The Vintage Scene December 2022 (issue 17)

The Vintage Scene

And, here we are, fast approaching the end of 2022! How did that happen?

With limited daylight and wet day after wet day, it’s a pretty grim at the moment. Going to print, is a good excuse to huddle up in the warm! We were very lucky though, in that the dry weather gave us a much lengthened summer, which bodes well for many of the autumn events. On 24th September, partner Robin, Mother ‘Dodd’ and myself loaded up the camper van and made the short trip to to Shifford Manor Farm, Standlake, Oxfordshire. Not for a camp out, but for a trade stand at F.F.F. & B. Ploughing Match & Country Show. Although nicely bright and dry, it was the day that autumn kicked in, resulting in a scout around the many stalls, to purchase a hat to cover my much chilled ears! It was, as always, a lovely event. There was so much to see and we met so many lovely people who visited our stand.

Many of you will have headed up to the National Ploughing Championships. What an amazing venue, Chatsworth was. Kenny Wharton was there and took some lovely photos. Check out the back cover of this issue; my brother, Charlie ploughing at the Nationals with his Trusty. Next year, the Championships head to Bishops Lydeard in Somerset.

Next issue will see the return of our pull-out year planner. We have a few remaining advertising spaces to sell around the calendar. These start from £60+vat. Please email advertising@vintagescene.co.uk or call 01295 404099 if you would like to book a space.

Well, all that is left is to thank you all for your support throughout 2022, and to wish you a very Merry Christmas and Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year.

Till next time, see you in January, Heather

Welcome to the December issue of The Vintage Scene

Contents

4. Keeping Up With The Others

6. Farewell Beauty

7. 2022 National Shire Horse Show.

8. Le Mongrel.

10. All Work & No Play. 11. Subscription Form. 12. Kiplingcoates Derby. 14. A Combined Age Of Ninety. 16. F.F.F. & B. Ploughing Match & Country Show. 18. 2022 National Ploughing Championships. 20. Scarcrot & District Ploughing Society Match. 22. Brandesburton YFC Ploughing Match. 24. Tractor Fest at Tates.

26. Banbury & District Vintage Ploughing Society Match.

28. Diary Dates.

Front Cover: Colin Tailor’s Beauty & Prince. Photo by Kenny Wharton, www.kenpics.com

: Charlie Dodd & his Trusty, ploughing at the 2022 National Ploughing Championships. Photo by Kenny Wharton, www.kenpics.com

KeEping up with the others

by Paul Audley, a member of The Ferguson Club

Ihappened to be chatting with our Ferguson Club area representative, John Selley, recently about my Ferguson TEA20 tractor and also about my other passion, my MGB GTV8 race car. Although I had some doubts that the MG would be of interest to Vintage Scene readers, John has asked me to write a few words about these two apparently opposite interests.

I purchased the TEA 20 as a semi-derelict tractor from Scotland several years ago, and have since restored it to a respectable, usable condition. With the help of the Ferguson Club I have been able to register it for road use with an age related registration.

One of the attractions for me of restoring old tractors is that the issue of rust is far less of a problem than say, an old classic car for instance. What little 'bodywork' there is on a TEA 20 is entirely 'bolt on' so that every panel can be removed, and restored or replaced, and then bolted on again.

My tractor is by no means a concours show queen, but it is reliable and presentable, and I enjoy using it on tractor runs and occasional shopping trips! John has very kindly been able to help me with one or two parts I needed for the restoration. I was keen to retain its 1949 originality as much as possible, but for practical reasons I have changed it to a 12 volt system, and have changed the PTO drive to the more useful one and three eighths spline shaft to enable the use of modern PTO equipment. It will enable grass cutting and hopefully, at some time in the future, some light rotovating with, of course, the use of an overrun PTO shaft link. Neither of these slight changes detract from the appearance of the tractor. With originality in mind, I am currently preparing an old pair of 'correct' 19 inch front wheels for the tractor. It is currently on part worn grass rear tyres, which are of a slightly smaller diameter than V ribbed field tyres, and I found that on tractor runs the top speed is therefore slightly reduced, sometimes making it difficult to keep up with the others!

Keeping up with the others is of course also the name of the game for the 1972 MGV8. I built the car approximately fifteen years ago, on a tight budget, as a circuit racing car to take part in classic sports car events. I

managed to keep the car road legal, which has proved very useful for testing certain aspects of developments and changes over the years, without the expense of always having to hire testing time at race circuits.

The car currently has a 3.9 engine, originally a Rover SD1 Vitesse block, bored out, but I have put together a new 4.6 engine, originally from a Range Rover, which is just waiting to go in.

Whilst at first appearing to be at the opposite end of the technical spectrum, the MG really isn't that much different to the tractor in terms of engineering simplicity. Both vehicles are comparatively old school, and easy to work on, and neither one requires much in the way of specialist tools and equipment. Consequently, they are both, in their separate ways, a joy to tinker with and maintain. They are both reasonably inexpensive to work on, but unfortunately motor racing entry fees and the price of race tyres, for example, has rocketed over the years and consequently the privateer entrant is gradually getting ousted from the sport.

Fittingly for a tractor magazine, this brings me back to my trusty TEA20. I still enjoy driving it,and tinkering with it, and if anyone is looking for a relatively simple and rewarding restoration project, I can think of nothing better than choosing a good old Ferguson T20.

FarewelL Beauty

Saturday 15th October saw the end of an era for the well-known ploughing team ‘Prince and Beauty’, with the loss of ‘Beauty’ at age 22.

Bought as ‘Ruskington Dark Diamond’ from Ruskington Shires by my father John Taylor, as a gangly two year old, she was renamed ‘Beauty’ and went on to grow into an 18 hand, strong working Shire.

‘Beauty’ went on to plough hundreds of ploughing matches during her lifetime, for both my father and myself as a furrow horse, often finishing alone, calmly and steadily, as was her nature. She was never what people would call ‘mareish’.

Over the years, as well as ploughing, she was shown in hand, both on her own and also as a pair, often winning matched and moving.

At home,and also at working demonstrations, ‘Beauty’ has pulled a variety of implements such as mowers, harrows, carts and notably a restored furniture van to Retford Museum.

One of the family memories which we all cherish would be her leading my father into the crematorium, along with ‘Prince’, for his last journey behind them and then a couple of weeks later paired again on the dray, to take my father’s ashes to the wood near his former home.

‘Beauty’ will be greatly missed by our family, but also

leaves hundreds of great memories of a working shire team and companion.

RIP ‘Beauty’ old lass.

by Colin Tailor (photos by Kenny Wharton, www.kenpics.com)

2022NATIONAL

Le Mongrel

by Willy Carson

Just one more. What harm can one more do? I’ll buy one more and then I’ll have enough; I won’t need any more, then I’ll stop…

Some will know exactly what this means, they are the ones wearing a slightly guilty expression, but for those who have yet to experience this syndrome, yet to be studied by the medical or psychiatric professions, imagine yourselves to be in the following situation. You are strolling among the kennels at your local dog pound. You have no intention of going home with a new four-legged friend but you start to feel a dozen pairs of eyes following your every step. You may resist the urge to look into those pleading eyes, but your curiosity takes over and before long you have convinced yourself that another dog would be a good idea; how could it not be a good idea. Soon it makes perfect sense (in your own mind), all that remains is to choose the perfect dog. The Irish Setter with its sleek coat of vibrant colour and graceful movement is the stylish option or maybe the Border Collie with its intelligence and confidence; but who wants to risk being outsmarted by a dog? Then at the end of the row you find the one that everyone else has walked right past. It’s just a plain old mongrel; bits of this and bits of that; no pedigree at all but it’s just what you were looking for!

Geoffrey and Gareth Mark have a few interesting things in their shed including a pair of Ford Model T motors, which graced the pages of The Vintage Scene in the July/August issue last year and with pedigree stretching back to the pioneering age of motoring they would be welcome in any collection, but it’s Henry Ford’s contribution to early twentieth century agriculture which is the subject of this visit to their yard.

Having grown up on a farm, Ford knew all too well the hardship and toil which were the lot of his forefathers and he set about reducing the drudgery on farms around the world, by introducing a new level of mechanisation and, after much experimentation and development, in 1917 he introduced his new Fordson Model F tractor. Most of the early, primitive tractors such as the International Harvester Titan and the Waterloo Boy were heavy, cumbersome contraptions with the engine, the transmission and the steering mounted to a separate chassis but Ford

approached his design with a radical new concept, whereby these individual components were bolted together to form an integral chassis known as unitary construction. Production began in his modern, efficient plant at Dearborn, Michigan with the new tractor offered at a very competitive price and soon the Model F came to the attention of the British Board of Agriculture, who were looking for a way to increase domestic food production, at a time when both horses and men were needed on the battlefields of France and Belgium. The Fordson was the perfect solution to their problem and soon 6,000 new tractors were on their way across the Atlantic.

