The Southwest Virginia 4-H Tractor Club is hosting its Farm Toy Show and Display Contest at the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center on March 21 and 22.

RED tractors with faces are the toys of choice for many small children this Christmas, after the success of two recent television programmes for pre-school tots.

It's a photo of the last tractor produced at the International Harvester Farmall Plant in Rock Island, rolling off the final assembly line 30 years ago this week, a model 5488 with all-wheel drive.

Farmers in tweed jackets, children on toy tractors and celebrities were among those packed along Whitehall to protest against changes to agricultural inheritance tax.

Lots of people know and love that little red wagon from childhood, but not many people turn their toy into a full-sized ride.