Ferintosh Folk

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Ferintosh Photographs - People of the Parish

View some really interesting photographs of the people of the parish.  They give a real insight into life in the late 1890s and early 20th century.

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Clearing snow in winter
Clearing snow in winter
Clearing snow in winter
Harvesting in the 20th Century with traction engine JS1237 and threshing machine.
Skinner family at work on the harvest - photo 2
Skinner family at work on the harvest - photo 3
Lifting straw bales near Findon (2003).
Fields await the plough at Leanaig Farm (Feb. 2003).
Farm near Findon.
Traditional binder and modern tractor - photo 1
Combining gets under way in the Black Isle
Harvesting
Harvesting
Stooks go through the threshing machine
Old gives way to new
Combining gets under way in the Black Isle
Combining gets under way in the Black Isle - even at night
Traditional binder and modern tractor - photo 2
Loading square bales on a trailer
No stooks: modern equipment provides bales square and round.
Skinner family at work on the harvest - photo 1
Dropping off a round bale
Baling
Trailer of square bales
But there's nothing quite like the sight of two Clydesdales at work at Daviot Vintage Working Day.
Ploughing Match at Findon Farm prepares the ground for the following year's crop.
Ploughing Match at Findon Farm
Clearing snow in winter
Clearing snow in winter
Clearing snow in winter
Harvesting in the 20th Century with traction engine JS1237 and threshing machine.
Skinner family at work on the harvest - photo 2
Skinner family at work on the harvest - photo 3
Lifting straw bales near Findon (2003).
Fields await the plough at Leanaig Farm (Feb. 2003).
Farm near Findon.
Traditional binder and modern tractor - photo 1
Combining gets under way in the Black Isle
Harvesting
 
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Alexander Ross, Bog of Findon (b.1838)

In August 2020 Ross and Cromarty Heritage received an interesting email from Katie Izat regarding her great-great-great uncle, Alexander Ross. 

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Alexander Ross and his wife Jane Innes, taken c.1873.

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