Well suited to smaller farms, with proven reliability and solid performance in the field, the new tractor was well received and Ford took the decision to build a new tractor factory to supply the growing European market, not in England, but in Cork, Ireland, the home town of his grandfather. The production facility opened in 1919 with just 303 tractors built in the first year but over the next 13 years another 39,000 tractors drove out of the factory, onto the adjoining docks and made their way to Britain and the continent. It is the most straightforward sea journey from Cork to Cherbourg, a journey made by the very tractor which you see on these pages, one of those first 300 to leave Ireland.

Over the years the old-timer has been modified to the extent that it is almost unrecognisable as a Fordson, but it is that unknown history which caught Geoffrey’s imagination, “Like a lot of the early, more primitive machines, there was only so much life in the Fordson’s TVO engine, so it’s not surprising that the tractor has had a transplant at some stage. What makes it really interesting is the type of engine that was used to keep the tractor going.”

The throttle control doesn’t appear to have a Fordson part number.

The original Fordson TVO lump has been replaced by a diesel two-stroke engine.

It has all the survival instincts of a mongrel.

How could you not love an old dog like that?

The replacement engine is a CLM (Compagnie Lilloise de Moteurs) diesel two-stroke of modular design which produced 11hp per cylinder and since this engine is a twin, its power output would have been 22hp, about the same as the original Fordson TVO lump. Built under licence from Junkers in Germany, this intriguing piece of engineering has some very interesting features. Instead of the traditional crankcase induction associated with a two-stroke, there are two pistons per cylinder. The lower piston is connected to the crankshaft in the traditional manner, but the upper piston is connected to its own crankshaft which operates in conjunction with the lower crank via two conrods, which are arranged along the outside of the cylinder and in a gallery passing through the transfer ports. As the pistons converge on the combustion chamber, the air charge is compressed ready for the injection of fuel. At the same time, in the void above the upper piston the pressure is reduced, opening an atmospheric valve which allows the next air charge to enter in readiness for the next stroke. As the injector introduces the atomised fuel and the burn takes place between the pistons, they separate, spinning the crank shafts, the lower piston exposes the exhaust port as the upper unveils the transfer port, forcing the next charge down into the combustion chamber and the cycle begins again. There are a lot of simultaneous operations going on so, as you might expect, when it fires into life it all sounds a bit frantic, demanding attention in a way that the original 4 cylinder, four-stroke Fordson engine never could. This old mongrel has an unmistakeable bark.

The modifications don’t end with the engine. Because of the hitch mechanism, Geoffrey believes that the tractor was used for some sort of haulage operation, “I was told that it had been used to pull a four wheeled dolly trailer, which would explain the hitch mechanism and the brake modifications. The standard Fordson brakes operated on the transmission, but the back axle of this tractor has been modified to take drum brakes, which explains why the rear wheels had been changed. As well as the changes to the tractor’s own brakes, the PTO belt pulley shaft was used to cobble up a trailer braking mechanism. The pulley has been replaced by a bevel drive which, through a hand-operated clutch lever, turns a shaft which operates

the drum above the hitch. There was a steel cable attached to the drum, which pulled on the trailer brakes and by leaning on the hand clutch lever the drum turned and kept the trailer behind the tractor when going down hill. At the other end of the drum shaft there is even a band brake, which could be tightened to act as a trailer handbrake.” Since the French registration indicates that the tractor came from the Puy-de-Dôme region in the mountainous Massif Central, this adaption allowed the driver to enjoy his lunch in his favourite hostelry, regardless of whether it was at the top of the mountain, half way up or half way down.

At the front there are further modifications. The tombstone belongs to the CLM engine, so the front axle is a hybrid affair, using some Fordson parts and other parts of unknown pedigree, but most noticeable is the electric starter which bolts directly to the crank. With all the hallmarks of a farmer’s modification the starter is mounted onto an outrigged frame which also acts as a support for those impressive Cibié headlamps possibly robbed from an old Citroёn Traction Avant. The frame also carries a starting handle, for those brave enough to coax the old dog into life by more traditional means.

Geoffrey and Gareth have two more Fordson Standards, one they have restored to its original spec, while the other has had the TVO engine replaced by a Ford D Series lorry engine, but when it comes to character, the old French mongrel wins every time. As Gareth says, “It looks a complete lash-up but that’s part of its charm.”

Gareth (L) and Geoffrey are a lively characters, “it’s the tired old mongrel that sometimes needs a sniff of easy start.”

A continental cobbled-up coupling. The assisted braking system takes its power from the belt pulley shaft.

Cibié headlights, a flywheel of dubious pedigree and what’s the French for Lucas?

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All Work & No Play!

By Rebecca Carson

Ican't believe it has been two full years since I started the big Lister build, and I’m now writing my 10th article for The Vintage Scene. This isn’t my normal sort of diary entry, but I haven’t been in the barn for a while because this is my last year at Primary school and I have to prepare for my 11+ exam. So for a while, there will be no spannering done.

Since I started I have learned how a magneto works, how a four-stroke and two-stroke engine works, I now know how to identify certain tractors and cars and I’m learning about their history. I have learned a lot about the vintage world by watching YouTube, classic car programs on the TV but mostly by asking my dad. I like to watch Henry Cole, Sam Love grove, Allen Millyard and Skid, and all their fooling around. I can’t wait for the next series of Junk and Disorderly. In the wonderful world of ‘Wheeler Dealers’ Mike and Edd show how to restore old cars and how to have fun with the restored cars, like they did when they went for a picnic in their Almond Green Morris Minor ‘Woody’. I’ve been learning about the Victorian age at school, so watching Fred Dibnah helps as I learn about the engineering progress that was made in the 1800s. Ruth Goodman, Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn also explain life in different times and what it was like during wartime, especially how it affected farming

Now it gets to the interesting part. I have seen, I am sure, well over 100 vehicles at shows and whatnot, but here I list only a few of my favourites. There is the Fordson E27N which the old chaps call the ‘High Nellie’, I like the

Ferguson FE35 grey and gold, the Mini but not the BMW version, and I love to see a Jaguar E Type when I go to events. I like to see all the different types of stationary engines and accessories and of course, the steam

In the future, I would like to own an Austin Healey Frog-eyed Sprite, a Series II Land-Rover, a Minivan, a Morris Minor Traveller and a Ford Model T. I would like to put a tent and some camping stuff in the back of the Morris Minor Traveller and go on a road trip holiday. I would visit all the old steam railways and museums that Fred Dibnah visited on his travels; what fun would that be! With the Model T and the Frogeye Sprite, I just want to go to shows and look cool. With the Minivan, I would like to load some camera gear and take a whole pile of photos, and with the Landy I simply want it to be my everyday car. I know, high expectations.

I'm learning to stick weld, but I want to learn Mig, so that I can do bodywork. The tech won't let me do the welding night class until I'm 16 - five more years to go! Dad and I will have to have a go ourselves, because mum won't let me work with the gas bottles until I'm older. But for now, I have to master how to stick weld or I will be 16 before I can weld properly. Talking about welding; when I was at the Limavady Grammar School open night, I saw the tech room and was amazed at all the lathes and drills and the amount of tools - they had more than Dad and I. I hope there will be more exciting times ahead.

THEKIPLINGCOTESDERBY

ByZoePhipps

TheKiplingcotesDerbyiswidely acceptedastheoldesthorse raceisEngland,withpeople sayingitstartedin1519.Itis notyourtypicalpointtopointasitis notrunoveraracecourse;itisrunover grassverges,farmtracksandcrosses roads.Itisoftencalled‘theBrigadoon ofracing’,asthelandisrevertedto farmlandaftertheraceiscompleted.It startsneartheoldKiplingcotesRailway Station,anditfinishesatLondesborough WoldFarm,bythewoodenfinishing post.Theraceistypicallyfourmiles long.Thejockeysparktheirhorseboxes bythefinishingpost,hacktothestart, andthenraceback.Itwascreatedinthe earlypartofthe16thcenturybyhunting gentlemenfromtheparishwhodonated £355foraplateandacashprize,free fromanActofParliament,tobegiven tothewinneroftheKiplingcotesPlate. Althoughtheracewasopentoallhorses, athoroughbredconsistentlywonthe race.However,laterthisbecameanissue becauseanyhorseorridercompetingin thederbywasprohibitedfromentering anyfutureracerunundertheJockeyClub

rules.Luckily,theJockeyClubrelented andin1985madetheKiplingcotes Derbyanexceptiontothisrule.The actualracecourseatKiplingcotesheld itslastmeetingonthe19thofMarch 1789,butfivehundredyearsonthe Derbyisstillbeingruneachyear.

