A David Brown golf course tractor fitted with a Gibbs designed and built transport tray.

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1956 launch of the David Brown 900 tractor at Bedfont.

Left to right; David Brown (later Sir), Reginald, Sydney and Murray Gibbs.

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A Gibbs advertisement for David Brown tractors from the 1949.

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Greater london Council David Brown tractor order.

An order for 73 David Brown tractors for the Greater London Council in the yard at Gibbs, Bedfont in the 1970’s. This was the largest order for tractors ever handled by the firm.

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David Brown tractor presentation.

A presentation by the director of David Brown to Donald Gibbs in 1976 in recognition of the long association of the two businesses. The tractor model can be seen in the display case at the Rural Life Centre.

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Ripley showroom in the 1980's.

Gibbs opened a branch of the firm in Ripley, Surrey in 1938. This branch specialised in agricultural equipment and designing and installing irrigation systems; in 1948 they won the contract to supply a new irrigation system for the White City stadiu…

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A Gibbs lorry carrying a David Brown tractor from the early 1950’s.

Gibbs worked with the firm of David Brown from the start of Brown’s involvement with tractors in 1936. It proved to be a very successful association and Gibbs were appointed London area distributor for them in 1958. The association continued after…

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