North Scotland Conservancy senior staff at Stome
Photograph courtesy of David Paterson, Edinburgh.
David’s photograph shows senior North Scotland Conservancy staff at a demonstration (thought to be in Strome Forest circa 1962) of the newly introduced and modified Isachsen Winch by the Work Study team led by Stan Forrester (DO1).
Note: DO refers to grade District Officer who, when in the field, managed a district containing several forests each of which had a head forester in charge and later some chief foresters in charge following forest amalgamations. There were two grades of DO ie 1 and 2 the latter mainly being assistants. (Forest Officer (FO) grades were created after 1983 following amalgamation of Forester and District Officer grades with District Forest Officer (DFO) being the head of a District and Forest Officers 2, 3 and 4 lower down the grades).
The people can be seen more clearly in the large image but the numbers refer to the following names:
1. Ron Marnie (DO Fort William)
2. Alan Ray (hidden at back – Assist DO Fort Augustus)
3. Jock Chrystall (Divisional Officer - South)
4. Fred McAllan (Head Forester – Strome Forest)
5. Jimmy Denholm (Forester – South Strome on BSA)
6. Stan Forrester ( DO Work Study branch)
7. Jack Massey (DO Affric to Glen Urquhart District – Cannich)
8. John A Dickson (Conservator North Scotland)with walking stick
9. Sandy Morrison (Acquisition Officer, North Scotland)
10. George Taylor (DO Wester Ross to Skye District – Dingwall)
11. Alan F Mackay (DO Easter Ross/Black Isle District)
12. John Ogilvie (DO East Inverness District – Culloden)
13. Finlay MacRae (DO Fort William)
14. Callum Nicolson (Admin and Finance Officer, North Scotland)
15. Joe Huntly (hidden at back Assist DO Dornoch District)
16. John Drummond (DO Fort Augustus)
17. Bob Innes (Divisional Officer – North)
18. Ian A D Grant (DO Dornoch District – Dornoch)
David gives a few notes from his memory of the future locations of some of the above staff.
Ron Marnie after Fort William, then Fort Augustus, later Training Officer then DFO Buchan.
Alan Ray after Fort Augustus later is South England.
Jack Massey after Cannich to South England then Bristol.
Sandy Morrison after Conservator East Scotland, was Director Land Use and Planning in HQ then finished as Conservator Mid Scotland.
George Taylor was Conservator East Scotland in 1983/84 and later went on to become Conservator South Scotland in enlarged structure.
David Paterson later Principal Silvicultural Operations in FM Division, HQ then Princ.of Silvicul (North) in Northern Research Station at Roslin.
John Abernethy Dickson was later Director General of FC.
Alan Mackay was later Assist Conservator North Scotland (combined with East Scotland by that time).
John Ogilvie later DO at Fort William then transferred to South Scotland.
Joe Huntly was later DO at Stirling but tragically died in drowning accident at Dunbar.
John Drummond was later at Dumfries.
Ian Grant was later to become Conservator East Scotland.
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