Harvest scenes from years gone by will be recreated at a heritage event aiming to keep the Norfolk "trosh" alive.

Strumpshaw Steam Museum, near Norwich, has held a regular autumn rally for several years, but for 2024 it has been renamed the Strumpshaw Trosh. 

Next weekend's event, on August 31 and September 1, will feature working demonstrations including a steam-driven threshing machine being put through its paces.

Organiser Scott Bunting said the rebrand was inspired by a love of the Norfolk dialect and the feeling that the word “trosh”, which means to thresh or separate corn from straw, should not die out.

The word has also come to mean a special event held to celebrate rural life, traditions and crafts.

"There used to be several Troshes around Norfolk but they have all died out in recent years," said Mr Bunting, who farms at Skeyton in north Norfolk.

"Trosh is a good old Norfolk word – it came from the old boys who, when they went out gathering the harvest with the threshing machines, would say ‘we’re going troshin’."

Mr Bunting will use a threshing drum and straw press from his collection as well as his Marshall traction engine Monty, built in 1928, to demonstrate how the harvest used to be gathered many years ago.

The Trosh will also demonstrate a rack saw bench and loading equipment, which would have been taken out into woodland and used to process felled trees.

There will also be classic cars, vintage steam engines and tractors on show and demonstrations by heavy horse and gun dog handlers, as well as craft stalls and trade stands.

"We will have over 200 exhibitors – it’s been really popular this year – and I’m looking forward to some good weather over the Bank Holiday weekend," said Mr Bunting.  

The Strumpshaw Trosh takes place at Strumpshaw Steam Museum on August 31 and September 1. Admission is £7, including entry to the museum, with under-16s free of charge.