Past Present and in Between in Pictures (Part 1)

[rastone]

Retired Old ■■■■:

rastone:
I meant the dark blue major

Of course. A PROPER Major!

In the back of my mind I think the N was orange at first do you think.During the war they did away with the wide mud guards to save a bit of metal

Tony

[rastone]

Do any of you chaps remember a beautiful Foden 8 wheeler from Hancocks of Harisead ( spelling) in Dark blue with a 2 stroke and a Boalloy body.I used to see it coming down St Helen’s Street in Derby presumably from Denby pit. which was the main road through to Uttoxeter etc.Incidentaly The Radio Derby building was built by T.C.Harrisons as a showroom and offices.Do you lads remember the car parking invention outside the Butterlley works.

Tony

[retired_old_fart]

rastone:

Retired Old ■■■■:

rastone:
I meant the dark blue major

Of course. A PROPER Major!

In the back of my mind I think the N was orange at first do you think.During the war they did away with the wide mud guards to save a bit of metal

Tony

I’ve seen orange examples at shows but I don’t know what the colour signified. Our neighbour’s- and most of those in our area- was the usual dull green and would have been a pre-war model. I’m pleased to say it had the wide mudguards- gave me somewhere to perch!

[jsutherland]

oiltreader:
Thanks to rastone and DEANB for the pics great memories of the Fordson N my first driving lesson 1945, feeding cattle in the field, me in the seat and the farmer or tractor man would would have foot on the dual clutch/brake put it in gear let the clutch out and on tickover he would jump off and to the back of the cart and drag off the load of turnips with a drag fork then back onto the tractor and take over, harvest time the same between the stooks and later on when I could reach the clutchbrake and carting out dung I would be started at one end of the field with instructions “see that fence post with my jacket on it, well keep the radiator cap pointed at that” he dragged the dung off with stop go shouting until we got to the other end looking back an arrow straight line of dung heaps. 70 plus years ago and it seems like yesterday.
Oily

I remember something similar with collecting the bales of hay on my grandfather’s farm. As a town lad this was a major highlight of the year.
Johnny

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[backsplice]

oiltreader:
Thanks to rastone and DEANB for the pics great memories of the Fordson N my first driving lesson 1945, feeding cattle in the field, me in the seat and the farmer or tractor man would would have foot on the dual clutch/brake put it in gear let the clutch out and on tickover he would jump off and to the back of the cart and drag off the load of turnips with a drag fork then back onto the tractor and take over, harvest time the same between the stooks and later on when I could reach the clutchbrake and carting out dung I would be started at one end of the field with instructions “see that fence post with my jacket on it, well keep the radiator cap pointed at that” he dragged the dung off with stop go shouting until we got to the other end looking back an arrow straight line of dung heaps. 70 plus years ago and it seems like yesterday.
Oily

Ah ! Oily …there are,nt many of us left that cut their teeth on these great machines …they were fun days when growing up tattie howkin …following the binder setting up stooks then there was the building stacks and later the thrash !!!hard work especially when “forkin” or lousin up top …fond memories right enough also first a single furrow then 3 furrows when you got experienced a bit …I cut a fine fearing in my time ■■?

[deanb]

Heres an odd one for you Oily !

[rastone]

jsutherland:

oiltreader:
Thanks to rastone and DEANB for the pics great memories of the Fordson N my first driving lesson 1945, feeding cattle in the field, me in the seat and the farmer or tractor man would would have foot on the dual clutch/brake put it in gear let the clutch out and on tickover he would jump off and to the back of the cart and drag off the load of turnips with a drag fork then back onto the tractor and take over, harvest time the same between the stooks and later on when I could reach the clutchbrake and carting out dung I would be started at one end of the field with instructions “see that fence post with my jacket on it, well keep the radiator cap pointed at that” he dragged the dung off with stop go shouting until we got to the other end looking back an arrow straight line of dung heaps. 70 plus years ago and it seems like yesterday.
Oily

I remember something similar with collecting the bales of hay on my grandfather’s farm. As a town lad this was a major highlight of the year.
Johnny

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Off the pictures but a bit more info re The Fordson N tractor.Was fiirst built in Ireland in the ln late 1920’s after being built as the Model F in America .In 1932 production was moved tp Dagenham.The first English model and there various modifications and a new blue paint finish.In 1937 more mechanical changes were made and they were then painted orange.In 1939 the paint was changed to green so they would be more difficult to spot by enemy aircraft.In 1945 the Fordson Major E27N was built.
I’ve just found this info in a Book called Tractors of the World which I had as a present and it wouldn’t suprise me if you could still get it from one of these garden centres where you get more usless stuff like jam with bonnets on the lid etc.
This is not my “history Of” as I say it’s something I found on this crappy day.

Tony

[pyewacket947v]

DEANB:
Heres an odd one for you Oily !

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Rail car running on pneumatic tyres, something the French did with the Paris Metro which ran on rubber tyres.
Maybe it still does.?

[stevejones]

you know winters here when the sea starts icing over

[froggy55]

pyewacket947v:

DEANB:
Heres an odd one for you Oily !

Rail car running on pneumatic tyres, something the French did with the Paris Metro which ran on rubber tyres.
Maybe it still does.?

Indeed, several lines still do:

[oiltreader]

Thanks to backsplice, DEANB, stevejones and Froggy55 for the pics and also all the other’s info input
A work and live anywhere couple of motors thanks to Peter Schöler a little big truck Multicar, twin rears, twin stacks tipper
Oily

[oiltreader]

DEANB:
Heres an odd one for you Oily !

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Yes Dean quite unusual, is that steel wheels , articulated as well it appears, but then Froggy55 gives another example with pneumatic tyres so perhaps not that rare in olden days.
Oily

[pv83]

Retired Old ■■■■:

DEANB:
Nice !

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Ooh FFS…

[retired_old_fart]

pv83:

Retired Old ■■■■:

DEANB:
Nice !

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■■■■ !!!

Ooh FFS…

When you suddenly graduated to an 88 after years of Gardner-engined “Gaffer’s wagons” you thought you’d died and woke up in heaven!

[pyewacket947v]

Froggy55:

pyewacket947v:

DEANB:
Heres an odd one for you Oily !

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Rail car running on pneumatic tyres, something the French did with the Paris Metro which ran on rubber tyres.
Maybe it still does.?

Indeed, several lines still do:
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Thanks Froggy.

[cja1]

Think this firm ad a depot in St Helen IIRC? Charlie Alex Climbing Beattock, ELW IIRC this lot went outta Business?

[buzzer]

Aye just the one, cheers Buzzer.

[jsutherland]

Retired Old ■■■■:

pv83:

Retired Old ■■■■:

DEANB:
Nice !

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Ooh FFS… [emoji38] [emoji38]

When you suddenly graduated to an 88 after years of Gardner-engined “Gaffer’s wagons” you thought you’d died and woke up in heaven! [emoji38] [emoji38] [emoji38]

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[oiltreader]

Thanks to CJA1 and Buzzer for the pics

These for ROF.
Oily

[oiltreader]

The next generation thanks to Peter Schöler.
Oily