Club Captain (Finance), Sandy Lyon (Secretariat), Eric Urquhart (FMD), Alan Wilson (Purchasing), Dave Stewart (Computers) and Geoff Freedman (Engineering).
Westonbirt Winners
A cricket challenge shield was presented in 1980 by Alice Holt Lodge CC for annual matches against Westonbirt Arboretum CC. Alice Holt won the shield in 1980, 1981 and 1982, but Westonbirt won the match in August.
Our Model Forest
Work is progressing well on the Forestry Commission’s “Model Forest” exhibit for the Liverpool International Garden Festival. The miniature forest is based on a section of Dyfi Forest in North Wales.
Calling Golfers
East Scotland Conservancy held a golf outing at Elgin Golf Course and a special prize of an Ash Bowl was donated by timber merchants James Jones & Sons Ltd., Larbert. The Ash Bowl was awarded to the handicap winner Graham Menzies of the Newton Nursery Research Branch, who returned nett 70 in adverse weather conditions. A further outing was held at Edzell and the handicap winner was Head Forester David Douglas, Drummond Hill Forest, who returned 69 off a handicap of 4.
Trees On Increase
Britain's farmers are planting more trees and the increased interest in woodlands could be linked to increased prosperity in agriculture.
Marathon Runners
Edinburgh Marathon runners from HQ were Garry Duncan (3 hours 14 minutes), Derek Hall (3 hours 35 minutes), David Howard (3 hours 24 minutes) and Keith Ball (4 hours).
Picture: David Howard, Keith Ball, Derek Hall and Garry Duncan.
Bowling
A rink from Dumfries, representing Scotland, won the International Championship in the Civil Service Bowling Association finals held at Penarth, Cardiff. The rink was skipped by Jim Byth from South Scotland Conservancy Office. Billy Gordon, Forest Craftsman, Ae, played second and Davie Cronie, Tipper Driver at East Roads, played third. The lead was Jim Pirrie, local manager of the Unemployment Benefit Office.
Picture: Jim Byth, Dave Cronie, Billy Gordon and Jim Pirrie with the trophies won.
Tench Record Broken
For the second time in two years, the Scottish record for Tench has been broken, by a visitor fishing in Forestry Commission owned waters. Mr R. Curtis of Carnaby, Bridlington, caught a fish weighing 5.25 lbs in June from Spectacle Loch in Penningham Forest, Galloway, South Scotland.
In Search Of The Nation's Wild Cats
The Forestry Commission is assisting in a survey of Britain’s wildcat population. The project, undertaken by Dr Nigel Easterbee of the Nature Conservancy Council, is to determine the status and distribution of the wildcat (Felis silvestris) and the incidence of hybridisation with domestic or feral cats.
Picture: A wildcat.
Triple Silver Victory In The South
The Forestry Commission’s South East England Conservancy has won three Silver Medal Certificates in the annual woodlands and plantations competition sponsored by the Royal Agricultural Society of England. The certificates were presented by Princess Alice at the Royal Show. The New Forest was awarded two of the certificates and Micheldever Forest received the third certificate.
Mr Peachey – Or Is It Mr Mayor?
Fred Peachey, Ganger at Micheldever Forest, who retired in 1975 is now the Mayor of the City of Winchester.
Yompers Take The High Road To Hi-Jinx
Seventy five fit and not-so-fit men and women competed in the first Coed y Brenin Yomp. Organised by members of the Dolgellau District and Coed y Brenin, the competitors came from a wide variety of organisations within Gwynedd.
Leaving
Tony Horn, Head Forester, Private Woodlands, Suffolk, has left the Commission after 31 years’ service to take a post in private forestry in the same area. A former Lynford Hall student, he spent time in various capacities with Research Division and he worked in the Chilterns.
Mrs Heidi Few has left the Commission following the amalgamation of Lavenham and Walden Forests. She has served for 19 years as Forest Clerk at Walden, Essex.
Donn Small OBE, Deputy Surveyor, New Forest, has left the post after 12 years. He received public recognition of his conservation work in the New Forest with the award of OBE in 1977 and the visit to the New Forest by the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh in 1979. He also received a Special Mention Certificate in the Queen Mother’s Birthday Awards, which were set up to mark the 80th birthday of Her Majesty.