Theoriginalrulesstate‘Ahorseracetobe observedandriddyearlyonthethirdThursday inMarch;opentohorsesofallages,toconvey horsemen’sweight,tenstones,exclusiveof saddle,toenteryepostbeforeeleveno’clockon themorningofyerace.Theracetoberunbefore two.’ThisinmodernEnglishtranslatestothe

racemustberanonthethirdThursday inMarch,thejockeymustweighten stoneexcludingthesaddle,youmust enterby11amandtheracemustberun before2pm.Thereisalsoastrange ruleaboutthewinnings,thewinner oftheracereceives£50butsecond placetherestoftheentries,sooften endsupbetteroff.TheClerkispaid 25pannuallytomaintainthecourse.

Theraceisopentoanyone,andyou enterontheday.So,youcanseeexracersrunningagainstponies,working hunters,heavybreeds,andpeople

racingsidesaddle.Thereisalsonolimitonthe ageoftheriderorthehorse,theoldestjockey sofarwasseventy-four.Formerracehorses areusuallyenteredunderadifferentname. Thereisonlyonebookieandasthehorses areenteredontheday,hemustlookatthe horseswhentheyarriveandmakehisodds.

Theraceisextremelychallengingtoboth horseandrider,andhorseshavebeenknownto diesoonaftercompletingtherace.Suchasthe winningmareSunnyin1997collapsedanddied shortlyafterfinishingtherace,andin2002the runnerup‘Burt’diedmomentsafterfinishing.

Thereisarulethatstatesthatiftheraceis notranoneyear,thenitmayneverberanagain. Thereforein1947,duringanexceptionallyharsh winter,alocalfarmerwalkedhishorsealongthe course,tokeepthetraditiongoing.Thenin2001, duringthefootandmouthcrisis,asinglehorse andriderrantherace,andagainin2018when thecoursewasdamagedandwaterlogged.Then in2020and2021duetotheCovid-19pandemic tworiderswentouttocontinuetherace.Therace stillwentaheadin1666,thelastyeartherewasa majoroutbreakofBubonicPlagueinEnglandand in1918and1919,whenthecountrywas devastatedbytheSpanishflupandemic.

The500thanniversaryoftheracewas heldin2019andwaswonbyTraceyCorrigan onherhorseFrog,whobeatherthirty-six competitorstowinthetrophyforthefourth time.Atthe500thracewastheWittyfamily, fromEdmonton,Alberta,whoaredescendants ofPeterWitty,who,withhisbrothers,mayhave beenpresentatthefirstKiplingcotesDerby morethanfivecenturiesago.Slightlymore recentlytheirancestor,RichardWitty,bornin 1802,wontheracetwiceinthe1830sand1850s. Thefirstraceissaidtohavebeenrunin1519, whenKingHenryVIIwasonthethroneand thelistofrulesisdated1519.However,thefirst racerecordedwasin1555byThomasCarterof Helperthorpe,whenhewasgivingevidencein courtandclaimedtohavewitnessedtherace runatKiplingcotesAsheonShrovetide1555.

Charlie&Bennyat theFinishingPost

‘ACOMBINEDAGEOFNINETY’

byRichardHarper

ThisstoryisallaboutBenny (ChapelHouse)andmyson Charlie,withoutwhomnone ofthiswouldhavehappened. AfterseeinganarticleintheTimes aboutthe500thanniversaryofarace inYorkshire,calledtheKiplingscote Derbyin2019,anddecidingtotakea pictureoftheladywhohadwonit,the ideaofrunningintheKiplingscoteDerby wasborn.Butafterhavinghadallour enthusiasmcrushedbyCovidtwiceand oureffortsgettingBennyfit,itwasonly byaccidenthewasfitenoughtoturnup.

Firstly,anoutrageousdayattheBicesterHunt FarmersMeetinearlyFebruary2022where thehostMrDavidTaylorwasfartoogenerous, andBennyspentthedaypullingmyarmsout. Then3weekslatermynewneighbouringfarmer MarkParkerallowingustogalloproundhis farm,enabledBennytotellmeofhiswellbeing!

Anotherproblembeing,Cheltenhamraces inconvenientlyhadthefestivalthesameweekas theraceinYorkshireandafriend,MrChrisKing, hadbookedmeinforlunchontheWednesday. So,ajaunttoYorkshireearlyThursdaymorning lookeddoubtful.However,afterhavinga conversationwithCharlieonMondayevening,

theplanwassettoleaveanddrivethe180miles toKiplingscoteearlyonThursdaymorning.

Bennyagreed!

Fiveofusleft‘HomeFarm’at3:30am,two people,twodogs(PippaandBasil,anessential partofthefamily),andonehorse.Thedogs

sleptalltheway.Thepickupandtrailerwere crammedfullofallthenecessaryequipment. Afterarrivingatoursaiddestination,which wastheracefinishingpoint,at7:30am, Bennywasunloadedandwasallowedto enjoysomeoftheverge-sidegrass.

Richard&Bennyafterrace

Afteraboutanhour,Bennyhad beensuitablyrested,andafewpeople startedtoarrive,andstartedsettingup thehotdogstandandthetoilets!

By9:30amhorseboxesstartedarriving,and by10:30amwehadallweighedout;about fivehundredpeoplehadcomealongtowatch andthehorsesandjockeyswereassembling readyforthehackdowntothestart.At11:15am wewerereadouttherulesofengagement, regardingnorapeorpillagingduringtherace,or hittinganotherperson’shorse!Theseruleshad beenreadoutforthelastfivehundredyears.

At11:30amweweretoldtohackthefour andaquartermiletothestart.Ifoundafellow competitorwhokindlyescortedBennyandI downtothestartandviewtheunusual.Benny cartedmedowntothestartobviouslynot realisingthathehadtogallopallthewayback,he didnotcommentontheundulationsorterrain.

Wearrivedatthestart,Iwouldhavequite happilygonehomebutheytheonlywayback wastheroutewehadjustcomedown!We alllinedup;wellnotexactlyastherewere triersandnon-triers.Wetookourplacein aboutthemiddleofthefieldofnineteen.

Theflagwasraised…

Theflagdropped,andwesetoffatasteady pace,canteringonthegrass,ontheroadwhere wehadto,andoveracoupleofbridges.Afew bystandersstoodwonderingwhatwasgoing on.Thefurtherwewentthereappearedtobe morespectatorswhomayhaveknownwhat wasgoingon.Bennywasinhiselementas

Iwastryingtopickoutpointsonourwayto thestartjusttoseehowfarwemighthave gone.Crossingamainroad,wepassedtwoor threehorses,wewerestillgoingwell.Idecided atthispointtogivehimabreather,butafter afewyardshetoldmehewasfineandwe kickedon,passinganothergee.Iwasalsoin myelement-itwassuchathrill;somethingI hadforgottenafterallthoseyears.Aboutamile fromhome,therewasseveralhundredyardsof slushandmud,notBenny’sbestsurface,we gallopedonoveranothermainroad,theA614, andthefinishlineapproached.Onehorsewas justinfrontofmewhichturnedouttobethe 3rdhorse,Bennycouldhavegonebyhim,butI wastooeasyonhim.Itdidnotmatter.Wehad completedandafewcheersfromthecrowd madeitevenmoreworthwhile,Charliewasthere togreetuswhichputtheicingonthecake.

Bennywouldhavegoneroundagain,not sureIwould.Herecoveredveryquicklyand wassoonenjoyingtheYorkshiregrass.

Twohorsesdidnotcompletethe raceafterpartingways,butboth horsesandjockeyswerefine.

Timeforabeefburgerandcoffee,and achatwithsomenewfriendsbeforethe journeyhome.Imetareporterwhoputus intheYorkpost,andImethimagainat KingstonBlountpoint-to-pointsoonafter.

So,at3.45pmweloaded,aseeminglywell restedBennyontothetrailerandsetoffdownthe A1,anincrediblyhappytrio,ajobwelldone!The journeyhomewasaseasyaswasthemorning trip,wearrivedhomeabout6:45pmallhappy.

Bennyhadbeenawayfromhome16 hours,travelled350milesandhad8.5 milesofstrenuousexerciseandcome backahappybunny,somethingwhich hadbeenplannedfor3years.Withthe riderandhorsehavingacombinedageof ninety,youcanguesshowIfeltafter!

