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M Metcalfe & Sons
Agricultural Contractors
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WITH HIGH OUTPUT MODERN MACHINERY
Complete Silage Operation Grass/ Whole-crop/ Maize • Combining
Manure Spreading • Ploughing • Combination Drilling • Big Square
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M Metcalfe & Sons are pleased to support Barry
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‘I was around 11-12 when
dad bought his first vintage
tractor, a Standard Fordson.
He proceeded to buy all
the tractor makes he’d used
when he’d been farming and
many he hadn’t! He bought
a diesel Super Major, the
first tractor I would spread
muck using. We held a sale
of dad’s tractors at the end
of May and sold all except
five along with all the vintage
ploughs. One of the ones I’ve
kept is that Super Major for
its sentimental value. I drove
him to the funeral using it
with a vintage trailer.’
Another tractor that wasn’t
sold was a Massey Ferguson
165. It also holds special
memories for Barry.
‘It was from John Henry Gill
Agricultural Machinery and I’ve
kept it because it was my mother
who bought it when times were
hard on the farm in the 70s.
Dad had a lot of extra expenses
around that time relating to
family matters. He and I had a
pact that the tractor would never
be sold. I had mixed emotions
about letting all the rest go but
I couldn’t physically look after
them all and they took up a fair
chunk of space in the sheds that
I need to continue making an
income so Tommy, Lucy and the
future generations can carry on
living here. It’s nice to think that
those who came to the sale will
enjoy their purchases as much as
dad did. He was a great dad and
grandad.’