10/01/2026
Following the deaths of our father James Porter on 5th January 26 and mother Elizabeth Porter on 28 September 25, we would like to thank everyone for your words and messages of sympathy and all who attended the wakes and funerals, and all who helped in so many ways, it was much appreciated.
Also many thanks to the doctors in Drumquin Surgery, the district nurses, Bradleys Chemist, Castlederg, and the carers, all who looked after them so well in their latter years of life.
A few people of a certain age have said to us about rembering dad digging and baling hay, as a boy growing up I spent many happy days with him around the Fordson Major and Webb back actor, it was sold around 1985 and I got it back in 2009 although still havent got it restored.
He used mainly David Brown tractors and had 2 red 990 Implematic and a white 990 Selectamatic with a Sta Dri cab (I can hear the noise of it yet and likely contributed to his deafness in later life) One of the red 990s was replaced with a Q cab 885 in 1985, the other red 990 (WBF 347) sold locally in 1989, it was got back from Eddie and Eamonn Sweeney in 2005 and restored, photos attached.
The blue Jones super star baler was replaced with a Jones MK 12T in 1977 but a few years ago I got an identical blue Jones baler that worked in this area, photos attached 44 years apart.
