Sports champions in the history of Burt Boulton & Haywood Ltd. / Scanpole Ltd.
We recently received this fascinating photograph of the BBH Tug O’War Team in Rotherhithe, London, in 1911. The picture shows the team proudly displaying the trophies they have won. What a fit and strong team!
Do you happen to have family history related to BBH in Rotherhithe, London? Or would you by any chance have any information of the five Lynch brothers who worked for the company around the time the picture was taken? If so, we would be glad to forward the information to the lady doing research on her family history, linked to that of BBH.
#history #BBH #timber #fencing #creosoted #farming #farmingUK
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1 month ago
Poles on the move!
Yet another load of Scanpole poles is being transported from Ilseng to Trysil area in Norway. The load in the picture is for one of our major customers – and specifically for the second part of a major local project in the Trysil-area.
This is the fifteenth load of a total of sixteen and a half loads in the second part of the project. The first part of the project took about 25 full loads, and third part will be around seven loads. This makes a grand total of 48 loads 😮!
Thank you, Jørn Torp, @Torp Transport As, for sharing the picture!
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1 month ago
You need to be fit as a fiddle to work in wood procurement 💪 💪
- I think running a marathon feels easier at times, laughs Scanpole’s procurement supervisor Erkki Lehtovaara.
The work requires indeed various skills and characteristics. Erkki’s area procurement area in Eastern Finland is large and you need to be fit to get through the working day. You look for the suitable trees and mark them manually – often in deep snow. As he describes the most difficult conditions:
- A working day in soggy and heavy snow can make a marathon feel like a child’s play.
Erkki Lehtovaara knows what he is talking about. He has been active in fitness sports for all his life. He has competed in cross country skiing, running, cycling and rowing, and as his 50th birthday, he ran a 100-kilometre marathon.
- It was interesting to learn about yourself and observe how a physical exercise turns into a mental one.
#scanpole #pole #woodenpole #pine #infrawood #norwegianpine #familybusiness #woodisgood #ponsse
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2 months ago