Show Guide 2018

DAN WOOD

SECTION HEAD

The Vintage Area is back and better than ever for this year’s Show. Returning with all working machinery from WW1, take a step back in time and see for yourself the machinery of the past through a whole new perspective Be sure not to miss Rack-Saw display See this saw bench with a 3 foot saw blade slicing trees into planks and stakes Threshing machine This threshes corn sheaves, separating the grain from the stalks and husks ready for the flour mill. The left over stalks are carried by elevator to the stationary bailer to be compacted into straw bales. The whole process will be demonstrated just as threshing contractors would have Vintage Area

Selection of stationary engines These would have been used to drive a mix of farm items such as water pumps, mills and even generating electricity Tent with members of the National Vintage Tractor & Engine Club for the Thames Valley, who will be available to talk about all the items on display so if you have any sort of question, please do ask away! A section not to be missed! Fun for all the ages: a retelling of memories for us all in this educating display of machinery and tools.

worked in the past. Working tractors

The tractors will be driving around cutting, spreading, raking, and bailing hay/straw

Alongside the farming pageant, this year in the Member’s Enclosure there will be a featured selection of work commemorating 100 years since the end of the First World War Commemoration to World War One 1918-2018

Similar to the Tower of London, although much smaller, there will be a stunning poppy fall capturing all the beauty the symbolic flower has to offer, and members will have the opportunity to pin their own poppy to the display.

There will also be a WW1 panel of artwork on display for members to enjoy, focusing on aspects of the Countryside.

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