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There are half a dozen species of wild rose in Scotland. The distinctive red ‘hips’ of dog roses are eaten by thrushes and redwings. During World War II, rose hips were collected nationwide by school children, under the supervision of the local Women’s Institute, to be made into a nutritious syrup. Guelder rose is not actually a rose but a member of the family that contains elders. It is a beautiful and vibrant shrub with its branched clusters of creamy-white flowers and maple-like leaves. It is poisonous but a tincture made from its bark can be used to treat cramps.
The Women’s Timber Corps, affectionately known as The Lumberjills was formed during WWII as part of the Women’s Land Army to replace the enlisted forestry men. The majority of the timber was needed for pit props for Britain’s coalmines. Many women in the Land Army came from Glasgow to the Highlands for the first time to work the farms - including my Grandmother, where she first met my Grandfather. Hilda Laing was one of the 4,000 Scottish Lumberjills recruited and was posted to the forests of Strathspey. At the end of the war she settled in the area, married and had a family. Her son Willie inspired me to write this Irish sounding march and features on this track. The Lumberjills worked and lived in very difficult conditions. Many endured bitterly cold winters in huts in the woods, waking up with snow on their pillows and some sites had no running water or proper facilities. They often worked 12-hour shifts, felling and snedding trees with hand axes and saws, loading forestry lorries and saw-milling timber. Margaret Grant remembers, “You were tired, you were sore, you were hungry. I remember waking up and life was wonderful, and I was 10 stone 6lbs of solid muscle - which I’d never been in my life before. I worked a tractor, used the big saw in the mill, I worked a horse.” In 2006 the Forestry Commission erected a memorial, in Aberfoyle, to the Women's Timber Corps and named it ’Salute’, to recognise their contribution to the war effort.
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released March 21, 2020
Musicians:
Scottish mega piper Ross Ainslie. awesome self-penned tunes, banging arrangements and all-round dynamite production! Ross and I have been collaborating for years on each other's gigs and albums! Hamish Napier
supported by 100 fans who also own “The March of the Lumberjills”
My father was born in Glasgow, yet somehow I have never visited Scotland. This lovely music sounds like my ticket of return to the country of his birth. Philip Graham
supported by 87 fans who also own “The March of the Lumberjills”
Just the most fun. Every set is one I want to sit down and learn, and they play with so much ENERGY and STYLE. Crunchy, tangible sound. I'll never get tired of listening to Kinnaris Quintet play. andpersand
Old-fashioned fiddles harmonize with rippling synths on the Scottish singer-songwriter's latest collection of original folk songs. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 30, 2022
