Ploughing ahead as Tractor Fest brings visitors from afar

hundreds of tractors, cars, lorries, stationary engines and motorcycles were at Tractor Fest this weekend.
By The Newsroom
Published 9th Jun 2014, 07:00 BST
Three-year-old Molly Anne Holden from Wakefield shelters from the rain at the Tractor Fest event at Newby Hall, near Ripon. Picture: Jonathan Gawthorpe.Three-year-old Molly Anne Holden from Wakefield shelters from the rain at the Tractor Fest event at Newby Hall, near Ripon. Picture: Jonathan Gawthorpe.
Three-year-old Molly Anne Holden from Wakefield shelters from the rain at the Tractor Fest event at Newby Hall, near Ripon. Picture: Jonathan Gawthorpe.

Exhibitors came from across the country and even further afield with some travelling from Germany and Holland to be at the event staged at Newby Hall and Gardens, Ripon, held yesterday and Saturday.

Items on display included the world’s oldest tractor – the Ivel dating from 1903 – and a vintage 1922 Packard car which was used for the mail run from Adelaide to Breckon Hill in Australia but is now restored to its former glory.

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Richard Sturdy, chairman of the Yorkshire Vintage Association (YVA), which runs the event, said bookings from exhibitors were up by a third, adding, “which is great news”.

This year’s event also included the March of the Tractors – a parade of tractors from Newby Hall to Ripon’s historic market square and this year’s featured tractor was any single cylinder type and the stationary engine showcased was the ever-popular Lister.

Tractor Fest 2014 will also feature vintage tractor pulling, free tractor and trailer rides, interactive exhibits, working machinery, food outlets and trade stands.

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