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They all agreed to accept the tyres provided we could get
them fitted in sufficient time for them to practice before the
ploughing competition season began.
For two weeks in the late spring this took priority over
anything else on my ‘patch’. Dates were confirmed for the
actual fitting and Firestone service engineers booked with the
factory to complete the actual job.
The ploughmen were, Gerry Dickinson from Leverton near
Boston, Tom Smith from Martin near Lincoln, and Ron Knight
from Great Casterton who also told us of his friend and close
neighbour from North Luffenham in Rutland (just out of our
area) who was also a finalist.
All were full of enthusiasm for the ‘deal’ for new front and
rear tyres which even in the 1960’s amounted to several
hundred pounds.
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