Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Email An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Google An icon of the Google "G" mark. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Logout An icon representing logout. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Tick An icon of a tick mark. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Quote Mark A opening quote mark. Quote Mark A closing quote mark. Arrow An icon of an arrow. Folder An icon of a paper folder. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Caret An icon of a caret arrow. Clock An icon of a clock face. Close An icon of the an X shape. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Ellipsis An icon of 3 horizontal dots. Envelope An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Home An icon of a house. Instagram An icon of the Instagram logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Menu An icon of 3 horizontal lines. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Rating An icon of a star. Tag An icon of a tag. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Information An icon of an information logo. Plus A mathematical 'plus' symbol. Duration An icon indicating Time. Success Tick An icon of a green tick. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Email An icon of an mail envelope. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square.

Tractor to pull in money for charity

Mike Robertson Aiden's grandfather and chair of the Angus and Kincardine Ferguson Tractor Group, Aiden Johnston (1) and Emma White (ARCHIE Tayside fundraising nanager
Mike Robertson Aiden's grandfather and chair of the Angus and Kincardine Ferguson Tractor Group, Aiden Johnston (1) and Emma White (ARCHIE Tayside fundraising nanager

A farming group has donated a prize which sits in another field for a local children’s charity.

Kind-hearted members of the Angus and Kincardine Ferguson Tractor group are to raffle off a bright red 1960 Ferguson Massey tractor for the ARCHIE Tayside Children’s Hospital appeal.

The machine, which has already raised tens of thousands of pounds for good causes by completing a number of fundraising challenges including a drive from John O’ Groats to Lands End, could be one lucky winner’s for the price of a £1 ticket.

The group are hoping to sell around 20,000 tickets, the money from which will all go straight to the ARCHIE appeal.

The raffle will run over the course of the year and be drawn next October, with tickets being available at farming shows and ploughing matches, as well as through the group’s Facebook page.

Mike Robertson, chair of Angus and Kincardine Ferguson Tractor group, said despite its age, the unique prize was still in full working order.

He said: “The owner of the tractor, Neil Robertson, unfortunately passed away a few years back and his wife Gail very kindly donated the Ferguson to our group.

“This tractor has so far raised around £40,000 for different groups around the country.

“It has driven great distances as part of charity fundraising, Montrose to Oban was the first one, and then we took it down from John O’ Groats to Lands End in 30 mile sections.

“Raffling it off now for ARCHIE is the big finale. We are hoping to sell around 20,000 tickets, at £1 each.

“People will be able to buy them from us over the next year at farming shows and events and ploughing matches. The tractor will tour with the group at these events over the next year.

“The tractor, a 1960 Ferguson Massey, is the best model of its kind and is seen as something of a collectable.

“What’s more is that we can still get spare parts for it, so it will be able to run for years to come.”

The ARCHIE appeal is looking to raise money for twin operating theatres at the Tayside Children’s Hospital at Ninewells.

The tractor raffle will run until October next year.