Moving the Newark Vintage Tractor & Heritage Show by a week, to give the showground more time to organise the very successful and growing Midlands Machinery Show, on 16-17 November, appeared to benefit the event in terms of visitor numbers. As for the weather, it was rather up and down, and when the heavens opened on the Sunday afternoon it did not stop, but at least the temperature was reasonably warm.
This year’s special theme of ‘70 years of the Fordson E1A Major’ came out well in the George Stephenson Exhibition Hall, with much help from New Holland dealer Russell’s (Kirbymoorside) Ltd. James Hardstaff exhibited a fine selection of tractors from his collection, as did others with exhibits from Scotland. The one that stood out was John Hayward’s 1952 E1A DDN – a delightful, original example, like so many in this section.
As for the restored Majors in this section
