His enthusiasm started at a young age when he helped his father on their farm. At the age of ten he drove his father’s Fordson tractor to cut ten acres of corn.
Although the farm was sold in 1957, he continued farming and began his collection of farm implements.
“He would go to as many farm sales as he could and you would often find him rummaging through the scrap items looking for name plates from old machinery.” Terry Barwise, John’s brother.
His ambition was to start his own museum but when John passed away in 2016 the collection was donated instead to Greenfield Valley Museum where it could be displayed with other farming memorabilia. The collection of objects is vast and varied and includes various farming implements, tractor seats, weighing scales, tins and bottles, and a large number of machine nameplates.
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Abbey Paper Mill Collection
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Courtaulds Collection
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Holywell Textile Mill Collection
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Spring Gardens School Collection
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