June 16, 2010

Bernard reenacts a scene from Footloose

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Remember the scene from Footloose where Kevin Bacon’s character plays chicken with a tractor?

Fast forward to 2010, Bernard and Morning Bray Farm…

Fergus and Nigel thought Bernard had lost his marbles.

Bernard, really?

Here too? No, Bernard, you can not chew on the tractor. ♥

 

February 16, 2010

Dad’s Little Grey Fergie

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This is Dad’s tractor. It’s a 1948 Ferguson TE20 (that stands for Tractor England, 20 horsepower).

They were manufactured in Covington, England from 1946 to 1956. Dad’s tractor is one of 15,000 shipped to the US and Canada at the beginning of 1948.  The first US made TO20s (Tractor Overseas) rolled off the assembly line later that year.
 

 

He’s really excited about restoring it this summer. They’re known in England as the Little Grey Fergie. When Dad’s done, it will look like this: