Ferintosh Libraries

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Book Library

While building this site we have accumulated a lot of information that we felt was best gathered together in different books.  We hope you will enjoy reading them.

Photograph Library

Over the years we have been very fortunate to have been given access to many historic photographs and permission to display them on the website.  We have now collated them into different albums.  We hope you enjoy viewing in them. 

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Ferintosh » Ferintosh Work
Lifting straw bales near Findon (2003).
Lifting straw bales near Findon (2003).
[Photographs reproduced courtesy of Fraser Skinner]
Fields await the plough at Leanaig Farm (Feb. 2003).
Fields await the plough at Leanaig Farm (Feb. 2003).
[Photographs reproduced courtesy of Fraser Skinner]
Farm near Findon.
Farm near Findon.
[Photographs reproduced courtesy of Fraser Skinner]
Traditional binder and modern tractor - photo 1
Traditional binder and modern tractor - photo 1
[Photographs reproduced courtesy of Fraser Skinner]
Combining gets under way in the Black Isle
Combining gets under way in the Black Isle
[Photographs reproduced courtesy of Fraser Skinner]
Harvesting
Harvesting
[Photographs reproduced courtesy of Fraser Skinner]
Harvesting
Harvesting
[Photographs reproduced courtesy of Fraser Skinner]
Stooks go through the threshing machine
Stooks go through the threshing machine
[Photographs reproduced courtesy of Fraser Skinner]
Old gives way to new
Old gives way to new
[Photographs reproduced courtesy of Fraser Skinner]
Combining gets under way in the Black Isle
Combining gets under way in the Black Isle
[Photographs reproduced courtesy of Fraser Skinner]
Combining gets under way in the Black Isle - even at night
Combining gets under way in the Black Isle - even at night
[Photographs reproduced courtesy of Fraser Skinner]
Traditional binder and modern tractor - photo 2
Traditional binder and modern tractor - photo 2
[Photographs reproduced courtesy of Fraser Skinner]
Loading square bales on a trailer
Loading square bales on a trailer
[Photographs reproduced courtesy of Fraser Skinner]
No stooks: modern equipment provides bales square and round.
No stooks: modern equipment provides bales square and round.
[Photographs reproduced courtesy of Fraser Skinner]
Skinner family at work on the harvest - photo 1
Skinner family at work on the harvest - photo 1
[Photographs reproduced courtesy of Fraser Skinner]
Dropping off a round bale
Dropping off a round bale
[Photographs reproduced courtesy of Fraser Skinner]
Baling
Baling
[Photographs reproduced courtesy of Fraser Skinner]
Trailer of square bales
Trailer of square bales
[Photographs reproduced courtesy of Fraser Skinner]
But there's nothing quite like the sight of two Clydesdales at work at Daviot Vintage Working Day.
But there's nothing quite like the sight of two Clydesdales at work at Daviot Vintage Working Day.
[Photographs reproduced courtesy of Fraser Skinner]
Ploughing Match at Findon Farm prepares the ground for the following year's crop.
Ploughing Match at Findon Farm prepares the ground for the following year's crop.
[Photographs reproduced courtesy of Fraser Skinner]
Ploughing Match at Findon Farm
Ploughing Match at Findon Farm
Afterwards, a Ploughing Match at Findon Farm prepares the ground for the following year's crop. (Saunders Gibson checking his furrow and John Matheson doing some measuring.) [Photographs reproduced courtesy of Fraser Skinner]
Clearing snow in winter
Clearing snow in winter
But a farmer's lot is not always a happy one - especially in winter! [Photographs reproduced courtesy of Fraser Skinner]
Clearing snow in winter
Clearing snow in winter
[Photographs reproduced courtesy of Fraser Skinner]
Clearing snow in winter
Clearing snow in winter
[Photographs reproduced courtesy of Fraser Skinner]
Harvesting in the 20th Century with traction engine JS1237 and threshing machine.
Harvesting in the 20th Century with traction engine JS1237 and threshing machine.
Harvesting in the 20th Century with traction engine JS1237 and threshing machine. This photo was taken at Bog of Resolis farm in 1953, the last year the machine was used on the farm. It was a No. 3 engine, Fowler 7hp, bought in 1927 and sold in 1963. Standing beside the sacks is Willie Matheson, and Roderick Matheson is standing on the mill, with Alex Munro sitting beside him. [Photographs reproduced courtesy of Fraser Skinner]
Skinner family at work on the harvest - photo 2
Skinner family at work on the harvest - photo 2
[Photographs reproduced courtesy of Fraser Skinner]
Skinner family at work on the harvest - photo 3
Skinner family at work on the harvest - photo 3
[Photographs reproduced courtesy of Fraser Skinner]
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Ferintosh WW1

Ferintosh WW1

The photos in this album are from the Ross-shire Journal during the 1914-1918 War. Newspaper copies had been deposited with Dingwall Museum but over the years had become rather fragile and were in danger of disintegrating and so it was felt that this valuable record should not be lost.
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Private Charles Ellison
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Ferintosh War Memorial

Ferintosh War Memorial

The war memorial photographs on this site were originally the work of Mr John W Bruce. He has subsequently developed the website http://www.rosswarmemorials.org.uk which gives much more detail.
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Culbokie School Memorial
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