100-year-old Blackstone
Chris Graham on 29th October 2020
Martin Pimlott reports from a select gathering organised to celebrate a very special, 100-year-old Blackstone Oil Engine.
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A steamy start!
Chris Graham on 28th October 2020
Here's how newly-weds Mary Dougherty and George Nunn enjoyed a steamy start to married life on their recent wedding day in Norfolk.
The Manitowoc crane story
Chris Graham on 27th October 2020
Keith Haddock tells the Manitowoc crane story; the history of one of America’s most successful crane and excavator manufacturers.
Permanent premises wanted!
Chris Graham on 26th October 2020
The Museum of RAF Firefighting is desperate for new, permanent premises, where its extensive collection can be housed securely and safely.
Foden back to life after 85 years!
Chris Graham on 25th October 2020
Bob Moorman celebrates the joy of bringing his Foden back to life and on to the road for the first time in 85 years!
Fully-loaded Ferguson
Chris Graham on 24th October 2020
Willie Carson takes a look at the superb, just-restored Ferguson TE-F belonging to Jonny and William Haire.
Traditional harvesting, the classic way!
Chris Graham on 23rd October 2020
Oz Dunning shares details of his Allis-Chalmers combine, and how this 57-year old classic is still earning its corn.
WW2’s Tribal class destroyers
Chris Graham on 22nd October 2020
Conrad Waters presents a pictorial review of the Tribal class, the Royal Navy’s World War II ‘super destroyer’.
Peter’s back on track!
Chris Graham on 21st October 2020
The Amberley Museum, W Sussex, is delighted to report that the fund-raising needed for the renovation of narrow-gauge loco Peter, is on track
Second life for French Estafette
Chris Graham on 20th October 2020
Russ Harvey enjoys a trip to Bristol to see a rare, French survivor from the 1960s that’s now working hard as a barista van.
Steam in Miniature 2020
Chris Graham on 19th October 2020
Despite the Covid restrictions, the wonderful, Bressingham Steam in Miniature event went ahead, as Peter Love reports.
1971 Atkinson Searcher reborn
Chris Graham on 18th October 2020
Rod Richards’ painstakingly-restored and beautifully-presented 1971 Atkinson Searcher truly is a wonder to behold, as Bob Tuck discovers
Buses across the desert!
Chris Graham on 17th October 2020
Malcolm Bates reveals some fascinating details about an outlandish, high-speed desert-crossing bus service offered in the 1920s.
A taste of Italy
Chris Graham on 16th October 2020
The Fiat 50C may be an uncommon tractor, but this model also has an interesting history, as Tony Hoyland reveals.
