Sorry slightly off main topic but read on .
In the 1970s I was already a bit old for toys tho my interest in electro mechanical stuff had me trying to repair and eventually learn how to fix juke boxes and pinball machines.
I also used my workshop on the farm I managed to build mobile disco set ups with 3/4 way sound to light unit fronts I designed…. For local wannabe dj’s. My own too !
Boris the spider reminds me of a 60s song by The Who very catchy, and one I sometimes played ….
However 1976 I bought myself a brand new combined harvester ( for real tho that brings to mind another song ‘brand new key’) I got the number plates mid June so driving it in July before R reg came out in the August made me quite proud .” A NEW TOY “ … a Massey Ferguson. we had a new tractor most years back then too also but the harvester replaced our old 1964 Claas Matador.
Messing with all this stuff began my amusement career which began just part time… till 1985 when I decided amusement operating was making enough to buy a house on a mortgage ( where I still live now) Not sure I would go back to 70s but it was great at the time but needed about 30 hours in some days to get everything done and sleep as well!
I today looked up the reg no on Car Tax Check out of curiosity tho the Combine was sold on when my boss and I sold the 3 farms in 1985 AND ITS THERE on a SORN .. so is it still running 50 years later reg SMA 640 R … I wonder … here’s the wife taking over while I had my tea ! And me playing on my toy getting my Oats for the health food factory Mornflake Oats circa 1978
I love old photos taken on Kodak paper !!
We have several round 1980-82 of video games we had at the farm and friends and our kids played them in the evenings ( no coins required as they were acquisitions for our growing slot machine operations.
Me & my friend used to ride on “big red “ it looked like this Massey but without the big box on the top ..
His was an older model but had room for at least one adult and two kids to sit , as my mates step dad drove It.
Great memories !
The field was called hanging hill
It was for hanging lace to dry back in the old days,
It was real excitement I used to see it cut the corn .. Só to eventually end up riding on was very enjoyable!
We got Jeremy clarksons farm over the way ..
And near by during Covid some of the machinery that got stolen was boggling ..
Giant tractors ! Being stolen just how do they do that ?
They must have huge lorry’s to transport them .. to a ferry ?
Anyways that leads me into a great toy for the 70’s. TONKA TRUCKS.
We had a couple of ride on diggers dumpers and Crane ..
My dad drove a giant dumper
And I remeber him taking me round town on it ☺️😊
