DATED DECEMBER 26 2016 Hope Agricultural Heritage Club Att. Earl Ashby President, As a member of the Club over the past few years, it has been interesting to receive the annual club Horizon news letter, and on reviewing the contents of your recent letter, I would like to congratulate you and […]
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Northumberland Tobacco History Gone in a Puff of Smoke It’s almost forgotten now, but there was a time not so long ago, when the rolling fields of Northumberland were planted in, of all things, emerald rows of tobacco. Story by Tom Cruickshank “Winston tastes good like a cigarette should.” So claimed […]
Day two of the 25th Antique Machinery Show got off to a bit of a wet start, but thankfully the sun came out and the rest of the day was lovely. Unfortunately that meant that the wheat was to wet for threshing, but there is always next year. However we got to see the tractor […]
Day one started with every comment about the rain being followed by a farmer saying “it’s good for the crops though”. Thankfully the sky cleared up by mid-morning, and then the show really got going. [Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”18″ gal_title=”16show 1″] We got the lawn mower/garden tractor pulls going and people started showing up. Let me tell […]
Well it’s over again, another year and another year older. WOW! How time flies! That tractor or car you own may now be an antique! The Hope Agricultural Heritage Club has been very busy throughout the year with the usual open house functions and barbeque at the Antique Machinery Centre, the Antique Machinery Show, the […]
Several items were donated to the club this past year and are now in the AMC. One is a Buckeye Style “E” chicken egg incubator, complete with all of the test equipment. An old self measuring oil pump and a 1913 3 hp Ellis 2 stroke engine were also donated. As was a rare hillside […]
The second Open House of 2015 took place on Sunday September 20th and was an opportunity for family and friends to come out and see what was new at the AMC and it ran from 9am to 4pm. It was a perfect day under mainly sunny skies and was ideal for member to get […]
Our 2015 Antique Machinery Show started out beautifully. The weather was going to be near perfect and the grain was ripe and ready to be harvested. On the Wednesday before the show, Mark Burnham headed out to our field with their huge combine. Only twice around the field, right at the entrance way to the […]
This show, which takes place at the Roseneath Fair Grounds, celebrated its 24th year under clear, sunny skies. In fact, it got quite hot in the afternoon. Although there were many other shows in the area this event still drew 120 cars and trucks, 15 tractors and around 20 motorcycles. And as always there was […]