Photo - Forestry workers in Woodland, Beecraigs
code: LVSAV1998.041.012
Description
Black and white photograph of a group of young men, one with an axe, standing in front of some forest, Beecriags
1 of 14 black and white photographs from the 1950s taken in forests then owned by West Lothian water board, of the propping squad (Scottish Oils), employees (water board) and students.
Scottish Oils Ltd managed softwood plantations owned by the Water Board at Beecraigs, in the Bathgate Hills. Timber was cut by the Scottish Oils propping squad to produce pit props for the shale mines
Related records
Title | Collection Code | Collection Code Part |
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Photo - Young Boys Standing with a Horse at Beecraigs | LVSAV1998.041 | .001 |
Photo - Young Boy with Axe, Chopping Beecraigs Forest | LVSAV1998.041 | .002 |
Photo - Group of Young men in Forest, Beecraigs | LVSAV1998.041 | .003 |
Photo - Young Men Building a Fire, Beecraigs | LVSAV1998.041 | .004 |
Photo - Young Men with Log Truck, Beecraigs | LVSAV1998.041 | .005 |
Photo - Young Man on Horseback | LVSAV1998.041 | .006 |
Photo - Three Men Playing Football, Beecraigs | LVSAV1998.041 | .007 |
Photo - Man with Two Dogs | LVSAV1998.041 | .008 |
Photo - Four Men on Hay | LVSAV1998.041 | .009 |
Photo - Group of Young Boys, Sitting on Logs | LVSAV1998.041 | .010 |
Photo - Group of Men in front of Forest, Beecraigs | LVSAV1998.041 | .011 |
Photo - Forestry workers joking with an Axe | LVSAV1998.041 | .013 |
Photo - Robert Johnston in a Ferguson Tractor | LVSAV1998.041 | .014 |