The 66th Western Ontario Steam Threshers Association’s “reunion” was held on the weekend at the fairgrounds in Forest.
The annual celebration of steam engines and antique tractors drew crowds Friday, Saturday and Sunday for demonstrations, vendors booths, a daily pot of homemade bean soup boiling over an open fire, entertainment and Parades of Power where engines and tractors made their way around a track at the fairground.
The reunion dates back to 1957 and an event held at a Corunna-area farm with several Sawyer-Massey steam engines and a John Goodison steam engine on display.
More than 500 people attended that first year and the meetings continued and were later held at fairgrounds in Brigden before moving to Forest several years ago.