A working life in the Pitmedden Forest

Post date: Feb 12, 2015 9:32:27 PM

From young axe-wielder to wise harvester Jimmy Swan has worked for the Forestry Commission for 41 years. He spoke with great knowledge and humour to a full house about the changes he had experienced in working practices, advances in technology, trends and fashions in planting. His energy and love of work shone through as he took his audience from the early 1920s through projected changes to Pitmedden up to 2147 discussing the shifting balance between commercial and recreational uses.