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    POSTBAG: LETTERS, E-MAILS, POSTS & TWEETS

    May 15, 2020 4 minutes

    WRITE to the editor: Scott Lambert, The Granary, Downs Court, Yalding Hill, Yalding, Kent ME18 6AL

    EMAIL: tm.ed@kelsey.co.uk

    BAMFORD CLAEYS

    Dear T&M,

    I have just been reading the November 2019 issue of T&M, featuring combines, here in New Zealand. I moved here from the UK 17 years ago.

    My late father worked for Bamfords on the baler side of the business, doing gearbox assembly. I remember him telling me that Claeys approached Bamfords to take over their company, but for some reason they refused. With the takeover of Claeys by New Holland, Bamfords then did a deal with Volvo to market their combines.

    I assume

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