Playing at Farming: A Display
This online exhibition draws on the Peter Wade-Martins Collection of Farm Toys.
Peter Wade-Martins assembled this collection of toy farm vehicles and implements over the last 20 years. This small selection of the many hundreds of different British-made horse– and tractor-drawn implements shows the diversity of equipment, manufacturers, materials and age range within the collection.
A full listing of the display can be downloaded here, and highlights can be browsed in Playing at Farming: A Journey.
Top Left Shelves
Top Right Shelves
Middle Left Shelves
Bottom Left Shelves
Middle Right Shelves
Bottom right shelves
Top Left Shelves
Shelf one, from left to right:
1) Plastic farm tractor by Coral 2020/12/1. 2) Plastic Massey Harris 745 farm tractor by Lipkin 2020/37/2. 3) Wooden tractor by S.T. Ltd. 2020/59/6. 4) Wooden combine harvester by S.T. Ltd. 2020/59/7.
Shelf two, from left to right:
1) David Brown Trackmaster crawler tractor by Shackleton 2020/55/1. 2) Polythene Lanz Bulldog ‘Pull-Apart’ tractor by Lipkin 2020/37/1. 3) Metal Massey-Harris 745d tractor by Lesney 2020/36/1. 5) Clockwork tinplate two-horse and cart by Marx 2020/39/2. 6) Clockwork tinplate of ‘Happy Hayseed’ by Mettoy 2020/45/4. 7) Tinplate wind up tractor and plough by Mettoy 2020/45/1.
Top Right Shelves
Shelf one, from left to right:
1) Wooden pull-along horse and cart by Escor 2020/21/1. 2) Animal skin horse and wooden cart made by Edith Reynolds 2020/20/1. 3) Wooden horse and cart by Forest Toys 2020/24/1. 4) Wooden horse and cart by Luntoy 2020/38/1.
Shelf two, from left to right:
1) Metal clockwork tractor by Kondor 2020/33/1. 2) Tinplate clockwork Minic tractor by Tri-Ang 2020/65/9. 3) Metal traction engine by Tri-Ang 2020/65/3. 4) Plastic Clockwork Minic Nuffield tractor by Tri-Ang 2020/65/6. 5) Mechanical wooden tractor by Chad Valley 2020/7/1. 6) Wooden tractor with tinplate wheels by Kraftoyz 2020/34/1. 7) Wooden tractor by Tri-Ang 2020/65/1. 8) Tinplate remote controlled electric crawler tractor by Marx 2020/39/1. 9) Metal tractor with hot air engine from the Passall range 2020/50/1.
Middle Left Shelves
Shelf one, from left to right:
1) Diecast Fordson Major tractor with driver, by Britains 2020/4/10. 2) Diecast Vicon-Lely Acrobat High Speed rake by Britains 2020/4/11. 3) Diecast Ford Super Major 5000 tractor by Britains 2020/4/12. 4) Plastic horse and diecast tumbrel cart by Britains 2020/4/3. 5) Diecast clockwork Fordson Major tractor and two trailers by Britains 2020/4/9.
Shelf two, from left to right:
1) Diecast Ford 5000 Super Major tractor and livestock trailer by Corgi 2020/13/5. 2) Plastic and metal Massey-Ferguson 165 tractor with shovel and tipping trailer by Corgi 2020/13/7. 3) Plastic and metal Fordson Power Major tractor and four furrow plough by Corgi 2020/13/4. 4) Plastic and metal Massey-Ferguson 65 tractor and tipper trailer by Corgi 2020/13/3. 5) Plastic and metal B.M. Volvo 400 tractor, Husky model, made by Mettoy 2020/29/1.
Bottom Left Shelves
Shelf one, from left to right:
1) Metal farm tractor by JoHillco 2020/30/1. 2) Metal horse and reaper by JoHillco 2020/30/6. 3) Metal horse and rake by JoHillco 2020/30/5. 4) Metal horse and rotary plough by JoHillco 2020/30/7. 5) Metal horse, plough and ploughman by JoHillco 2020/30/4. 6) Metal horse and cattle float by JoHillco 2020/30/3. 7) Plastic David Brown tractor, Merit toy made by J. & L. Randall Ltd 2020/44/1. 8) Vinyl tractor toy, Lone Star Eaglet Series model made by DCMT 2020/15/1.
Shelf two, from left to right:
1) Metal pair of horses and wagon by Taylor & Barrett 2020/60/1. 2) Metal horse by Britains and cart from a reused sardine tin by Sontaw 2020/56/1. 3) Metal Massey Harris tractor and hay rake by Kemlows 2020/40/1. 4) Metal horse and wagon by Charbens 2020/8/2. 5) Metal horse and disc cultivator by Olson Farminit Toys 2020/31/4. 6) Cast metal Minneapolis-Moline clockwork tractor by Pure Rubber products for Benbros 2020/3/3. 7) Lead horse and cart by F.G. Taylor 2020/61/2. 8) Plastic Little Farmer series tractor and harrow by Paramount 2020/49/1.
Middle Right Shelves
Shelf one, from left to right:
1) Diecast tractor with Womens Land Army driver by Charbens 2020/8/3. 2) Metal tractor by Mears 2020/43/1. 3) Plastic and metal clockwork Marvel tractor by Tri-Ang 2020/65/4. 4) Wooden tractor by Taylor Toys 2020/62/1. 5) Metal clockwork crawler tractor and trailer by Tri-Ang 2020/65/8.
Shelf two, from left to right:
1) Plastic traction engine by Tudor Rose 2020/66/1. 2) Metal Dexta tractor and plastic trailer by Crescent 2020/14/6. 3) Metal and rubber crawler tractor with Womens Land Army driver by Crescent 2020/14/4. 4) Metal hayloader by Crescent 2020/14/2.
Bottom Right Shelves
Shelf one, from left to right:
1) Diecast Dinky Massey-Harris tractor and hay rake 2020/18/7. 2) Diecast Dinky David Brown Selectamatic 990 tractor and disc harrow 2020/18/10. 3) Diecast Dinky David Brown 990 tractor 2020/18/5. 4) Diecast metal Dinky Leyland 384 tractor 2020/18/6. 5) Diecast Dinky Massey-Harris tractor 2020/18/4. 6) Diecast Fordson tractor Modelled Miniatures 2020/18/1. 7) Diecast Dinky Field Marshall tractor 2020/18/3. 8) Diecast Dinky Supertoys heavy tractor 2020/18/2.
Shelf two, from left to right:
1) Metal tractor with Bakelite wheels by Primus 2020/53/1. 2) Plastic tractor by Timpo 2020/64/3. 3) Plastic tractor by Airfix 2020/1/1. 4) Metal clockwork heavy crawler tractor by Moko 2020/47/3. 5) Metal Matchbox crawler tractor 2020/41/2. 6) Metal Matchbox Fordsons tractor 2020/41/3. 7) Metal Matchbox Massey-Harris tractor 2020/41/1. 8) Metal Matchbox John Deere-Lanz 700 tractor 2020/41/4. 9) Metal Matchbox Massey-Ferguson ‘780’ combine harvester 2020/41/5. 10) Metal Matchbox Super King Massey Ferguson 595 tractor and trailer 2020/41/6.