Retired
Don Barrett, Land Agent at Cardiff, has retired after 31 years’ service with the Commission. He joined the Commission at York in 1952, moving to Cambridge in 1959, then Cardiff in 1971.
Pat Winchester, District Officer, Peak and Sherwood District, has retired after 34 years’ service with the Commission. Pat went to Edinburgh University in 1938-1939. He was appointed District Officer in charge of New Forest, Ringwood and Ferndown in 1949. He transferred from Malvern to the North Lakes District in 1957 and returned to Chester as Recreational Planning Officer in 1973 after a 5 year spell in SW(E) at Taunton. Pat was presented with a scroll, giving directions for dancing The Foresters’ Reel, a Scottish Country Dance composed by Mrs Maidie Winchester, Pat’s mother, on the occasion of the FC Headquarters move to Edinburgh in 1973.
Maldwyn Thomas, Plant Operator, Newtown Roads, N(W), has retired after joining the Commission in 1947 with a road construction gang, and except for a period from 1950-1954, when he was employed on extraction of timber, he remained with the Roads branch until his retirement.
Bob Robson, Ganger, North Tyne, has retired after 35 years’ service with the Commission.
John Jones, Head Forester, Clocaenog, has retired after 46 years’ service with the Commission, starting in Gwydyr Forest in 1937.
Don MacCaskill has retired after 45 years’ service with the Forestry Commission.
Gilbert Jones, Forest Craftsman at Tywi Forest since 1947 has retired.
Ralph Leitch, Ganger, Glencoe, has retired after 31 years’ service with the Commission. He spent most of his service at Glengarry, but was transferred to Glencoe in 1976 to take up the post of Campsite Warden.
Jack Scorgie, Senior Ranger, Glencoe, has retired after working as a Forest Ranger in Glencoe for the past 22 years.
Ron Watkinson, Chief Forester, New Forest, has retired. Apart from his time at the Dean Forester Training School, Ron spent all of his service in South East England. He went to the New Forest as Head Forester from Bucklebury in 1969.
Picture: Ann Stower, Maurice Woollaston, Derek Howard, Ron and Rose Watkinson, Charles Begley and Alan Ray.
John MacArthur (Johnnie MacArthur), SRI, Achaglachgach, has retired after first joining the Commission in 1932. In 1938, the “boys” in the squad were “invited” to find other work. After War service he rejoined the Commission at Achaglachgach. After a short break, he was back with the Commission as a Ranger.
Eric Lewis, Area Civil Engineer, Bellingham, has retired after joining the Commission in 1969, as Research Engineer at HQ Basingstoke. He transferred to Bellingham in 1974.
John Cooper, Forester, has retired after 33 years’ service with the Commission, all in the South East Conservancy. An alumnus of the Dean School, John was on the staff of Queen Elizabeth Forest for eleven years.
Jack Wilson, Head Forester, Stonleigh, has retired after 37 years’ service with the Commission. After War service, he served at various forests in the NW(E) Conservancy. He is the Assistant Curator of the British Forest Heritage Trust project.
Alec Lockhart, Chief Forester, has retired after 38 years’ service with the Commission. He attended forester training in the New Forest and at Gwydyr, then served at Culbin, Strontian and Shin. He transferred to the newly amalgamated forest of Eden in 1978.
Margaret Wood, Forest Craftswoman, Clatteringshaws Forest, has retired after 27 years’ service with the Commission.
Bill McGivern, Chief Forester, Bennan, has retired after 36 years’ service with the Commission. He joined the Commission in 1947 as a Forest Worker before attending the Glentress School. He served at Ae and Edgarhope before returning to Glentress in 1966 as Head Forester.
Jock White, Mobile Crawler Tractor Operator, has retired after 17 years’ service with the Commission. He joined the Commission in 1966 as a Forest Worker at Laurieston Forest (now named Fleet Forest), until 1969.
Les Howe, Private Woodlands Head Forester, Kent, has retired.
Graham Semple, Principal Forest Officer, Kielder, has retired after 36 years’ service with the Commission. His early years were spent mainly in SW(E), later service was at Silviculturist (S), then Silviculturist (N) at the newly established NRS.
Bob Waters, Alice Holt, has retired after joining the Commission in 1937.
Roger Twallin, Alice Holt, has retired.
Wilson Lloyd, Forest Craftsman, Gwydyr, has retired after 47 years’ service with the Commission. His service was interrupted by a period of four years as a Bevin boy at Llay Main Colliery, Wrexham.
