{"id":507,"date":"2013-10-01T13:14:16","date_gmt":"2013-10-01T12:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/176.32.230.6\/ruralmuseums.org.uk\/?page_id=507"},"modified":"2023-11-16T12:43:27","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T12:43:27","slug":"threshing-machines","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ruralmuseums.org.uk\/?page_id=507","title":{"rendered":"Threshing machines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The RMN has a particular interest in threshing machines.\u00a0 They can be awkward to display and store, but they offer a fascinating insight to an important period of agricultural history.<\/p>\n<p>The Network conducted a survey of threshing machines in museums for the Agricultural Heritage Distributed National Collection in 2006:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruralmuseums.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Distributed-National-Collection-\u2013-Threshing-Machines-in-Museums.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Distributed National Collection \u2013 Threshing Machines in Museums<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"alignnone\">\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruralmuseums.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Drums-Roll.pdf\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-870 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ruralmuseums.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Drums-Roll-front-221x300.jpg\" alt=\"Drums Roll front cover\" width=\"221\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ruralmuseums.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Drums-Roll-front-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/www.ruralmuseums.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Drums-Roll-front-768x1045.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ruralmuseums.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Drums-Roll-front-753x1024.jpg 753w, https:\/\/www.ruralmuseums.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Drums-Roll-front.jpg 1748w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"alignnone\">In 2013 we commissioned a resource on interpreting threshing machines in rural life museums.\u00a0 Drums Roll&#8230; is researched and written by\u00a0Sally Ackroyd.\u00a0 Starting with first principles the author explains what threshing machines are and what they do.\u00a0 She looks at the broader subject of harvest, and gives examples of the stories that threshing machines can support:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruralmuseums.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Drums-Roll.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Interpreting Threshing Machines in Rural Life Museums &#8211; Drums Roll&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To find out more:<\/p>\n<p><em>Threshers &amp; Threshing,<\/em> a DVD by County Films [ISBN 978-1-905523-47-4], distributed by Old Pond Publishers, <a title=\"blocked::http:\/\/www.oldpond.com\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oldpond.com\/\">www.oldpond.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The RMN has a particular interest in threshing machines.\u00a0 They can be awkward to display and store, but they offer a fascinating insight to an important period of agricultural history. The Network conducted a survey of threshing machines in museums &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruralmuseums.org.uk\/?page_id=507\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":8,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ruralmuseums.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/507"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ruralmuseums.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ruralmuseums.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruralmuseums.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruralmuseums.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=507"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruralmuseums.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/507\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1700,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruralmuseums.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/507\/revisions\/1700"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruralmuseums.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ruralmuseums.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}