masham here we come best get some xb before all the cas boys drink it.chris your right hand will be tied and we let all the pubs know you are coming

ha bloody ha boilerman, just you wait, only had the 2 today and not a drop of XB on the field.

Chris.

Im off in the shower mate and then some beer cant belive how much dust there was on car and i assume me as well. A good day and nice to have a good chinwag with good friends

yes mate i second that one, good day, good beer and good mates.

Chris.

Only had an hour at the show due to traffic and other commitments, so no beer for me. Good do though and well worth supporting.

Chris infection to clack fixed with liquid medication then!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

bang on Tiny.

Chris.

Had a good day ay Masham. Made some new friends and met some old ones from the 1960s. The weather was dry with bouts of hot sunshine. Not as big a crowd as my last visit to Masham in 1969
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Lightning II looking imaculate as usual

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The Fisher 1.25hp No.41 of 1948. Bought by Jack Falkinbridge of Whitby in 1964 and now part of the Preston's of Potto collection

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A McLaren miniature. Quite a bit of conversation about if it is a big 4 inch or a small 6 imch

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Beautiful Marshal "Eileen" now looking much better than when I last saw it in the 1960s at Birtley when owned by Freddie Greenwell of Morden near Ferryhill

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I know nothing about this one

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Derek Rayner's White Rose

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The Duke of Ongar. The owner made Doreen very happy a few years ago by allowing her a steer at Corbridge

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Roy Wakefield polishing while raising steam and moaning the fact that he does the cleaning then someone pinches his engine for a play - usually Bill Summerell

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RS&J Northern Star looking spotless as usual

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Foden "Cestria". I would think there are very few engines that have been in one family as long as this one. Ian's Father Henry bought it as a 6 wheeler on solids in 1953. He removed the 3rd axle as there was a problem with it thought to be a damaged diff. Henry converted it to a 4 wheeler on pneumatics. It looks as good now as I remember it in the 60s

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New Zealander Bill Summerell's Aveling No. 10575

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Marshall 38024. Looks just great in a beautiful shade of blue

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Fowler No. 10150 imported from Switzerland. It was the only one not in steam

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I always thought that "Puffin Billy" was a railway engine of great age!

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The other Supremacy. New to Blands of Gosforth, later to Harbour & General complete with its only driver from new. Retired when its driver retired. Bought by Tom Tate around 1963. I helped convert it from a roller to this tractor in 1966/7 using rubbers off 100 ton internal low-loaders at Consett Steel Works. It then went back to work in the early 1970s hauling a passenger trailer round Light Water Valley at Ripon.

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Are you admiting Roy that you once helped in converting a roller into a tractor ???????????. Shame on you......lol

Yes Craig. I am admitting that - as a school boy I was the Gopher (go for this and go for that) for Tom Emerson Tate, a family friend. This conversion was OK really as a few years after conversion it went back to work for 5 years hauling a passenger trailer round Light Water Valley, so I think I should be exonerated for this one considering all the army WWI engines built for hauling field guns etc that were converted to Showmans after the war, then sent back to work!