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VINTAGETRACKS
FARMWEEK
OCTOBER 28 2021
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Seven Gables Vintage Club working day cheque presentation
n Members of the Seven Gables Vintage Club who held a working day and show on August
14-15 in memory of Nellie McDaid and Pat (Paddy) Bradley to raise funds for the Alzheimer’s
Society Donegal and Ward 7 Antrim Area Hospital presenting a cheque for 4000 to the
Alzheimer Society Donegal. Front from left are Eddie Meenan, Vice Chairman, Julie Munday,
Raymond McDaid, Chairman, Caroline Ward and Robin Canning, Treasuar.
PICTURES: Clive Wasson
n Members of the Seven Gables Vintage Club who held a working day and show on August
14-15 in memory of Nellie McDaid and Pat (Paddy) Bradley to raise funds for the Alzheimer’s
Society Donegal and Ward 7 Antrim Area Hospital presenting a cheque for 4000 to members
of the Bradley family who received it on behalf of Ward 7 Antrim Area Hospital. Front from
left are Eddie Meenan, Vice Chairman, Diarmuid Bradley, Damian Bradley, Ruaidhri Bradley,
Raymond McDaid, Chairman, and Robin Canning, Treasuar.
Celebrate at
Newark Vintage
Tractor Show
V
INTAGE enthusiasts will be
in for a treat at this year’s
Newark Vintage Tractor &
Heritage Show, with a number
of important anniversary
celebrations taking place.
Returning to Newark Showground
on November 13-14, the two-day
event brings together enthusiasts
to see hundreds of vintage tractors,
commercial vehicles, military and
stationary engines from across the
UK and Europe.
After an enforced year off due
to Covid, this year’s celebrations
promise to be particularly special,
including 75 years of the Grey Fergie
(TE20), 75 years of the Fordson E27N
(carried forward from 2020), 60 years
of the David Brown 990 and 50 years
of the Ford 7000.
There will also be a special one-off
celebration of the 25th anniversary
of “Fordson 500”, which brought
together 1,002 Fordson tractors
dating from 1917 to 1966 at Newark
Showground in June 1996. The Show is
inviting participants from the original
line-up to be part of this feature.
“There was a really electric
atmosphere at the original event,”
says Nicholas Kitchen, who was
chairman of the Fordson 500
committee, exhibited six tractors and
commentated on the parade. “There
was great camaraderie and people
still remember and talk about it with
great affection.”
The original event – which attracted
20,000 visitors and raised £6,000 for
charity - was the brainchild of the
late Eric Ducksbury, then president
of the Nottinghamshire group of the
National Vintage Tractor Club.
“He thought it would be nice to get
50 Fordsons together in one place
at one time, but that then grew to
500,” says Mr Kitchen. “In the end we
had 1002, and won an entry into the
Guinness Book of World Records. I
don’t think that will ever be beaten; it
took over two years to organise!”
Organisers are hoping to attract
100 exhibits from the original event,
and among them will be Mr Kitchen’s
1940 Fordson Model N, which he first
drove when he was 12 and purchased
in 1973.
“It’s got a special place in my
affection – I’ve lots of memories and
have had a lot of fun with it.”
Painted in the original harvest gold
colour, the tractor has been used on
a lot of publicity material as well as
out in the field at ploughing matches
and harvest.
“As a war time tractor, the Fordson
was painted green in 1940-41 so it
didn’t stand out in the field,” explains
Mr Kitchen.
“Mine has been restored twice – the
original Fordson 500 spurred a lot of
people on to complete restorations.
DONATION: Aidrian Cullinan hands over a cheque to Claire Devlin from
STEPS.
Bradley’s Corner tractor
run raises almost £2,000
B
RADLEY’S
CORNER
Vintage
Tractor
Run
have handed over two
cheques for £974.05 each to local
charities STEPS (Suicide, Talking,
Education, Prevention, Support)
and the FACTS autism group.
The money was raised from
the vintage tractor run held last
month.
Main organiser Aidrian Cullinan
expressed thanks to Hugh Luke
Bradley for the use of his car park
and for sponsoring the day. It’s
also a massive thanks to FACTS,
STEPS and the St. Colm’s crew
for looking after the registration
side of things and helping out
in general; all the marshalls
that helped out on the day and
Genesis Bakery for their donation
of buns.
Thanks
also
to
Slemish
Photography, Julie Kelly and
Ulster Vintage for their fantastic
photos and videos; the Nippy
Chippy and PJ with his ice cream
van for keeping everyone fed;
Jonny Donnelly for designing
the posters; Blackhill Marquees
for the use of the sign stand;
MM Graphics for designing the
signs and all the businesses that
donated towards the raffle.
Last but not least the 67 tractor
owners who took part in the run,
without them, none of this would
have been possible.
Collecting is like a disease, you just
can’t give it up.”
Visitors can expect to see more than
1,000 vintage tractors, machinery and
commercial vehicles alongside a wide
range of trade stands selling vintage
parts and equipment. On Saturday,
November 13, there will be a live
auction of vintage equipment, with an
autojumble taking place on Sunday,
November 14.
Visitors can also enjoy one of the
county’s largest congregations for the
annual Service of Remembrance held
amidst the vintage tractors, as well as
tractor and trailer rides and a display
of remote-controlled trucks, tractors
and diggers.
To book tickets or enter the
show competitions, visit www.
newarkvintagetractorshow.com
PROCEEDS: Mary Margaret Love from FACTS with her cheque.
