My PoP was a blacksmith at a mill and i was often there on school holidays - just like this kid = but i was only 10yo - often warned off from the mill area ! but catching bugs and crubs from the logs and go fishing ! - rabbit was often baked and stuffed with vegtables for dinner !
Thanks for posting, lovely slice of history. I note the beret style hats a couple of the men were wearing. I've seen photos of my father from the 1960s wearing the same type of headgear. At the time he was working on Flinders Island TAS for the Agricultural Bank.
I'm about the same age as young Ron, Victoria was a great place in those days. Now look at it - unliveable. Those blokes must have enjoyed the introduction of the 090 about a decade before this was made
These historic videos are great, thanks so much for posting them.I am a retired arborist & LOVE watching them.
heading to Erica in a few weeks, love this, getting a handle on what it was about.
My PoP was a blacksmith at a mill and i was often there on school holidays - just like this kid = but i was only 10yo - often warned off from the mill area ! but catching bugs and crubs from the logs and go fishing ! - rabbit was often baked and stuffed with vegtables for dinner !
Thanks for posting, lovely slice of history. I note the beret style hats a couple of the men were wearing. I've seen photos of my father from the 1960s wearing the same type of headgear. At the time he was working on Flinders Island TAS for the Agricultural Bank.
My Grandpa drove the steam engine at the Erica mill many years ago, and my Dad helped a bit when he was a boy.
I went to Erica school in the 80 was the best
I'm about the same age as young Ron, Victoria was a great place in those days. Now look at it - unliveable. Those blokes must have enjoyed the introduction of the 090 about a decade before this was made
A Stihl Contra/Lightning. Before the 070s and 090s.
Yes, you are correct. Took real men to lump saws like that and 090s through the bush in those days
I was born in a small Gippsland town three years later
And we all know who destroyed Victoria's forestry industry, don't we? Good ol' Dan.
Certainly no decent baker in Erica now making all those pies.
Logged with a allis charmers hd11
I’ve gone deaf in my left ear.