Category: Misc News

The guest speaker at our meeting this month was Hilary Green. When she’s not busy producing the Club’s posters at her Print and Stationery shop in Cupar, Hilary has a second career as a retained firefighter with Scottish Fire & Rescue based at Cupar Fire Station. Hilary gave us a fascinating insight into the role of a firefighter, which can involve anything from rescuing a dog in a drain to dealing with a major fire incident.One important aspect of the work of the firefighter is fire prevention and Hilary gave us plenty of useful fire safety tips which we’ll be able to put into practice in our workshops or at home. For anyone who didn’t manage to come along to the meeting, The Scottish Fire & Rescue Service have a lot of useful information on their website which can be found by following the link below. They also offer a free home safety visit which can be arranged by phoning 0800 0731 999, by contacting your local fire station, or by booking online at http://www.firescotland.gov.uk/your-safety.aspx Once again, we’d like to pass on our thanks to Hilary for her entertaining talk and we hope to welcome her and her colleagues to the rally in June with one of their fire engines!

http://www.firescotland.gov.uk/your-safety.aspx

A new event for your diary this spring is the Tractor World Scotland & Classic Commercial Show at the Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston on Saturday March 24th and Sunday March 25th 2018. The show will have Veteran, vintage, classic and new tractors on display, along with farm machinery from the 1950’s to the 2000’s. There’ll also be a special celebration of the centenary of John Deere Tractors.  If you are looking for parts and spares, there will be a number of trade stands at the show along with many regional and national tractor clubs. Alongside the tractor show is the Classic Commercial show, with a drive-in day of classic commercials on the Sunday in addition to static commercial displays over the weekend. Horticultural and Static Engines will also be featuring over the weekend, so there’s something for everyone. For anyone looking to buy or sell equipment, Pentland Auctions will be holding a large Vintage Auction Sale on the Saturday (24th) in the Lowland Hall.

The FVAMC will have a stand at the show where we’ll have this year’s top prize in our Raffle on display – an International B275. Come along and visit us on the stand where we’ll have tickets on sale for this years Raffle to win this superb tractor, or one of the many other prizes. This year we are supporting rugby legend Doddie Weir’s My Name’5 Doddie foundation which provides funds to aid research into Motor Neurone Disease. So come along and visit us on the stand and support this year’s raffle. If you’re not already a member, find out what we do and the events we organise, such as our Annual Rally, Agri-jumble sale, Tractor Road Run and Ploughing Match along with our regular club meetings.

Further information about the Tractor World Show can be found on their website where you can also buy advance tickets online.

Tractor World Show Scotland & Classic Commercial Show
The Royal Highland Centre
Ingliston, Edinburgh EH28 8NB

24th & 25th March 2018 
Sat 9am-5pm Sun 9.30am-4pm

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