In pictures: Remembering Scotland's berry picking summers

It shaped the school holidays of thousands of Scots who headed for the fields to pick strawberries and raspberries and earn a pound or two.

Picking strawberries and raspberries shaped the summers of thousands of Scots who took to the fields of the fertile east to earn a pound or two. PIC: One Voice Photograph Collection, Blairgowrie.

Here we look at the families and children who became central to the industry that, at its height, employed around 40,000 people.

Many will remember boarding the early morning 'berry bus' and the long hours in the fields in return for some coins, or a few notes if you were lucky.

Although conditions could be hard, a day at the berries was, for many, a day out with pals - with your pocket money thrown in at the end.