Les Howard, Leading Ganger, Tair Onen, has retired after 48 years’ service with the Commission. He began in Suffolk in 1935 and returned to the forest after War service. In 1955 he was transferred to Tair Onen Nursery in South Glamorgan as Ganger. He became the Senior Ganger in 1972 after the closure of the Nursery and amalgamation of four units into Tair Onen Forest.
Jim Thomson, Research Chief Forester, Research Division, has retired after joining the Commission as a Forest Worker in 1939. He began a research career in the Sample Plot section in 1946, and travelled all over Britain in this role. At Benmore, Jim was in charge of the West Scotland area for Silviculture (North) and made an important contribution to the Kilmun Arboretum, among other duties. He moved to Newton in 1955 and in 1970, he was promoted to Chief Forester at the Northern Research Station.
Picture: Jim Thomson and his wife Florence planting a Dawn Redwood in the grounds of the Northern Research Station.
Ian Watt MBE, District Forest Officer, Llandovery, has retired after 35 years’ service with the Commission. After graduating in Forestry at Aberdeen University, Ian joined the Commission in 1948. He served as District Forest Officer at Perth and Acquisition Officer at Edinburgh. Later, he returned to Perth for 15 years before transferring to Llandovery in 1970.
Sydney Farquhar, Senior Ranger I, has retired after 25 years’ service in ranger duties at Forest of Deer.
Picture: Sydney Farquhar at his retirement presentation with Conservator E(S) Ian Grant, colleagues and friends.
John Davies OBE, has retired. He joined the Commission after the war and was a District Officer in North Wales for eight years until 1958. He had a similar appointment with the West Scotland Conservancy, and became Assistant Conservator, then Conservator. He moved to Dumfries in 1971. At a separate ceremony, a mature Douglas Fir tree in Bennan Forest by the banks of Loch Ken, was renamed the “John Davies Douglas Fir” in recognition of the service he gave to forestry.
Wally Rosher, Workshop Manager, Santon Downham, has retired after 37 years’ service with the Commission’s East England Conservancy in Thetford Forest. He began as a Lorry Driver, then became Foreman in charge of the workshops and rose through the grades to PTO III.
Perce Munday, Savernake Forest, has retired after a long service with the Commission.
Fred Beasley, Savernake Forest, has retired after a long service with the Commission.
Amby Buhil, Savernake Forest, has retired after a long service with the Commission.
Picture: Displaying their Long Service certificates with an accumulation of 104 years’ service between them are Perce Munday, Fred Beasley and Amby Buhil with Conservator John Fletcher.
Obituaries
Ray Pallet, former District Forest Officer, Carmarthen, who retired in 1962, has died aged 82. He joined the Commission as a Forest Worker at Salcey Forest in East England in 1921. After attending the Dean Forester Training School in 1924-26, he transferred to South Wales, serving at Tintern before moving to Tair Onen. He became Head Forester in charge of the Nursery in 1941 and was promoted to District Officer in 1944. He served at Monmouth, Aberystwyth, Brecon and Carmarthen.
Charles Barrington former Conservator SE(E), has died. He was Private Woodlands Officer in NW(E) in 1948 and was appointed Conservator. After a spell in HQ at Savile Row, he became Conservator SE(E).
Ted Gardner, Survey Forester with Field Surveys Branch in S(W), has died aged 62. He joined the Commission working in Forest and Training Branch in N(W) and Training Branch in SE(E).
Graham Fletcher, Low Loader Driver at Heathhall Workshops, South Scotland, has died aged 54. He had 32 years’ service with the Commission in Kielder and South Scotland.
Reg Lawes, former Forester at Bere, has died aged 81. He started working for the Crown Office of Woods in 1916.
Alec Clark, former Foreman Mechanic, has died aged 84. He joined the Commission in S(S) as a Mobile Mechanic in 1949 and became Foreman Mechanic in 1954, where he remained until his retirement in 1963.
Tom Anderson, has died aged 92. He joined the Commission in 1924 as a Forester, having previously worked in the Office of Woods from 1919. He was A/DO in 1940, seconded to the Ministry of Supply in 1941, returning to the Forestry Commission in 1946.
Ted Aspinall, North West England, has died aged 58. He spent his entire 35 years’ service with the Commission in North West England and had close associations with Delamere where he was the Nursery Forester.
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