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Somerset Group, Carlabeck bungalow c.1953. : My first plantation home.View from the drive.
Somerset Group, Carlabeck bungalow c.1953.
Tangakelle Group, Cymru Div. c.1953. : Asst.Mngrs' bungalow, Cymru Division. The sitting room in my second plantation home. The painting and the lamp were by me. The lamp was made from a varnished slice of a conifer tree branch with a piece of branch acting as the bulb holder.
Tangakelle Group, Cymru Div. c.1953.
Tangakelle Group, Cymru Division. c.1953. : Pluckers sorting leaf prior to it being weighed.At this stage fibrous stalks were removed as much as possible as such stalks resulted in red stalks or fibres in the black tea, a detrimental quality in the final product.
Tangakelle Group, Cymru Division. c.1953.
Tangakelle Group, Cymru Division. c.1953. : Me weighing pluckers' leaf in #2 Field. Emile at my feet.
Tangakelle Group, Cymru Division. c.1953.
After a pig shoot with my trophy. : Wild boar used to enter the tea fields at night to forage.I am on the left and my boss next to me.Yes, I did shoot animals and birds at one time.
After a pig shoot with my trophy.
Glenlyon Estate. 1951. : With one of my teachers.
Glenlyon Estate. 1951.
Glenlyon Estate factory. 1951. : Rear view.
Glenlyon Estate factory. 1951.
Glenlyon Estate factory. 1952. : The front view of the factory situated, as many were, low down so as to be able to use water for hydro-eletric power.My attempt at photo colouring!
Glenlyon Estate factory. 1952.
Glenlyon Estate, Managers' bungalow 1951. : This is where I got my training over 6 months. I lived with, and was trained by, the then manager. I also learned much from other staff members.
Glenlyon Estate, Managers' bungalow 1951.
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