Comingfourthwasnothingtoospecial,but thestoryisaboutanextremelyspecialhorse andhowmuchhemeanstoeverybodyhere andthewonderfulmemorieswehavemade.

Richard&Benny

KiplinscoteStartersList

The Harper Team at home

Fairford, Faringdon, Filkins and Burford Ploughing Society

Ploughing Match & Country Show

at Shifford Manor Farm, Standlake, Oxon on 24th September 2022

RESULTS

Tractor Classes

Class 1 – High Cut

First Second Third

Martin Kerswell

Class 2 – General Purpose David Kerswell Daniel Kerswell Derek Hilton Class 3 – Garden Tractor Alistair Hett Charlie Dodd Nathan Dodd Class 4 – High Cut John Broomfield Darren Underhill Peter Shirley

Class 5 – Semi Digger Aldwyn Davies Michael Godwin Robert Ducker Class 6 – Fully Mounted Stephen Blackwell Paul Wood Ollie Turner

Class 6a – Classic Hugo Hoyle Charlie Byrd Mike Laight

Class 7 – European Style Reversible Nigel Pantry Andrew Clemons John Russell Class 8 – European Style Reversible Richard Ebsworth Alec Wilkinson Richard Daniels Class 8A – Reversible Novice James Howe Robert Pierpoint Jacob Oldroyd Class 9 – Novice Richard Locke Stuart McDowall Jon Marchant Class 10 – Ford & Fordson Gary Reynolds Philip Butler & Richard Clements

Class 11 – Vintage Trailed John Paul John Hodges Graham Clifton Class 12 – Vintage Mounted Ken Brain Nigel Stroud Martin Franklin Class 13 – Vintage Mounted (Open) David Franklin Ray Fletcher R Akers Class 14 – Ferguson Chris Huck David Bailey Will Corke

Hedgelaying Class

Class 15 – Open Hedge Laying Andrew Williams Tony Wilsdon Terry Underwood

Homecraft Section

Mrs James Children’s Cup: Willow Buse Mrs Muller Pre-School Children’s Cup Billy Buse & Finlay Ralph Mrs Muller Children’s Cup: Josie Read

The L & N Woodward: Catriona Williams Mrs Gammond Cup: Carolyn Peach & Charlie Berry Richard Berry Cup: Charlie Berry

The Eileen Taylor Cup: Heather Baxter The Roves Farm Cup: Megan Saunders

The Mary Berry Cup: JNatasha Wilton Mrs James Cup: Mrs K Muller Margaret Pursch Cup: Natasha Wilton

Other

MS Souch Cup (Best Trade Stand): Cotswold Tree & Access Oxford Show Shield David Franklin Derek Stannard Memorial Cup Paul Joseph Patrick Edwards Cup (Pre 52) Charlie Dodd Patrick Edwards Cup (Pre 63) James Hook

Classic Tractor “Best Restored” Nigel Pantry Classic Tractor “Best Original” Philip Butler Banbury Marquee Freddie Davidson SA Hunter Nigel Pantry

John Heyworth Cup Stephen Quainton R W Hobbs Cup James Jeffs

Dowdeswell Shield John Russell Preators Nigel Pantry

Arthur Carter “Champion Ploughman” David Franklin Aubrey Cole Perpetual Tony Wilsdon Rhone Poulenc Cup John Colson R Hinton & Sons Cup R D Brain & Son Sidney Miller Memorial Cup Peter Kirby

GOOD GROUND FOR BRITAIN’S PLOUGHMEN & WOMEN

8th & 9th October 2022 at Chatsworth Estate, Derbyshire

Photos by Kenny Wharton,

Britain’s top ploughmen and women were treated to some good ground to show off their skills, at the 71st British National Ploughing Championships on the Chatsworth Estate on land at Glapwell, Derbyshire.

A heavy downpour during the week softened the ground, and more rain the day before, made conditions good for the competitors who had travelled from all over the country to take part. Almost 250 local champions ploughed over the two days on a site kindly provided by the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire.

However, the rain meant some sticky conditions in other parts of the site, such as trade stands arriving and competitors arriving to find their lorries having to be towed onto the field. The sun then shone for the weekend, so competitors had near-perfect conditions to show off their skills in the various categories of ploughing.

The Reversible Plough-Off Final was won by Mick Chappell from Loversall, near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, ploughing with a Ford tractor and Kverneland plough. This is the third time Mick has won the title and he finished with 330 points, ahead of two former British Champions - just 4 points in front of Ian Brewer from Wadebridge, Cornwall, and 27 points clear of Peter Alderslade from East Boldan, Tyne & Wear who came in third.

The winner of the British Conventional title was James Witty from East Lutton, near Malton, North Yorkshire. James also used a Ford/Kverneland combination and also beat two past British Champions with 270 points. Evan Watkin from Newtown, Powys was second with 263 points and Nigel Vickers from Sarn, Malpas, Cheshire was third just one point behind. This is the first time that James has won the Conventional title, although he has

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Mick and James have now qualified to represent England in the 2023 World Ploughing Contest which will be held in Latvia.

In the vintage ploughing finals, the Vintage Trailing Championship was won by John Crowder from Sturton by Stow, Lincolnshire. John retained the title from last year and is the current European Vintage Ploughing

won the Reversible title twice before and is a past World Reversible Champion.

Champion. Using a Fordson N tractor and a Ransome RSLD plough, he scored 261 points, beating Trevor Johnstone from Wigton, Cumbria into second place with a 15 point lead. Two points behind Trevor was a previous World and European Vintage Champion, John Milnes from Penistone, South Yorkshire.

The Vintage Hydraulic Plough-Off Final winner was Richard Ingram from Atherstone, Warwickshire, who finished well ahead of the competition with a 23 point lead. Since the Vintage Hydraulic Plough-Off Final was brought in five years ago, this is the fourth time Richard has won it, gaining 267 points with his Massey Ferguson 35 and Ransome TS54 plough. Second place was George Black from Earlston, Berwickshire and in third place was Ian Berriman from Driffield, East Yorkshire.

The Classic Championship title was won for the third time in a row by David Thomlinson from Escrick, near York who, ploughing with his Ford 3000 tractor and Ransome TS86 plough was in front of Jon Cole from Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire by just 2 points. David scored 266 points, Jon 264 points and another 2 points behind with 262 points was Nick Morely from Lowdham, Nottinghamshire.

Brand new this year was the Classic Reversible PloughOff Final, which was won by Graham Sutton from Nuneaton, Warwickshire. Graham ploughed with a Massey Ferguson 65 tractor and a Ransome TS82 plough and won 303 points, a seven point lead over Stephen Watkins from Maltby, South Yorkshire and a 30 point lead from his son, George Sutton who finished with 273 points.

The Overall Vintage Champion, judged independently, was John Crowder and all of the vintage winners have qualified to plough in the 2023 European Vintage Ploughing Championships in the Netherlands.

The other main titles over the weekend were the Overall Horse Ploughing Champion, won by Martin Kerswell from Fordingbridge, Hampshire; the Overall Young Farmers Champion which was taken by Stuart Vickers from Malpas, Cheshire and the High Cut Ploughing Champion, won by Derek Needham from Kings Lynn, Norfolk. The Supreme Championship title was judged independently from all the title winners and was won by James Witty. All the trophies on the second day were presented by the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire.

Mark Turner, Chairman of the Society of Ploughmen, who organised the Championships said, “We were given a fantastic site on the Chatsworth Estate this year and we were delighted that our hosts, the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, could join us for the presentation. It made it very special for the prize winners this weekend.”

Main sponsors of the event were Firestone, Aztec Oils and Continental Tyres and further support was given by Lantra, Homefire, AR Demolotion, Cheffins, Tama UK, Dalton Tags, Russells, HME, Russells and Dales Agri Sales Agency. Full results can be found on www.ploughmen.co.uk.

A date for your diary - the 72nd British National Ploughing Championships will be held on 14th and 15th October 2023 at Bishop’s Lydeard, near Taunton, Somerset.

Scarcroft and District Ploughing Society Ploughing match

15th October 2022 at Sweep Farm Wetherby.

