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Old tractors are being given a new lease of life pulling fishing boats on Jersey. Chris McCullough reports

Sometimes older tractors are restored to preserve their historical importance and sometimes they embark on a new working career in later life.

That’s exactly the case at a little fishing bay on an island where a number of tractors from the ‘60s and ‘70s, mostly Internationals, work daily hauling fishing boats to the water and back to the pier.

Jersey is the largest

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