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when a young un I spent hours on : the new comfort seat : and it wasntBurgess advert from February 1959 and Fordson Major advert
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when a young un I spent hours on : the new comfort seat : and it wasntBurgess advert from February 1959 and Fordson Major advert
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I did a great many hours on a 56 Major, no live hydraulics, pto and I guess it didn't have the comfort seat. Hinged pan seat with a large chunk of rubber it rested on. With a thick hessian sack on the seat, I didn't think it was bad. Possibly better than the new comfort seat, whatever that was. Certainly a tractor I enjoyed driving at the time.when a young un I spent hours on : the new comfort seat : and it wasnt
I havelOld ads are fascinating. I've got a lot from local ag related businesses.
Savile's have a Jones Invicta self propelled baler for sale!!! Bearing in mind that the advert is from 63 years ago, that is pretty remarkable. Anyone ever seen one working ?Farmers Weekly machinery adverts July 1958. I remember Dad always used to look at Does Column & Saville's List!View attachment 935215
It is on here at 1 min 50, I was 9 at the time, it was a contractor operating it, and I think it tied with wireSavile's have a Jones Invicta self propelled baler for sale!!! Bearing in mind that the advert is from 63 years ago, that is pretty remarkable. Anyone ever seen one working ?
i spotted that , didnt know they made one.Savile's have a Jones Invicta self propelled baler for sale!!! Bearing in mind that the advert is from 63 years ago, that is pretty remarkable. Anyone ever seen one working ?
The owners sold off the old branches so they could put the money into the pension fund and support their enormous group of ex employees with pensions. When the company went into administration that was their strategy to save the pension fund.FH Burgess were huge around here , excellent to deal with until the 90's when it started to go pear shaped .
They didn't upgrade to the newer technology and therefore got left behind .
All their outlets were in market town centres which made them extremely valuable .
A disgrace the company were put in to administration whilst the owners kept the freeholds and sold them off one by one
Eccleshall made £7m alone
My mate used to get cattle feed if themThe owners sold off the old branches so they could put the money into the pension fund and support their enormous group of ex employees with pensions. When the company went into administration that was their strategy to save the pension fund.