Report & Photos by Kenny Wharton, www.kenpics.com

The Scarcroft and District Ploughing Society was established in 1907 and this years match was organised by David J Greenwood. He described the plots as being ‘challenging conditions’ with no life in

Results

Class 1 – Modern Conventional

1st Graham Thompson

2nd Derek Tyson

Class 2 – Classic

1st Ray Alderson

2nd Geoff Sleightholm

3rd Antony Boldan

Class 3 – Vintage Mounted

1st Ben Phillip

2nd Ian Berriman

3rd Andrew Cage

the soil whatsoever. Best work by a society member was awarded to Geoff Sleightholm with Ray Alderson being awarded ‘Champion of the Field’

Class 4 – Vintage Trailing

1st Chris Donaldson

2nd Trevor Johnston

3rd Frank Millington

Class 5 - Ferguson

1st Allan Richards

2nd Adrian Halton

3rd Mick Berriman

Class 6 – Novice

1st Tim Longfield

2nd Jamie Dunn

Class 7 – Intermediate

1st George Braithwaite

2nd Alan Pearson

Geoff Sleightholm (left) with Roger Ingham - judge

Ben Phillip

Allan Richards

George Braithwaite

Chris Donaldson

Tim Longfield

Just enjoying the day out

Ray Alderson

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Brandesburton Young Farmers Club Ploughing Match

6th November 2022 by kind permission of Albanwise Farming Ltd.

Report & Photos by Kenny Wharton, www.kenpics.com

As usual there was a good turnout for this match and an excellent mix of tractors including a Same Jaguar 100 owned by Tony Kent, Marshall 702 owned by Pat Brown, Zetor 6718 and 5748, and even a demo Case IH380 supplied by Farmstar Ltd.

Results

Class 1 – Modern Conventional

1st James Witty

2nd Stuart Vickers

3rd Nigel Vickers

Class 2 – Open Commercial

1st Les Hall

2nd Chris Baines

3rd Anthony Berriman

Class 3 – YFC reversible

1st James Chapman

2nd Richard Westoby

3rd Guy Turner

Many thanks to the judges, Jim Heath, Sam Heath, Will Harrison, Sally Ostler, Maurice Richardson, Mike Southwell, David Chappell, Mr Snowdon and everyone else who helped organise the day.

Class 4 – Open reversible

1st Jim Richardson

2nd Harry Taylor

Class 5 - Vintage trailed

1st Frank Millington

2nd Henry Taylor

3rd Steven Walker

Class 6 – Vintage mounted

1st Andrew Cage

2nd John Lewis 3rd Gordon Sunley

Class 7 – Classic

1st Ray Alderson

2nd Carl Fretwell

3rd Antony Boldan

Class 8 – Ferguson

1st John Kitchen

2nd Allan Richards

3rd Michael Chapman

Class 9 – Classic reversible

1st Edward Wright 2nd Steve Watkins

Carl Fretwell 2nd in Classics

Ray Alderson 1st in Classics

John Lewis 2nd in Vintage Mounted

Chris Baines 2nd in Open Commercial

Robert Westoby (YFC)

Richard Westoby 2nd in YFC Reversible

Tractor Fest at Tates

on 24th September 2022 at Tates Garden Centre in Ripon, North Yorkshire

Report by Mark Nicholson

How it all began!

In September 2020, in a short break between covid lock downs, it was decided to celebrate National Vintage Tractor & Engine Club (NVTEC) West Yorkshire Group Chairman Mark Nicholson’s Birthday, and an attempt by the Group to escape the months of imposed house arrest that we had all suffered, there should be a short informal vintage tractor road run with a mid-way lunch stop.

West Yorkshire Group member, Dennis Boot, offered to use his home in Killinghall as a starting point and would kindly lend some of his collection of ten classic tractors. The escape from lockdown blues was on.

On 16th September 2020, five of Dennis’s tractors set off from Killinghall through the villages of Hampsthwaite, Birstwith, Clint, Burnt Yates, Shaw Mills, Bishop Thornton, Fountains Abbey and then to lunch at the newly opened Olive Tree Restaurant at Tates Garden Centre before returning home.

The five tractors arrived at a large modern garden centre, with not only ample parking but a spacious, beautifully maintained and mowed field overlooking a very well stocked outdoor sales area.

Lunch at the Olive Tree was very enjoyable, made even more welcoming by the very enthusiastic greeting by Managing Director Tom Tate. The thought was inevitably fantastic catering, clean modern toilets, large field with a car park, keen and willing host. The thought was inevitable - What a place for a show!

During the covid delays, discussions took place between Tom Tate and Mark Nicholson, and the idea of an end of lockdown informal show became a reality.

The date was set for 25th September 2021. Ripon Farm Services in Ripon were asked for their support, and they

agreed to supply one of their show units and send along a modern John Deere and some of their heritage John Deere fleet. The event was publicised through Tates social media and posters, the West Yorkshire group’s newsletters and Mark Nicholson having an interview with Radio York. The big question was ‘what will the weather do’ and ‘will anyone turn up’?

It was a lovely fine and warm day, and they came! Tractor

owners and NVTEC members were just happy to be out again, to meet up with friends they had not seen for nearly two years.

East Yorkshire Group of the NVTEC travelled long distances to give a great display of engines, whilst tractor owners came from all over the area to join in the fun. The response from the public was fantastic. Young and old sat on, looked at and talked about tractors and watched the stationary engines running, whilst learning just how much these engines helped with early mechanization of agriculture and industry. They also visited the Garden Centre and enjoyed the delights of the Olive Tree restaurant whose exhausted manager at the end of the day was heard to say, “I didn’t think you tractor fellas ate so much”.

At the close of this very successful show, we all wondered if we should do it again next year. Very shortly afterwards the day for 2022 was set for 24th September, and it was decided to make the show an annual event and raise money for a different charity each year.

In the meantime, Tom Tate joined the ranks of classic tractor enthusiast by becoming the proud owner of a Ferguson Grey Gold.

As Tom and his partner Sarah have a very young son, Freddy, who recently needed treatment at the children’s ward, in the Leeds General Infirmary for a very serious heart condition he was born with, this was the cause we chose to support this year.

In addition to the tractors and engines there was a raffle, tombola, face painting and a display of birds of prey and exotic pets, making the event a real family day.

On the day of the event the weather remained fine, and

even more exhibitors than last year turned up. Once again, Ripon Farm Services gave their support bringing a lot more of their heritage fleet of John Deere tractors and once again a very modern John Deere. East Yorkshire Group NVTEC members arrived with their engines showing some very interesting and rare ones.

Peter Wright, TVs Yorkshire Vet, arrived driving a classic Ford Tractor, one of a group belonging to Steven Dresser, a collector near Thirsk. We had tractors ranging from a tiny Bolens garden tractor, to a huge Claas towing a massive Sumo Quadtrac cultivator and all sizes in between. Some immaculately restored to Concours standard and others still in original condition, some with implements attached looking like they have just arrived after a days work on the farm.

Adding to the attraction we had some classic cars making it a very interesting day for the vintage enthusiasts.

Young Freddy Tate was around all day showing a very early indication that he will inherit his father’s interest in classic tractors, whilst enjoying the attention he was getting from his grandmother, aunts and every one he met with a lovely endearing smile.

The public response was even better than 2021 with people showing there is still a huge interest in vintage and classic tractors, cars and stationary engines. The result was Tom and Sarah went to the Leeds General Infirmary with a cheque for £4,000 raised on the day, thanks to the generosity of the public and all the exhibitors who helped to make this an amazing day.

This only goes to show that NVTEC members not only have fun with their tractors and engines, but other worth while causes benefit. What could be better?

Banbury & District Vintage Ploughing Society

Ploughing Match at Warriner School, Bloxham

on Sunday 2nd October

The Warriner School Farm Trust supports the Warriner School Farm in providing a practical, relevant and realistic experience of farming, the rural environment and land use to school children of all age groups, (from a very large number of other schools as well as our own) and to all sections of the wider community. The Farm is open to organised groups, runs holiday play schemes and provides much needed placements for disaffected pupils, children with emotional and behavioural issues and those with Special Educational Needs.

On Sunday 2nd October The Farm was open to the general

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public to look around, and also hosted a ploughing match ran by the Banbury & District Vintage Ploughing Society.

Generous donations and lots of hard work by volunteers helped raised an enormous £2,200.00 for The Warriner Farm Trust. The Warriner thanked Fine Lady Bakeries for donating the bread rolls, Lower Clopton Farm Shop and Cafe for supplying and discounting the BBQ meat, Bloxham Nursery & Chequer Tree Tearoom, Saltway Farm - Formerly known as Banbury Self Pick and The Duke at Clifton for raffle prizes.

