Vintage power machine show a display of passion for the past
With the chugs and pops of vintage engines, the hum of an accordion and the piercing bang of a blacksmiths hammer, one could have been forgiven for mistaking it as a step back in time.
Rather, this was the sights and sounds at the 37th Annual Threshing Festival south of Prince Albert over the weekend. The event showcases vintage power machines and offers a glimpse at what agriculture and industry once were.
“People like to keep the old theme going. It is kind of unique,” Alan Andal said, president of the Vintage Power Museum. “Young people and younger adults haven’t witnessed this before, and for them, it is a chance to come out and see what grandpa or great-grandpa did over the years and how things developed.”
On site, old tractors and engines line shops. A blacksmith is seen as he hammers away while a rope maker sits across the road from a horseshoe repair person just steps away. A sawmill and threshing display is a few metres from where a general store with its shelves stacked full of period products sits next to a work-in-progress homestead and a wooden green and white church. Tractor pulls and kids events were also on display.