Awards for long-serving Forres Sellars staff
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LONG-serving members of staff at Sellars in Forres received Royal Highland and Agricultural Society certificates and medals at the Spring Show in Inverurie.
Five workers from Forres were recipients of the honours, with six more from Oldmeldrum, near Inverurie, and Huntly also winning awards.
Bruce Cargill has worked with Sellars for nearly 54 years, having left school to work with the company in 1966. Unsurprisingly, Bruce, who is retiring at the end of May, was the longest-serving of all award winners.
He said: "53 years is a fair length of time to be working in the same place. I left school when I was 15 and started at William Reid's. It was great – you got on with the job and that was it.
"My father told me when I left school I was starting in Reid's. I left on the Friday and he said I was starting Monday.
"I never thought I would still be here all these years later. I did threaten to leave once but I was offered more money!
"I'm retiring soon but I have a four year old grand-daughter and the wife will keep me busy – hoovering maybe."
Kay McAllister (64) has worked at Sellars for 32 years – although she was only supposed to do so for two weeks.
She added: "I came for two weeks originally, to transfer stuff onto a computer, and 32 years later here we are."
"We all enjoy our jobs and there is a good atmosphere. Everybody gets on with one another. It's like a small family really."
The 11 awarding-winning workers have clocked up a staggering 429 years service between them.
The Sellars group was: David Reid (Huntly, 30 years); Alexander Sharp (Forres and Huntly, 31 years); Kay McAllister (Forres, 32 years); Michael Reid (Forres, 35 years); Ada Noble (Forres, 35 years); George Wilson, Oldmeldrum, 36 years); Brenda Taylor (Oldmeldrum, 40 years); Leslie Fraser (Maud and Oldmeldrum, 44 years); James Guild (Oldmeldrum, 44 years); Edward Milne (Huntly, 47 years) and Bruce Cargill (Forres and Oldmeldrum, 54 years).
Four farm workers also had their long service recognised. Those four had clocked up 160 years between them.
