Dorset Fire Rangers : Late 1890s through to the 1960s
Accession Number:
009.370.01
Description:
This is a photo of Dorset towerman Ferg McGuire. The towermen watched for signs of forest fires, so that the fire ranger crews could be sent to extinguish them.
Notes:
Fergus McGuire was our last towerman. The following year 1967 the present day tower was completed, The end of an era of the way our forest were protected, and a new way began.
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