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In Pictures: The North-east’s peat industry

by Ryan Cryle
14/02/2018, 4:34 pm
1947: Workers gather the peat cuttings.
1947: Workers gather the peat cuttings.
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We’ve taken a look back through our archives and dug up these images of the North-east’s peat industry over the past few decades.

1947: Workers gather the peat cuttings.
1930s: Peats at the side of the road near Aberdeen.
1964: William Calder, of Moss Grieve of Lyne of Skene Peat Moss, supervises the cuttings.
1987: Peat is loaded on a ship heading for Sweden
1977: Scott Smith shows off some peat cuttings at New Pitsligo.
1985: Edward Stuart puts his machine through its paces.
1986: George Gow on a peat cutting machine near New Pitsligo.
1977: Alex Wiseley gathers peat, which will be burned to flavour malted barley to make whisky.
1977: Gordon Milne dries out some peat stacks.
1947: Workers prepare to transport the peat.

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