Forestry Memories

Glentress Forestry School, Class of 1947-49

Photograph is part of Bill Stoddart’s collection of images taken when he was a lecturer at several Forester Training Schools. The photographs were handed in by his daughter Lilian Allan at the Forestry Memories drop in day at Huntly on 11 June 2010.

It has been difficult to put name the students in this photograph but the indications are that this is almost certainly the Class of 1947-49 and cross references with some details of Tom Johnstone’s account in Henry Smith’s booklet.

(It is possible this photograph may have been taken in 1948 rather than the end of the course for the 1947-49 class in 1949. There is another photograph No 697 which shows the instructor staff in the same attire and same landscape background but with another group of students which have not been identified but could be the 1946-48 class)

Some of the people have been named as follows.

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3. Angus Maxwell (See comments)
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8. Pat Gallagher (See Comments)
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11. Malcolm Scott (See Comments)
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13. Tom Johnston? (See Comments)
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18. Tom A Robbie (Head of Forestry School)
19. Norman Tulloch (Instructor)
20. Bill Stoddart (Instructor)
21. John Mackay (Instructor)
22. Jimmy Wilson
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27. John/Jack Roe (see comments)
28. Darcy Black?
29. Dally Duncan (See comments)
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33. Bob Hart

Tom Johnstone goes on to name other students – Alec Piper, Joe Metcalfe, David Bridges and Don Slater.

Any help to name other students or update information would be very welcome.

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Groups: Forester Training Schools and Universities, Groups of people

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