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special features 4 News Focus: a€~The Flying Cornishmen!a€ How a team of Cornishmen set an a€~end-to-enda€ record for steam traction, raising money for charity along the way. 32 What Kate did next... Alan Barnes talks to Colin Wheeler on the life and times of his 1917 Foden steam wagon No 7536, which has been with the War Dept and Devon County Council... but who was Kate? 36 Rarities and oddities: Part 5 A further selection of rare photos and rare machines from John Crawleya€ s personal archive, including the prototype Aveling-Barford Type a€~GSa€ steam roller, undergoing trials at Grantham in 1947. 40 Exiting from Exeter Mention canals and ita€ s all too easy to think of the industrial midlands, Thomas Telford and narrowboats. But make no mistake - Devona€ s cathedral city of Exeter was there first with its ship canal - as John Hobbs reminds us. 44 Innovation! Innovation! Preferable to a 6-ton - thata€ s Mike Dysona€ s verdict when he takes the youngest-surviving Wallis engine, 8-ton Wallis & Steevens Advance roller No 8112 of 1939, out on a road test. 48 Steam cars out west The Steam Car Club of Great Britaina€ s first tour of 2007 was centred on the West Country and ran from 18-24 May in glorious weather. Malcolm Ranieri brings a picture special. 52 Fodens of Sandbach Part 6: steam tractors Fodens excelled in the sale of a€~wagon-likea€ tractors and had little serious competition. John Crawley brings us a variety of them, built between 1902 and 1935. 58 A Bedford for my birthday! What do you do when you receive a Bedford O-type lorry thata€ s very clearly past its use-by date for your fiftieth birthday present? You gracefully and gratefully receive it, as John Hobbs found when he met restorer John Osborne. 62 Flights of fancy at Pigeon Valley Roger Hamlin chanced upon a sign that led him to the Pigeon Valley Steam Museum, situated in the Nelson district of New Zealanda€ s South Island... and home to Marshall portable Big Betsy! 68 News Focus: a€~Murdoch Flyera€ Project completed! This yeara€ s Murdoch Day in Redruth on 16 June was a very special occasion for a group of dedicated enthusiasts that had spent the last seven years planning and building a replica of the famous engineera€ s engine - for she was making her first public outing in steam! 70 Fair Comment Ken Lee - fairground historian and former vice-president of the Fairground Society - shares some of his collection of photographs from former days on the tober. 72 Showtrac showpiece! Robbie Richards launched his newly restored 1948 Scammell Showtrac at the West of England Steam Rally last year and turned a few heads - but not as many as it did powering Bert Ayersa€ Gallopers at the recent Royal Cornwall Show, writes Roger Hamlin. regular features 4 Comment 8 News & events 28 Vintageworld 66 Steam Plough Club Notes 67 Reviews 76 Enginelines 78 Helpline 81 Whata€ s On 86 Museum Guide 89 Subscribe to Old Glory and save money! 91 ADvintage - The Steam & Vintage Marketplace
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