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Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
News A Hundred Years in Steam - Part 1 - John Reeves talks to John Newton about his family's century of involvement with steam engines. Burrells at Chelmsford - Malcolm Batten looks back over thirty years to the 'Grand Reunion of Burrell's Steam Engines'. Reed Combing in Wiltshire - Jim Wilkie looks at one way mechanisation has been used to improve pitching sheaves on to the top of a drum for threshing. Hayle & Harvey part 7 - Over two issues, Mike Wall takes a look at a company which was much more than just one of Cornwall's greatest steam engine builders. Early Season Ploughing - Paul Strong travelled across the Cotswolds to a cold and wet late winter ploughing match. Commentary Point - Jim Wilkie comments on things that caught his eye this month. Red Roller to Black McLaren - He said he would never do another, but John Wakeham found he was too tempted to refuse. Moving from Broad Street - Following the closure last year of the CPPTD's vintage bus museum in Broad Street, Old Portsmouth, Bob Smith runs through the removal of the last few exhibits to new premises. "The Lion", a 'Bag-a-Chisels'and the AA Patrolman's house - Part 1 - With a lifetime of interest in all things steam and diesel powered. Bob Smith traces the roots of his obsession, the seeds of which were sown back in the late 1930s, when his father first began lorry driving between Southampton and South Devon. A Fully Working Rally - Paul Strong travelled east once more to visit what turned out to be an interesting late season working event. Gone but not Forgotten - Clive Shearman takes a nostalgic look back at a few fire appliances from the first half of the 20th century. Bridge Renewal - Colin Tungate investigates a few old pictures to come into his hands. All the Fun of the Fair - It's in the evenings, when the showman's engines and the fair are ablaze with thousands of coloured lights, that shows like Stourpaine really come into their own. Bob Smith recently looked through his photo albums to bring us this pictorial article of evening scenes from past shows. Outward Bound - This month's major events.
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