Outnumbered in the Matter of a Leyland 154

By Josephine Roberts
Published on November 6, 2018
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Owned by Terry and Dewi Jones of North Wales, this Leyland 154 is in tidy condition. The 154 was built throughout the 1970s in Bathgate, Scotland.

So this is the situation. My partner has brainwashed our 10-year-old son Tegid into liking a certain make of tractor. I expect this is quite a regular occurrence amongst parents who are tractor enthusiasts, because our opinions will always influence those of our children, but my partner has gone one step further and has actually bought the tractor that he has brainwashed our son into liking.

So our son thinks that the tractor is for him, when really my partner wants it just as much as our son does. Never one to miss a cunning opportunity to purchase another unnecessary machine, my partner is nevertheless fully briefed about the fact that we have no space for any more old tractors, but he’s seen a little chink in my armour, a way of possibly slipping another one in, just a small tractor, like a Leyland 154 for instance, if it was for our son.

Once the idea is in my son’s head, of course, I’m the bad guy if I say no, and there’s the two of them telling me just how small a Leyland 154 actually is. “I know!” I say. “I’ve seen them, I’ve even driven one, and they are barely any smaller than a Ferguson.” Oh no, I’m told, they are really, really small, way smaller than a Fergie.

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