THE Great Yorkshire Show gets underway in Harrogate today, with more than 130,000 people expected to attend over the next three days.

Director Charles Mills took a trip into the past when he got behind the wheel of a 100-year-old Ford Ministry of Munitions tractor during preparations for the event.

Members of the West Yorkshire Vintage Tractor and Engine Club are behind the display which celebrates the Ford and Fordson Association’s 100th anniversary.

Whitby sculptor Emma Stothard has put the finishing touches to her 17-hand “Golden Horse”, which will grace the Council Lawn near the bandstand throughout the show.

Emma has spent countless hours creating the golden horse from more than 200 kilos of drawn phosphor copper wire.