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Threshing at Thurnham

From the collection of

North West Film Archive at Manchester Metropolitan University
Established in 1977, the North West Film Archive preserves moving images made in or about the North West of England for the education and enjoyment of the region’s people. Part of Manchester Metropolitan University Library’s Cultural Collections, and based within Manchester Central Library’s Archives+ partnership, we are a specialist resource dedicated to saving and growing our region’s rich filmed history.

Threshing at Thurnham

Farmworkers in the fields of Lancashire, making straw while the sun shines.

This lovely colour film record shows us the age-old farming practice of threshing, the process of separating wheat grain from straw. In the civil parish of Thurnham in Lancashire, on a sunny day at the end of the war, farmworkers use machinery, forks and rakes, and sheer physical effort to accomplish their task - hard work, but with satisfying results.

This lovely colour film record shows us the age-old farming practice of threshing, the process of separating wheat grain from straw. In the civil parish of Thurnham in Lancashire, on a sunny day at the end of the war, farmworkers use machinery, forks and rakes, and sheer physical effort to accomplish their task - hard work, but with satisfying results.

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