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 Thursday morning saw us up at Jonathans, loading up for the 250 something mile drive down to Malvern. Four on the wagon and trailer, and three on Jonathans trailer behind the Range Rover.

 

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 Leaving at about 12-30pm Jonathan and I arrived about 6-30 - 7pm, with Richard with wagon right behind us. Got all unloaded, then off our respective hotels with Richard setting out for Southampton.

 

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 Friday saw us setting things up. Banner, balloons, posters, photo's from various parts of the world also. New arrivals where show where to park their exhibits.  All arranged in age. Exhibits that is, not exhibitors.

 

 So few photo's below, mainly taken before the punters arrived.

 

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Fergies don't have to be grey. This black one has a V8 fitted.

 

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 Gareths (Sg1) very good display.

 

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 I thought Jonathan was going to do a moon, but he was just flashing his nice, new overalls with Ransomes on the back. The lovely Mrs Jarrett looks on.

 

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A motley crew.

 

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A nice S1 with period trailer.

 

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Yes please. 1941 International.

 

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Loaded for home, Monday morning.

 

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 After unloading at Jonathans, I finally pulled into my yard at 8pm.

 

 It was a good show, spent in very good company which I enjoyed greatly. The icing on the cake was 137 getting best in show and also the stand. Made all Jonathans hard work really worthwhile. :bow:

 

 

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Great photos Norman. Glad you don't have any of me at the awards I got all of a fluster and a big lump in my throat ( what a wuss ). I certainly would not have made it without your help. I might have been the front man but there are a number of people who really deserve a thank you for helping to make it happen. Anthony and Laura for helping with inspiration sorting key parts such as MERL and Trevor and a super effort to bring 4 machines to fill the gaps, Rhys and Carlo ( aka Rhys's Dad) helping to set up and take down the backdrops and banners. Trevor Hopkins for the absolutely amazing display of leaflets and literature ditto Joe Paget for the boards on the back display. Neil and Paula for the effort involved in bringing along the spares and Welsh cakes,  The staff of the Museum of English Rural Life for the archives and videos,my wife Janet for making up all the name badges, the seat for my ITW and putting up with grumpy me when things went wrong,and suggesting the absent machines photos. Alistair for bringing along that lovely two furrow plough which he forgot to put on my trailer along with the other plough, Anne for baking some lovely 80th cup cakes and the sponges featuring Alistair. Lastly and by no means least I would like to thank every single person who dug out their MG and brought it along some with superb effort Ashley and Ian Dennis were still refurbishing their lovely MG2's the night before they left from Truro I am amazed that the paint was dry. I am so glad that so many people were inspired to dig them out and bring them along to make a superb celebration of these wonderful machines. I do hope that all the overseas owners of machines that sent me photos are pleased with the results it was fantastic to show machines in Australia, New Zealand ., South Africa, U.S.A. Canada, Ireland  and distant parts of U.K.

A special moment for me was meeting up with David and Jean Gant and their sons Kevin and Barry, they brought along a gorgeous ex BR I.T.W complete with rail man's torch. David and Jean have been Ransome's enthusiasts for many many years and between them they have a superb collection of 13 machines. David went blind some years ago and yet he still gets involved in machine restoration and embarrassingly for me takes great delight in his son's reading out to him my postings about my projects. So enthusiastic are they all as a family that Jean showed me a photo album of a recent event where they had had a family picnic in the shed with all the Ransomes machines up and running round about them. A pleasure and a privilege to meet such lovely people as it has been with everyone who brought along a machine.

 

I have been asked if we could repeat the exercise at Newark Show in November, I am up for it let me know if you are ! 

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I have been asked if we could repeat the exercise at Newark Show in November, I am up for it let me know if you are ! 

 

Can I have some time to think about it?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OK! :thumbs:

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Tried to upload a phone video of the show on to you tube says it will take 163 minutes to upload a 4 minute video !!!

 

probably your internet speed doing that, i've got quite a good upload speed, maybe i can put it up for you?

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Tried to upload a phone video of the show on to you tube says it will take 163 minutes to upload a 4 minute video !!!

my internet would take me at least 4-5 hours to upload a video of that length. That's why most of my videos tend to be around 30 seconds or less. Even though bt has got a fibre optic box at the end of my garden they still won't let the villiage use it.

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Great photos Norman. Glad you don't have any of me at the awards I got all of a fluster and a big lump in my throat ( what a wuss ). I certainly would not have made it without your help. I might have been the front man but there are a number of people who really deserve a thank you for helping to make it happen. Anthony and Laura for helping with inspiration sorting key parts such as MERL and Trevor and a super effort to bring 4 machines to fill the gaps, Rhys and Carlo ( aka Rhys's Dad) helping to set up and take down the backdrops and banners. Trevor Hopkins for the absolutely amazing display of leaflets and literature ditto Joe Paget for the boards on the back display. Neil and Paula for the effort involved in bringing along the spares and Welsh cakes,  The staff of the Museum of English Rural Life for the archives and videos,my wife Janet for making up all the name badges, the seat for my ITW and putting up with grumpy me when things went wrong,and suggesting the absent machines photos. Alistair for bringing along that lovely two furrow plough which he forgot to put on my trailer along with the other plough, Anne for baking some lovely 80th cup cakes and the sponges featuring Alistair. Lastly and by no means least I would like to thank every single person who dug out their MG and brought it along some with superb effort Ashley and Ian Dennis were still refurbishing their lovely MG2's the night before they left from Truro I am amazed that the paint was dry. I am so glad that so many people were inspired to dig them out and bring them along to make a superb celebration of these wonderful machines. I do hope that all the overseas owners of machines that sent me photos are pleased with the results it was fantastic to show machines in Australia, New Zealand ., South Africa, U.S.A. Canada, Ireland  and distant parts of U.K.

A special moment for me was meeting up with David and Jean Gant and their sons Kevin and Barry, they brought along a gorgeous ex BR I.T.W complete with rail man's torch. David and Jean have been Ransome's enthusiasts for many many years and between them they have a superb collection of 13 machines. David went blind some years ago and yet he still gets involved in machine restoration and embarrassingly for me takes great delight in his son's reading out to him my postings about my projects. So enthusiastic are they all as a family that Jean showed me a photo album of a recent event where they had had a family picnic in the shed with all the Ransomes machines up and running round about them. A pleasure and a privilege to meet such lovely people as it has been with everyone who brought along a machine.

 

I have been asked if we could repeat the exercise at Newark Show in November, I am up for it let me know if you are ! 

 

I got some photos, awards well deserved mate, a fantastic effort    :thumbs:  :bow:  :bow:

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