©2011 A VICTORIAN CYCLIST, Rambling through Kent in 1886 by Stephen and Shirley Channing
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Pages 80 & 81, four of the more than 200 lovely illustrations. Notice that the farmers driving the tractor are dressed in neckties and jackets. Such was the practice when I visited the farm belonging to the managing director of Falcon, Mr. A. Douglas Mayo, in Smethwick, England, during the early 1960's. I have photos of me on the tractor with Mr. Mayo's son-in-law; he too is wearing a necktie and jacket.

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