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Thanks. And the shotgun was not 'broken'.Thanks for photos, reckon health & safety today would be unhappy about the gun!
I know( or knew ) Winslow as I travelled through it often on my way to Compton Verney, and I guess your wife knows Swanbourne too.
Happy memories of the Field Marshall, ours too was a green one,decent looking.
I recall the unusual starting procedure, it was 6litre capacity single cylinder engine and my boss wouldn't spend money on cartridge start so it was take a deep breath and swing it by hand. Good excercise on a cold December morning!
Rambling again must be getting old!
My wife's family home was 33 Sheep Street, just up from the square. As a child, one of her 'jobs' was to go to the pub with a tankard to bring it back full for her father.
I've heard of cartridge start for tractors, bulldozers, etc. The Ferguson had two fuel tanks. A small one for petrol, to start on; and a larger TVO (tractor vapourising oil - paraffin) for normal running. As I expect you know, the TVO was much cheaper than petrol.
When my step-father worked at a Buckfastleigh - driving a Chaseside front loader - he would chop the wood for the mess room fire; a good way of keeping warm on a cold day.