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SATURDAY

26TH NOVEMBER

26/11/2022 Santa Stream Trains (26/11-24/12) at Great Central Railway, Loughborough Central Station, Great Central Road, LE11 1RW. Contact: 01509 632323 sales@gcrailway.co.uk www.gcrailway.co.uk 26/11/2022 Steam with the Team at Abbey Pumping Station, Cor poration Road, Leicester, LE4 5PX. Contact: 01162 995111 enquiries@abbeypumpingstation.org www.abbeypumpingstation.org 26/11/2022 Lincoln Autojumble at Hemswell Cliff, Gainsborough DN21 5TJ. T 07816 291544 info@lincolnautojumble.com www.lincolnautojumble.com 26/11/2022 Santa Special (26/11-23/12) at North Norfolk Railway, Sheringham Station, Station Approach, Sheringham, Norfolk, NR26 8RA. T: 01263 820800 nquiries@nnrailway.co.uk 26/11/2022 Mince Pie Specials (27/12/22-02/01/23) at North Norfolk Railway, Sheringham Station, Station Approach, Sheringham, Norfolk, NR26 8RA. T: 01263 820800. enquiries@nnrailway.co.uk

SUNDAY 27TH NOVEMBER

27/11/2022 Coldhabour Candlelit Christmas at Coldharbour Mill,

Devon, EX15 3EE. www.coldharbourmill.org.uk 27/11/2022 Sherwood Forest Ploughing Match at Budby, Ollerton, Nottinghamshire. T:07581009507 benvincent617@yahoo.co.uk 27/11/2022 Christmas Festival at The Brickworks Museum, Stanwick Lane, Stanwick, Hampshire, SO31 7HB. T: 01489 576248 www.thebrickworksmuseum.org 27/11/2022 Magical Santa Express (27/11-23/12) at Statfold Narrow Gauge Museum Trust Ltd, Tam worth, Staffordshire, B79 0BU. www.statfold.com 27/11/2022 Stratheden Ploughing Society Ploughing Match at Ramornie Farm, Pitlessie, KY15 7SH. T: 07825 706924 strathedenploughing@gmail.com 27/11/2022 Annual Collectors’ Fair Aldridge Transport Museum, Shenstone Drive, Northgate, Aldridge, Walsall, WS9 8TP. T: 01922 454761 amrtm1@aol.co.uk www.amrtm.org

WEDNESDAY 30TH NOVEMBER

30/11/2022 Winter Wonderlights 2022 (30/11- 29/12) at Great Central Railway, Loughborough Central Station, Great Central Road, LE11 1RW. T: 01509 632323 sales@gcrailway.co.uk www.gcrailway.co.uk

THURSDAY 1ST DECEMBER 01/12/2022 Shuttleworth in Lights 2022 (1st-18th) at Shuttleworth, Biggleswade, Beds, SG18 9EP. www.shuttleworth.org 01/12/2022 Ride the lights at East Anglia Transport Museum, Chapel Road, Carlton Colville, Lowestoft, NR33 8BL. T:01502 518459 www.eatransportmuseum.co.uk

SATURDAY 3RD DECEMBER 03/12/2022 Ho ho ho! at London Museum of Water & Steam, Green Dragon Lane, Brentford, Greater London, TW8 0EN. T: 02085 684757 www.waterandsteam.org.uk 03/12/2022 Meet Father Christmas (3rd-4th) at Amberley Museum, New Barn Road, Amberley, Near Arundel, West Sussex, BN18 9LT. Contact: 01789 831370 www.amberleymuseum.co.uk 03/12/2022 Bredgar & Wormshill Light Railway Father Christmas Experience (3rd-4th) at The Warren, Bredgar, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 8AT. www.bwlr.co.uk 03/12/2022 The Christmas Cracker (3rd-4th) at The Museum of Transport, Greater Manchester, Boyle Street, Cheetham Hill, Manchester, M8 8UW. Contact: 01612 052122 email@gmts.co.uk www.motgm.uk

SUNDAY 4TH DECEMBER

04/12/2022 Christmas Fair & The Moonshiners at Ellenroad Steam Museum, Rochdale, Lancs, OL16 4LE. Contact: 07789 802632. www.ellenroad.org.uk 04/12/2022 Christmas Fair & Santa at Museum of Power, Hatfield Road, Nr Maldon, Essex, CM9 6QA www.museumofpower.org.uk 04/12/2022 Santa’s Fly-In and Snowball Hunt 2022 (4th, 11th & 18th) at Shuttleworth, Biggleswade, Beds, SG18 9EP. www.shuttleworth.org 04/12/2022 Meet Father Christ mas (3rd-4th) at Amberley Museum, New Barn Road, Amberley, Near Arundel, West Sussex, BN18 9LT. T 01789 831370 www.amberleymuseum.co.uk 04/12/2022 Bredgar & Wormshill Light Railway Father Christmas Experience (3rd-4th) at The Warren, Bredgar, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 8AT. www.bwlr.co.uk

04/12/2022 Santa Specials at The West Lancashire Light Railway, Station Road, Hesketh Bank, PR4 6SP. T: 01772 815881 webmaster@westlancsrailway.org www.westlancsrailway.org 04/12/2022 The Christmas Cracker (3rd-4th) at The Museum of Transport, Greater Manchester, Boyle Street, Cheetham Hill, Manchester, M8 8UW. T: 01612 052122 email@gmts.co.uk www.motgm.uk 04/12/2022 Christmas Run Day with Father Christmas at Prickwillow Engine Museum, Main Street, Prickwillow, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7 4UN. T: 01353 688360 www.prickwillowmuseum.com

SATURDAY 10TH DECEMBER 10/12/2022 Christmas Market (10th-11th) at Papplewick Pumping Station, Notts, NG15 9AJ. www.papplewickpumpingstation.org.uk 10/12/2022 Meet Father Christmas (10th-11th) at Amberley Museum, New Barn Road, Amberley, Near Arundel, West Sussex, BN18 9LT. Contact: 01789 831370 www.amberleymuseum.co.uk 10/12/2022 Bredgar & Wormshill Light Railway Father Christmas Experience (10th-11th) at The Warren, Bredgar, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 8AT. www.bwlr.co.uk 10/12/2022 Santa Specials (10th11th) at Hampton Kempton Waterworks Railway, Snakey Lane, Hanworth, Middlesex, TW13 7ND. T: 01932 212235 admin@hamptonkemptonrailway.org.uk www.hamptonkemptonrailway.org.uk 10/12/2022 Santa Specials (10th-11th) at The West Lanca shire Light Railway, Station Road, Hesketh Bank, PR4 6SP. Contact: 01772 815881 www.westlancsrailway.org 10/12/2022 A Wartime Christmas (10th-11th) at National Emerg ency Services Museum, The Old Police/Fire Station, West Bar, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S3 8PT. Contact: 0114 2491 999 info@visitnesm.org.uk www.visitnesm.org.uk 10/12/2022 Christmas at the Museum (10th-11th) at Rural Life Living Museum, Tilford, Farnham, Surrey, GU10 2DL. www.rural-life.org.uk

SUNDAY 11TH DECEMBER 11/12/2022 Christmas Market

ForÊtheÊseventhÊyearÊrunning,ÊaÊfleetÊofÊ100Ê fairyÊlitÊtractorsÊisÊsetÊtoÊhitÊtheÊstreetsÊforÊaÊ fesveÊtourÊtoÊraiseÊmoneyÊforÊKatharineÊ HouseÊHospice.ÊÊÊ

We hope this year will be the best yet with our extended route to include Banbury, for the first me! For full details please visit: ww.rcbaker.co.uk/tractorrunÊ

TractorÊbookingsÊwillÊopenÊonÊ1stÊDecemberÊÊ Please head over to the KHH website then to sign up: hps://www.khh.org.uk/Event/rc-baker-christmas-tractorrun-parcipants-page (please note this page won’t be live unl bookings open)

11/12/2022 Steam Open Day at Markfield Beam Engine & Museum 2020 Markfield Road, South Tottenham, London, Greater London Tel: 07923 459 020.

