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County Down Traction Engine Club

Text Box: Next Club Meeting - 40th Anniversary Celebration Our next club meeting will be a special meeting held on Saturday 28th January 2012 at 7 30 pm in the Methodist Church Hall two doors up from our usual meeting place in Mill Street, Newtownards. The meeting will be a celebration of our 40th Anniversary and all former members are cordially invited to attend. CDTEC 40th Anniversary Working Vintage Festival DVD CDTEC specially commissioned a DVD, of our 40th Anniversary Working Vintage Festival held at Rosemount Estate, Greyabbey, County Down, in August 2011. Relive the tractors of yesteryear or as a memory of a great day. The DVD can be purchased for £11.99 including postage. The DVD can be obtained by contacting our club secretary Pauline Davison on 028 9754 1334 or by e-mail to any of the club contacts. Hurry and you will be able to get the DVD in time for Christmas Presentation to Charities At our meeting on 25th November 2011, CDTEC presented cheques to two nominated local charities Hope for Youth NI and Action MS. Accepting the cheques presented by our Vice President, Ronnie Deering are club member Elizabeth Currie (left) on behalf of Hope for Youth NI and Patricia Webber (right) on behalf of Action MS. Obituary It is with regret that we announce that a long standing supporter of CDTEC, Margaret Dorrian, passed away after a short illness. For nearly twenty years Margaret put on demonstrations of traditional Irish bakery skills at our events. Her late husband Hugh was a long standing member and loyal supporter of the club. Our sympathies go to son Hugh, also a member and loyal supporter of the club, and daughter Agnes who for many years assisted her mother doing the bakery demonstrations and who has more recently taken the lead. 40th Anniversary Badge We are pleased to be able to offer to non-club members the opportunity to purchase our 40th Anniversary Badge (35mm x 22mm) at a special price of £3.99 including postage. If you are interested please contact our club secretary Pauline Davison 028 9754 1334.

Text Box: Updates: 29 October 2011—pictures from the recent visit to two tractor collections on 22 October 2011 have been added to the picture galleries. 24 September 2011—a selection of pictures from the trip by CDTEC members to the Scottish Vintage Traction Engine Club show at Scone Palace, Perth, Scotland on 11 September 2011. 16 September 2011 - as promised pictures of some tractors and a selection of other random pictures from the County of Salop (Shrewsbury) Steam Fair held August 2011. 6 September 2011 - a selection of pictures for the Steam Engine enthusiast from the County of Salop (Shrewsbury) Steam Fair held August 2011. Pictures of a selection of the tractors on display will follow in a few days. 2 September 2011 - further pictures of the working fields supplied by David Bunting 29th August 2011 - More pictures of the CDTEC Rally at Rosemount taken by David Bunting which show some of the “Big Power” classics which took part. 21st August 2011 - Pictures of some of the tractors taking part in the inaugural road run on behalf of the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Northern Ireland sponsored by Cooke Brothers Engineering Ltd and McKee’s Farm Shop, Craigantlet have been added to the gallery pages. The road run was supported by many members of CDTEC, both organising and taking part. 20th August 2011 - T20 TEF Restoration Project added - see Project Page