Farmer opens museum in his home

A man who collected thousands of vintage household and farming items over 40 years has set up a museum at his farm in Portbury near Bristol.

Keith Sherrell's passion for collecting old things started in 1966 when he bought and sold used farm machinery.

The catalogued items have been displayed in old-fashioned retail cabinets and include confectionery, groceries, toys and tobacco products.

The museum includes many west country brands such as Frys and Babycham.

Most of the museum is dedicated to 'ordinary' household goods and is designed like an old-fashioned store - some of the packaged foods still contain their original contents.

Mr Sherrell also collected 150 vintage tractors and even an American fire engine from 1920.

He said: "I started in 1966 buying and selling machinery. I kept buying a few and storing them somewhere and it just rolled from there.

"The bug bites you a bit more and you just keep buying at auction and on e-bay. I've enjoyed collecting the tractors because it's been part of farming."

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