Machines from the 60s bringing in the harvest in Cornwall

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Machines from the 60s bringing in the harvest in Cornwall
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The 'museum pieces' are being used as a way of keeping traditional practices alive.

A farming family in Cornwall are using traditional machinery from the 1960s to bring in this year's harvest as a way of connecting with the past.

The Hoskings, from Lamellion, near Liskeard, have kept a McCormick International B64 and a Massey Ferguson 31 combine harvester in full working order.

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