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found these pics and thanks to ronnie mackay approx 1982 dozers and boxes belong to gateway shovel and poclain are a&d sutherland from thurso

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Great Period shots Wullie,

Thanks for posting them

Nick

Brilliant photos. I particularly like the shots of the Poclain.

Brill pics Wullie,you don't see many D6 and boxes.They're doing a tidy job too.What is a 'fascally park brora'?

fascally park is the name of the rugby pitch and brora is the name of the village nicky

thanks wullie

Great "in action" shots Wullie

Dont see the Ford loading shovels very often either. (When were they built from / to ? )

Is Brora not a distillery up on the east coast heading up towards Wick

Cheers for photos (Ive got a few from Scrabster ? on the North coast to add when i find them )
Dave

Theres a distillery in brora but yr in the right place.Look forward to seeing yr pics of scrabster.Dont no much about fordy shovel but when i asked an old friend the reply i got was SCRAP

volvoabdn wrote:Theres a distillery in brora but yr in the right place.Look forward to seeing yr pics of scrabster.Dont no much about fordy shovel but when i asked an old friend the reply i got was SCRAP

Heres the Scrabster photos (scanned)





Thought i had more but only found these

Clynelish Distillery is next door to Brora distillery, I called in on the way past a few years ago Nice windy scenic coast road ok in good weather but poor in bad weather.

Carn be many of the Fords left now, as dont think they were a popular make.

Dave