You can find out more about the Scottish agricultural implement and machine makers using the following resources:
Museums
Aberdeenshire Farming Museum Alford Heritage Centre Angus Folk Museum Atholl Country Life Museum Auchindrain Township Aultlarie Farm Corrigall Farm Museum
Easdale Island Folk Museum Ellisland Farm Fife Folk Museum Glenesk Retreat and Folk Museum Glencoe and North Lorne Folk Museum Highland Folk Museum
Kirbuster Farm Museum Laidhay Croft Museum Museum of Abernethy Museum of Ayrshire Country Life & Costume
National Museum of Rural Life Northfield Farm Museum, New Pitsligo Strachur Smiddy Museum The Skye Museum of Island Life
Agricultural shows with a vintage implement and machinery section (a selection)
Black Isle Show Border Union Agricultural Society
The Echt Show The Fife Show New Deer Show Turriff Show
Steam engine clubs
Scottish Traction Engine Society
Vintage vehicle clubs
Fife Association of Vintage Vehicle Owners
The Scottish Vintage Vehicle Federation
Strathmore Vintage Vehicle Club
Tractor and vintage agricultural machinery clubs
Almond Valley Vintage Association
Ayrshire Vintage Tractor and Machinery Club
Border Vintage Agricultural Association
D. S. V. C. Deeside Steam and Vintage Club
Dumfries and Galloway Vintage Machinery Club
Fife Vintage Agricultural Machinery Club
Scottish Vintage Tractor and Engine Club
Spey Valley Vintage Engine and Tractor Club
Wigtownshire Yesteryear Transport & Machinery Club
Rallies and events (not covered by vintage tractor and machinery clubs)
BA Vintage Working Weekend Clatt & District Vintage Rally
Farming Yesteryear Vintage Rally (SVTEC) Glenluce Tractor Rally
New Blyth Steam and Vintage Rally
Scottish Ploughing Championships Scottish Transport Extravaganza
Strathnairn Vintage Rally and Display
Magazines
Heavy horse world magazine Old glory Vintage spirit
Classic tractor Tractor and farming heritage
Tractor and machinery Ford and Fordson Classic Massey
Online resources and resources
British Pathe Canmore Grace’s Guide British Industrial History
MERL – Museum of English Rural Life, University of Reading
National Library of Scotland National Archives of Scotland
Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland
Scottish Archive Network ScotlandsPlaces ScotlandsPeople
Scottish Life Archive Scottish Screen Archive SCRAN
Statistical Accounts of Scotland Tobar an Dualchais – Kist o Riches
Societies and organisations
British Agricultural History Society
Business Archives Council of Scotland
Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland
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