11/12/2022 North Bucks Vintage Tractor Club Xmas Road Run at Concept Park, Watling St. Towcester NN12 7YD. www.nbvtc.org.uk 11/12/2022 Christmas at the Museum (10th-11th) at Rural Life Living Museum, Tilford, Farnham, Surrey, GU10 2DL. www.rural-life.org.uk

17/12/2022 Dunford Parish Festive Tractor & Wagon Run at Crowedge Community Centre, Sheffield Road, Hepworth, Holmfirth HD9 7TP. crowedgebookings@gmail.com www.facebook.com/crowedgevictoria

SUNDAY 18TH DECEMBER

RCÊBakerÊLtdÊ- Tel: 01869 338307 Email: mail@rcbaker.co.uk (10th-11th) at Papplewick Pumping Station, Notts, NG15 9AJ. www.papplewickpumpingstation.org.uk 11/12/2022 Santa’s Fly-In and Snowball Hunt 2022 (4th, 11th & 18th) at Shuttleworth, Biggleswade, Beds, SG18 9EP. www.shuttleworth.org 11/12/2022 Meet Father Christmas (10th-11th) at Amberley Museum, New Barn Road, Amberley, Near Arundel, West Sussex, BN18 9LT. Contact: 01789 831370 www.amberleymuseum.co.uk 11/12/2022 Bredgar & Wormshill Light Railway Father Christmas Experience (10th-11th) at The Warren, Bredgar, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 8AT. www.bwlr.co.uk 11/12/2022 Santa Specials (10th-11th) at Hampton Kempton Waterworks Railway, Snakey Lane, Hanworth, Middlesex, TW13 7ND. T: 01932 212235 admin@hamptonkemptonrailway.org.uk www.hamptonkemptonrailway.org.uk

11/12/2022 Santa Specials (10th11th) at The West Lancashire Light Railway, Station Road, Hesketh Bank, PR4 6SP. T: 01772 815881 webmaster@westlancsrailway.org www.westlancsrailway.org

11/12/2022 A Wartime Christmas (10th-11th) at National Emergency Services Museum, The Old Police/Fire Station, West Bar, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S3 8PT T:01142491999 info@visitnesm.org.uk www.visitnesm.org.uk

11/12/2022 Christmas Stalls at South Yorkshire Transport Museum, Unit 9, Waddington Way, Rother ham, S65 3SH. T: 07852 298082 info@sytm.co.uk www.sytm.co.uk

SATURDAY 17TH DECEMBER 17/12/2022 RC Baker Charity Christmas Tinsel Tractor Run at Spring Hill Farm, Barford St Michael, OX15 0PL. www.rcbaker.co.uk/tractorrun 17/12/2022 Meet Father Christmas (17th-18th) at Amberley Museum, New Barn Road, Amberley, Near Arundel, West Sussex, BN18 9LT. Contact: 01789 831370 www.amberleymuseum.co.uk 17/12/2022 Santa Specials (17th-18th) at Hampton Kempton Waterworks Railway, Snakey Lane, Hanworth, Middlesex, TW13 7ND. T: 01932 212235 admin@hamptonkemptonrailway.org.uk www.hamptonkemptonrailway.org.uk 17/12/2022 Santa Specials (17th18th) at The West Lancashire Light Railway, Station Road, Hesketh Bank, PR4 6SP. T: 01772 815881 webmaster@westlancsrailway.org www.westlancsrailway.org 17/12/2022 Christmas at the Museum (17th-18th) at Rural Life Living Museum, Tilford, Farnham, Surrey, GU10 2DL. www.rural-life.org.uk

18/12/2022 Santa’s Fly-In and Snowball Hunt 2022 (4th, 11th & 18th) at Shuttleworth, Biggleswade, Beds, SG18 9EP. www.shuttleworth.org 18/12/2022 Meet Father Christmas (17th-18th) at Amberley Museum, New Barn Road, Amberley, Near Arundel, West Sussex, BN18 9LT. Contact: 01789 831370 www.amberleymuseum.co.uk 18/12/2022 Santa Specials (17th-18th) at Hampton Kempton Waterworks Railway, Snakey Lane, Hanworth, Middlesex, TW13 7ND. T: 01932 212235 admin@hamptonkemptonrailway.org.uk www.hamptonkemptonrailway.org.uk 18/12/2022 Santa Specials (17th18th) at The West Lancashire Light Railway, Station Road, Hesketh Bank, PR4 6SP. T: 01772 815881 webmaster@westlancsrailway.org www.westlancsrailway.org 18/12/2022 Christmas at the Museum (17th-18th) at Rural Life Living Museum, Tilford, Farnham, Surrey, GU10 2DL. www.rural-life.org.uk

TUESDAY 27TH DECEMBER 27/12/2022 Warwick Vintage Tractor & Machinery Society & Ferguson Christmas Road Run & BBQ from Cross Road Cottage, Bascote, Southam. T: 01926

817934 (6-9.30pm) www.wvtms.org

WEDNESDAY 28TH DECEMBER 28/12/2022 Steam Days (28th29th) at Bolton Steam Museum, Mornington Road, Bolton, BL1 4HW. www.nmes.org

THURSDAY 29TH DECEMBER 29/12/2022 Steam Days (28th29th) at Bolton Steam Museum, Mornington Road, Bolton, BL1 4HW. www.nmes.org

SATURDAY 31ST DECEMBER 31/12/2022 Night Rider at Great Central Railway, Loughborough Central Station, Great Central Road, LE11 1RW. T: 01509 632323 sales@gcrailway.co.uk www.gcrailway.co.uk

SUNDAY 1ST JANUARY 01/01/2023 New Years Day Steam Up at Westonzoyland Pumping Station, Bridgewater, Somerset, TA7 0LS. Tel: 01278 691595. www.wzlet.org

SATURDAY 28TH JANUARY 28/01/2023 Vintage & Classic Tractor Show at Bath & West Showground, BA4 6QN. (28th29th Indoor Tractor show & auction). T: Mike 07976 535762 / Marcie 01747 82262. www.somersettractorshow.com

SUNDAY 29TH JANUARY 29/01/2023 Vintage & Classic Tractor Show at Bath & West Showground, BA4 6QN. (28th29th Indoor Tractor show &

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auction). T: Mike 07976 535762 / Marcie 01747 82262. www.somersettractorshow.com

THURSDAY 23RD FEBRUARY 23/02/2023 Steaming Day at Claymills Pumping Station,The Victorian Pumping Station, Meadow Lane, Stretton, Burton on Trent, Staffordshire, England, DE13 0DA. T: 01283 509929. enquiries@claymills.org.uk www.claymills.org.uk

SUNDAY 26TH FEBRUARY 26/02/2023 Steaming Day at Claymills Pumping Station,The Victorian Pumping Station, Meadow Lane, Stretton, Burton on Trent, Staffordshire, England, DE13 0DA. T: 01283 509929. enquiries@claymills.org.uk www.claymills.org.uk

SATURDAY 11TH MARCH 11/03/2023 Spring Tractor World (11th-12th) at Three Counties Showground, Malvern, WR13 6NW. Contact: 01697 451882 www.tractorworldshows.co.uk

SUNDAY 12TH MARCH 12/03/2023 Makerfield Ploughing Society Ploughing Match at Brook House Farm, Catchdale Moss Lane, St Helens, WA10 5QA. Contact 07974 170675 houghtonjfj@hotmail.com 12/03/2023 Spring Tractor World (11th-12th) at Three Counties Showground,Malvern, WR13 6NW. Contact: 01697 451882 www.tractorworldshows.co.uk

SATURDAY 25TH APRIL 25/03/2023 Surrey Hills Spring Fair (25th-26th) at Rural Life Living Museum, Tilford, Farnham, Surrey, GU10 2DL. www.rural-life.org.uk

SUNDAY 26TH MARCH 26/03/2023 Surrey Hills Spring Fair (25th-26th) at Rural Life Living Museum, Tilford, Farnham, Surrey, GU10 2DL. www.rural-life.org.uk

SUNDAY 2ND APRIL 02/04/2023 National Vintage Tractor & Engine Club (East Anglia) Spring Charity Road Run at Cedar Lodge, Fence Bank, Walpole Highway, Wisbech, Cambs, PE14 7QT. Entry form: www.nvtec-ea.org.uk Contact: stradsett@nvtec-ea.org.uk

SUNDAY 9TH APRIL 09/04/2023 Steaming Day at Claymills Pumping Station,The Victorian Pumping Station, Meadow Lane, Stretton, Burton on Trent, Staffordshire, England, DE13 0DA. T: 01283 509929. enquiries@claymills.org.uk www.claymills.org.uk

MONDAY 10TH APRIL 10/04/2023 Steaming Day at Claymills Pumping Station,The Victorian Pumping Station, Meadow Lane, Stretton, Burton on Trent, Staffordshire, England, DE13 0DA. T: 01283

509929. enquiries@claymills.org.uk www.claymills.org.uk 10/04/2023 Family Easter Egg Hunt at Strumpshaw Steam Museum, Strumpshaw Old Hall, Norwich, Norfolk, NR13 4HR. www.strumpshawsteammuseum.co.uk

SATURDAY 22ND APRIL 22/04/2023 Classic Vehicle Event (22nd-23rd) at Pikes Farm, Organford, Poole, Dorset, BH16 6ES. Contact: 07970 252545 www.organfordclassicevents.co.uk

