COUNTRYSIDE & FARMING
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Picture Left: Marshall eight-ton
twin compound steam roller.
Niki & Terry Munt from Calbourne
have been interested in Steam
Engines for many years and finally
decided to take the plunge and
purchase one. They are going to
keep it in their drive and exhibit it
at Steam Shows such as Havenstreet
and the Great Dorset Steam Rally.
Terry Munt commented “We have
already started building a living van
to go on the back, and Niki’s job
will probably be the polishing and
painting!”
Picture Below: John Quail and George Killman pictured with the 1890’s
washbasin which they paid £650 for. They believe it was from the S.S. Ida
which was shipwrecked and broken up in Southampton around that time.
They plan to restore the piece and re-auction it.
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O n e
question I
had to ask
Den
was
about the
pit
which
is
located
just by the
t u n n e l.
Rumour has
it that this was where the Germans
dumped their bombs during the
war, was this true?
“No not at all, if you look behind
the cottage the road is built up about
15 feet. An old boy that used to live
here years ago remembers they had
50 horse and carts and gangs of
prisoners who dug that hole and
moved the soil to where they built
up the road, that’s all it was, it’s
known locally as 10 Acres Pit.”
I asked Den what this sale today is
all about?
“I feel that now I have reached
79 times getting on, and if I passed
away most of the stuff I have would
go for scrap, which I think would be
an awful shame.
“I would like to see the items today
go to good homes where they will
be looked after and get the same
amount of enjoyment as I have had
over the years.
“I love the old Alldays tractor, I
remember one of the very first trips I
took in her when I went to Godshill
on a Sunday morning. It was such a
lovely day, and we had lots of fun.”
“The Cheeks bought the tractor in
1918 to build roads and tow trailers
around the island because at that
time there was nothing that could
tow like this old girl could.
“I bought her off Mr Cheek (my
Mums brother) in the early 70’s, and
old Mr Cheek said to me, as your
Mum is a Cheek and you’re half a
Cheek you can have it for a pound