Tractor & Farming Heritage
Sep/Oct 2003
Celebrating the history and development of the tractor
Lighting a Big Orange Banger
Jerry Thurston gets his hands on one of his all-time tractor favourites at last - Eric Elliott's bright orange Series IIIA Field-Marshall.
`We'll Keep Them Thumping for Ever!'
Pete Kelly visits agricultural engineer Robert Crawford to learn how today's Field-Marshall enthusiasts keep their tractors going.
News
Great British Challenge latest; Flying start for Centenary of the Tractor; 1957 International completes 750-mile charity run; Cumbria gears up for British Ploughing Championships.
Signs That Made a Lasting Impression
Brian Howes describes some of the superb tractor-related advertising signs in the ever-growing collection of a Dutch enthusiast.
The Farmhouse Where Time Stands Still
Revisiting a much-loved museum in North-East England, Pete Kelly finds out all about the farming of 90 years ago.
Tractor Fishermen of Morecambe Bay
David Bowers spends a day with the men who take old tractors out on to the treacherous quicksands of Morecambe Bay - just to do a bit of shrimping and cockling!
Single-Cylinder Heaven!
Pete Kelly reports from a highlysuccessful working weekend in East Yorkshire.
Ton-Up Moffitt-Style!
When John Moffitt CBE took to the road with Ivel No. 131 to celebrate its centenary and raise £100,000 for charity, Brian Howes and Noel Bridgeman were there.
The Four Seasons of Wartime Farming
Four wartime films made to show the vital importance of farming, and now brought together on video, have become a cherished record of a way of life that has now changed for ever.
Readers' Letters
Some of your responses to the first issue of Tractor & Farming Heritage.
Unframed by Convention
John Hobbs tells of the sometimes `Pebbly' path which Michael Cooper has followed to become a soughtafter watercolour artist with a particular love of farmyard and old tractor scenes.
2D or Not 2D - That Was the Question
Alan Earnshaw considers the impact the unique David Brown 2D horticultural tractor had at the Meltham Mills plant where it was produced, while a unique 'towpath' variant is described by Sue Mills.
For the Love of a Horse...
... a wheelwright was born! Pat Freeman tells the remarkable story of one man's quest to get the wheels turning again.
Away for the Day!
Pete Kelly joins a National Vintage Tractor & Engine Club group on an 'awayday' by coach to visit three outstanding tractor collections.
Little Fergies - Worth a Small Fortune!
Brian Howes tells of a humble plastic Airfix tractor model that's now so scarce it might cost more than the real thing!
Built with Precision
Fred Needham visits quality model tractor importer Ivor Dadswell at his West Sussex home - and is soon drooling over some of the finest miniature gems available today.
A Sparkling Jones Baler
A 1948 Jones 'Tiger' emerges after a two-year restoration in Cornwall.
Rekindling a Major Love Affair
Keith Langston tells of one man's quest to be re-united with the type of tractor he drove more than 30 years ago.
The Muir-Hill Connection
Keith Langston discovers a unique collection of no fewer than ten working preserved Muir-Hill tractors.
A Saunderson Roars Again
Pete Kelly is privileged to visit vintage tractor collector and dealer Richard Pocock to see a rusty octogenarian roar again after lingering in a barn for 40 years!
Tractor Talk
Benidorm Here We Come?
Keith Langston tells of the appeal of Britain's `Three Coasts' Tractor Run, and reveals plans for an even more ambitious event next year.
Survival of the Horsemen
Brian Howes steps back in time as he visits a Northumberland farm that is still worked by horses - and by no means is it a museum!
Reviews
What Future for Traditional Cheeses?
Keith Langston wonders about the future of traditional cheese-making as he visits the Nantwich International Cheese Show in dairy-rich Cheshire, which dates from 1896 and is reputed to be the world's biggest.
Lighting a Big Orange Banger
Jerry Thurston gets his hands on one of his all-time tractor favourites at last - Eric Elliott's bright orange Series IIIA Field-Marshall.
`We'll Keep Them Thumping for Ever!'
Pete Kelly visits agricultural engineer Robert Crawford to learn how today's Field-Marshall enthusiasts keep their ....