SUNDAY 23RD APRIL 23/04/2023 Classic Vehicle Event (22nd-23rd) at Pikes Farm, Organford, Poole, Dorset, BH16 6ES. Contact: 07970 252545 www.organfordclassicevents.co.uk

SUNDAY 30TH APRIL 30/04/2023 Steaming Day at Claymills Pumping Station,The Victorian Pumping Station, Meadow Lane, Stretton, Burton on Trent, Staffordshire, England, DE13 0DA. T: 01283 509929. enquiries@claymills.org.uk www.claymills.org.uk 30/04/2023 National Vintage Tractor & Engine Club (East Anglia) Stradsett Park Vintage Rally (30th-1st) at Stradsett, King’s Lynn, Norfolk, PE33 9HA. stradsett@nvtec-ea.org.uk www.nvtec-ea.org.uk

MONDAY 1ST MAY 01/05/2023 Steaming Day at Claymills Pumping Station,The Victorian Pumping Station, Meadow Lane, Stretton, Burton on Trent, Staffordshire, England, DE13 0DA. T: 01283 509929. enquiries@claymills.org.uk www.claymills.org.uk

SATURDAY 20TH MAY 20/05/2023 Steam On the Levels (20th-21st) at Westonzoyland Pumping Station, Bridgewater, Somerset, TA7 0LS. Tel: 01278 691595. www.wzlet.org

SUNDAY 21ST MAY 21/05/2023 Steam On the Levels (20th-21st) at Westonzoyland Pumping Station, Bridgewater, Somerset, TA7 0LS. Tel: 01278 691595. www.wzlet.org

SATURDAY 27TH MAY 27/05/2023 Strumpshaw Steam Rally (27th-29th) at Strumpshaw Steam Museum, Strumpshaw Old Hall, Norwich, Norfolk, NR13 4HR. www.strumpshawsteammuseum.co.uk

SUNDAY 28TH MAY 28/05/2023 Steaming Day at Claymills Pumping Station,The Victorian Pumping Station, Meadow Lane, Stretton, Burton on Trent, Staffordshire, England, DE13 0DA. T: 01283 509929. enquiries@claymills.org.uk www.claymills.org.uk 28/05/2023 Strumpshaw Steam Rally (27th-29th) at Strumpshaw Steam Museum, Strumpshaw Old Hall, Norwich, Norfolk, NR13 4HR.

www.strumpshawsteammuseum.co.uk

MONDAY 29TH MAY 29/05/2023 Steaming Day at Claymills Pumping Station,The Victorian Pumping Station, Meadow Lane, Stretton, Burton on Trent, Staffordshire, England, DE13 0DA. T: 01283 509929. enquiries@claymills.org.uk www.claymills.org.uk 29/05/2023 Strumpshaw Steam Rally (27th-29th) at Strumpshaw Steam Museum, Strumpshaw Old Hall, Norwich, Norfolk, NR13 4HR. www.strumpshawsteammuseum.co.uk

SUNDAY 18TH JUNE 18/06/2023 Miniature Steam Engines at Claymills Pumping Station,The Victorian Pumping Station, Meadow Lane, Stretton, Burton on Trent, Staffordshire, England, DE13 0DA. T: 01283 509929. enquiries@claymills.org.uk www.claymills.org.uk 18/06/2023 Norwich Classic Car Show at Strumpshaw Steam Museum, Strumpshaw Old Hall, Norwich, Norfolk, NR13 4HR. www.strumpshawsteammuseum.co.uk

SATURDAY 15TH JULY 15/07/2023 Model Railway & Engineering Exhibition at Claymills Pumping Station,The Victorian Pumping Station, Meadow Lane, Stretton, Burton on Trent, Staffordshire, England, DE13 0DA. T: 01283 509929. enquiries@claymills.org.uk www.claymills.org.uk 15/07/2023 Strumpshaw Tree Fair (15th-16th) at Strumpshaw Steam Museum, Strumpshaw Old Hall, Norwich, Norfolk, NR13 4HR. www.strumpshawsteammuseum.co.uk

SUNDAY 16TH JULY 16/07/2023 Strumpshaw Tree Fair (15th-16th) at Strumpshaw Steam Museum, Strumpshaw Old Hall, Norwich, Norfolk, NR13 4HR. www.strumpshawsteammuseum.co.uk 16/07/2023 Model Railway & Engineering Exhibition at Claymills Pumping Station,The Victorian Pumping Station, Meadow Lane, Stretton, Burton on Trent, Staffordshire, England, DE13 0DA. T: 01283 509929. enquiries@claymills.org.uk www.claymills.org.uk

MONDAY 13TH AUGUST 13/08/2023 Land Rover Day at Claymills Pumping Station,The Victorian Pumping Station, Meadow Lane, Stretton, Burton on Trent, Staffordshire, England, DE13 0DA. T: 01283 509929. enquiries@claymills.org.uk www.claymills.org.uk

FRIDAY 25TH AUGUST 25/08/2023 VW Fab Fest (25th27th) at Strumpshaw Steam Museum, Strumpshaw Old Hall, Norwich, Norfolk, NR13 4HR. www.strumpshawsteammuseum.co.uk

SATURDAY 26TH AUGUST 26/08/2023 VW Fab Fest (25th-

27th) at Strumpshaw Steam Museum, Strumpshaw Old Hall, Norwich, Norfolk, NR13 4HR. www.strumpshawsteammuseum.co.uk

SUNDAY 27TH AUGUST 27/08/2023 VW Fab Fest (25th27th) at Strumpshaw Steam Museum, Strumpshaw Old Hall, Norwich, Norfolk, NR13 4HR. www.strumpshawsteammuseum.co.uk 27/08/2023 Steaming Day at Claymills Pumping Station,The Victorian Pumping Station, Meadow Lane, Stretton, Burton on Trent, Staffordshire, England, DE13 0DA. T: 01283 509929. enquiries@claymills.org.uk www.claymills.org.uk

MONDAY 28TH AUGUST 28/08/2023 Steaming Day at Claymills Pumping Station,The Victorian Pumping Station, Meadow Lane, Stretton, Burton on Trent, Staffordshire, England, DE13 0DA. T: 01283 509929. enquiries@claymills.org.uk www.claymills.org.uk

SATURDAY 2ND SEPTEMBER 02/09/2023 Moreton-In-Marsh Show at The Moreton-in-Marsh Show, Batsford Road, Moretonin-Marsh, Gloucestershire, GL56 0AB. Contact: 01608 651908 secretary@moretonshow.co.uk www.moretonshow.co.uk 02/09/2023 Strumpshaw Autumn Rally (2nd-3rd) at Strumpshaw Steam Museum, Strumpshaw Old Hall, Norwich, Norfolk, NR13 4HR. www.strumpshawsteammuseum.co.uk

SUNDAY 3RD SEPTEMBER 03/09/2023 Strumpshaw Autumn Rally (2nd-3rd) at Strumpshaw Steam Museum, Strumpshaw Old Hall, Norwich, Norfolk, NR13 4HR. www.strumpshawsteammuseum.co.uk

SATURDAY 23RD SEPTEMBER 23/09/2023 Steaming Day at Claymills Pumping Station,The Victorian Pumping Station, Meadow Lane, Stretton, Burton on Trent, Staffordshire, England, DE13 0DA. T: 01283 509929. enquiries@claymills.org.uk www.claymills.org.uk 23/09/2023 Strumpshaw Model Day (23rd-24th) at Strumpshaw Steam Museum, Strumpshaw Old Hall, Norwich, Norfolk, NR13 4HR. www.strumpshawsteammuseum.co.uk

SUNDAY 24TH SEPTEMBER 24/09/2023 Steaming Day at Claymills Pumping Station,The Victorian Pumping Station, Meadow Lane, Stretton, Burton on Trent, Staffordshire, England, DE13 0DA. T: 01283 509929. enquiries@claymills.org.uk www.claymills.org.uk

SATURDAY 30TH SEPTEMBER 30/09/2023 Southwell Ploughing Match & Show at South Muskham, Nottinghamshire. 07748 468585: info@southwellploughingmatch.co.uk www.southwellploughingmatch.co.uk

The NVTEC is over 50 years old and has been catering for the needs of Vintage Tractors and Engines throughout the UK during that 琀me.

are able to o昀er members either membership of a local group, of which there are 30 do琀ed throughout the UK, or Na琀onal Membership where there is not a local group close by. All members receive a copy of the club Magazine Vaporising which is published 4 琀mes a year, produced by club members and featuring reports from up and down the country. For details of how to become a member of the NVTEC or how to 昀nd your local group please contact: Mrs Ann Alcock