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Alldays & Onions Tractor - Sold for £65,000 on the day
year though. We also have camping
and caravans throughout the
summer months, this is where the
majority of the money comes from.
“I think it’s an awful shame, in fact
terrible how traditional farms are
disappearing nowadays, they should
keep British farming going.
“It shouldn’t be allowed to go down
hill like it is. The Government have
got this single payment, and are
giving farmers money for nothing, I
think it’s all rubbish. All they have
to do is give us a good price for our
food and we will produce it.
“Also I blame the supermarkets,
they are getting some food from
abroad and are cutting prices down
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Picture Above Left to Right: Bidders for the Alldays Tractor - Mr
Sherrell, Daniel Ward and Mr Stephenson. - Daniel Ward from
Yorkshire (a Fund Manager) was the highest bidder paying £65,000 for
the very rare 1918 Alldays & Onions Tractor. Mr Ward commented,
“There are only two others in England that are similar. What makes
this one so interesting is the provenance, it has remained in one
family for the whole of its life, they are extremely hard to find, people
who own them will not sell them.
“They only come up for sale once in a blue moon and you have to pay
what price they demand.” Mr Ward has said he will add this tractor
to his collection and he most definitely will not be restoring it, maybe
just repair the radiator, although he will be taking it to shows.”
Picture Below: A 1963 Scammell Highwayman up for auction.
and down, after all they bring milk
from Poland when they can get it
from a farm 10 minutes down the
road, it’s all wrong.”
I asked Den, with all the years that
you have lived on Compton Farm
what’s your best memory?
“I think it would have to be just
after the war, there weren’t so many
people about, and things were
reasonably cheap, you could buy
cars, vans, trucks or tractors for just
a few hundred pounds, it was nicer
then you didn’t have these vast
sums of money about. In those days
you could buy a house for a hundred
pounds! We had the best years from
the late 40’s through to the 60’s.”
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