Tractor & Farming Heritage
January 2006
Celebrating the history and development of the tractor
Welcome
Its wake-up time for intending participants in Britains second Guinness World Record bid for the most tractors working together in a single field.
Sunday-best ploughing!
David Bowers meets tractor collector Stephen Taylor, who not only restores machines like his 1949 Ford 8N to mint condition, but also enjoys putting them to work in competitive events.
Rapid turn-around!
Its taken just six months for Ian Dennis to restore a badly run-down and seized 30-year-old Massey-Ferguson 135 to the outstanding condition witnessed by Pete Kelly.
Fenland crawlers
Jerry Thurston and Pete Kelly meet up with Maurice Coupland, one of the crawler tractor legends of the Lincolnshire flatlands.
News
The Giant Cropmaster
David Brown 50D tractors have been in the news recently. Were theyparts bin specials or did they represent an important step in the evolution of the David Brown tractor? Leslie Hutchinson digs deep into the archive to find out.
Letters
Absolutely fabulous!
In three short years, the Newark Vintage Tractor & Heritage Show has evolved into the biggest late-season tractor spectacular in Britain. Pete Kelly reports.
Birthday Brownie
Jo Roberts reflects on some sticky moments with tractors, and introduces us to the latest old machine in her life.
Poppy day!
Down at the Fun Farm, an unexpected acquisition with bright eyes and a mischievous nature puts the sparkle back into Pete Kellys life.
No excuses this time!
Why Britain cannot afford to fail in its huge Guinness World Record bid at Hullavington in June.
Shropshire lads have it sussed!
Pete Kelly interviews Brian Smith, organiser of the working tractor field at the Onslow Park Steam Engine Rally, to discover where the magic that makes the event such a serious rival to others comes from.
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Mixed doubles
Judd Ellisons tractor collection is not only immaculate, but also technically fascinating, as Pete Kelly found out on a recent crisp and sunny Saturday morning.
Irish jigsaw!
After watching a team of four rebuild George McAleers grey Ferguson from parts in 30 minutes flat, it takes Jerry Thurston eight times as long just to write about it!
ED-40 cylinder- head overhaul
John Rideout gets down to work on the spare cylinder-head which came with one of his Allis-Chalmers ED-40 tractors.
Highland fling - in deepest Lincolnshire!
Theres a woolly surprise in store for Graham Hampstead in the midst of a Boston industrial estate after one of his restored Fordson Dextas is sold to Dick Crozier - a man with a passion for the past.
Andrew, 16, will plough for Scotland
Peter Small reports on the 43rd Scottish Ploughing Championships at Deanfoot, near Hawick.
Back to the 50s at Kittochside
David Bowers visits the Museum of Scottish Country Life near East Kilbride, where Scotlands agricultural history is presented imaginatively and the farming methods of 50 years ago are still practised.
Hope its history today!
With treasured items from her Womens Land Army days, Joan Jeeves has been bringing her wartime experiences alive in the classroom, writes Mary Johns.
Jakes king-sized toy box!
Although hes only nine, Jake Rollason has amassed a collection of tractors and bygones that must be the envy of many an older collector. Jane Brooks spends a morning with him and his family.
From W30s to letter series Farmalls
Mike Teanby continues the International Harvester story by focusing on some of its tractors from the 1930s and 40s.
Rare Breeds Factfile
This month, Marianne Thomas traces the eventful history of the Norfolk Horn sheep.
Here comes Christmas!
Lets leave the tractors in the shed for once, put our feet up and enjoy Polly Pullars hilarious memories of Christmas - Ardnamurchan-style!
Welcome
Its wake-up time for intending participants in Britains second Guinness World Record bid for the most tractors working together in a single field.
Sunday-best ploughing!
David Bowers meets tractor collector Stephen Taylor, who not only restores machines like his 1949 Ford 8N to mint condition, but also enjoys....
