It was back in 1991 that a small number of local men from the Braid district decided to bring together some old equipment that they owned and put on a threshing demonstration in a local field. Word soon spread around the local community of the upcoming demonstration and a large number turned up to watch on the day.
Although this was intended as a one-off event, the success and level of encouragement from the assembled crowd motivated the men to do it again the following year.