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Priced at £22.50 (inc. p+ p) this softback book, extending to 98 pages is the story of the clearing of derelict land in Huntingdonshire during the 1939-45 war by the Huntingdonshire War Agricultural Executive Committee. Forever known as the War Ag., their base was at Moonshine. Norman Box’s Gyrotillers were used in the early stages of the campaign to clear the blackthorn and the scale of the job carried such importance that on two later occasions Moonshine was visited by none other than Paul Appleby, the Under Secretary of State for the United States Department of Agriculture. He came to see what use the tractors sent on Lend-Lease were being put to. A complete history of the Fowler Gyrotiller is part of the story, as are all the details of the Bentley motor cars that went through Norman Box’s hands. Many photographs are included of the operations at Moonshine, as are Fowler Works photographs and factory records of the Gyrotillers, these extend beyond just the machines owned by Box. The book includes build details and repairs carried out to the Gyrotillers, these details are lifted straight Fowler’s own records.

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