Have you ever tasted freshly-churned butter as seen on sale here at Glynllifon's exhibition of vintage machinery and traditional crafts?

Flailing, threshing, churning, patting, twisting, shoeing, weaving: just some of the skills required in the agricultural days of yore, celebrated and demonstrated here over two summers/locations. Newly-minted butter pats are for sale at Glynllifon College and rope is made from twisted straw. Oats are flailed by hand or threshed by machine and a farrier shoes a horse. At Pont-y-garth, blacksmiths make a child's hoop, and corn-dollies and willow baskets are woven.

Glynllifon College, an agricultural college, grew out of Madryn Castle Farm School, Pwllheli (founded in 1913), and has become part of Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor, Caernarfon. It is here that the first and longest section of the film has been shot, with sound (the murmur of Welsh-speaking voices). The second section of the film, without sound, shows traditional crafts being demonstrated at Pont Y Garth, Maenan, Llanrwst, April 1978. This film was shot by Alfred Mawby (b.1918) of Llanrwst, a member of Colwyn Cine Club and later a founder member of Gwrst Cine Club.