Pressing cyder through straw

A wonderful piece of our cyder-making heritage. From 1970.
A group of old Dorset boys working away and enjoying themselves in their cyder shed. They show us how they pressed their cyder through straw using a Victorian twin-screw press. Watch for the old technique of building a straw "cheese" , learn and then have a go yerself - keep the old skills alive.
A treasure trove for those who value our disappearing regional accents, and also for lovers of old song too!
"I never knew yer ad ser many buttons on yer nightdress"

[@richardthomas6890]

Thank You for sharing something we are quickly losing in the 21st Century. Rural characters

[@peterlukas5447]

If only things had stayed that way

[@jacqueshughes3085]

The good old days - it's like Wilkins of the 1950s.

[@nacholibre1962]

4:30

[@garycurd2180]

reminds me of dad and uncles delightful thanks for sharing

[@danehardinge8801]

what a lovely film

[@performancedownunder5773]

The Journo was Clive Gunnel, who was actually present when Ruth Ellis shot her lover becoming the last woman in the UK to be hanged. Albert Pierrepoint performing the execution.. He made numerous country stories in the South and South West and Westcountry, they were all very interesting, and he often had a pint of something in his hand. .

[@DavidWoodArtist]

Fantastic...makes me want to go back to those days.

[@richardhukins1703]

Wonderful the old Dorset i grew up in, you don`t get people like that now!

[@neildelaney5199]

i have been making cider up here in bristol for 5 or 6 years now, only for myself, i look forward to pressing time every year and that amber nectar in the spring,what a lovely film many thanks

[@tutnallman]

Just like a pressing day at Tardebigge Cider in Bromsgrove.

[@davidmurray5326]

A lot of character, enjoyed watching !!

[@HydroSnips]

Oh wow I’m not far from Shave Cross, it’s a small hamlet and I wonder which farm this is today hmmmmm

[@mike30081942]

good bit of history

[@FiddlerNick]

I guess the straw was/is used to hold all the slippery bits of apple together in one mass during pressing rather than them being squeezed out sideways? Would also provide channels for the juice to get to the edges. Similiar function to leaving the stems in with bunches in a grape press for wine

[@eaglewolfff]

Real people, not the plastic people England breeds now, complete with tracksuits and trainers.

[@ThinkBritishEnglish]

Fascinating :)

[@tutnallman]

The Yeomanry march.

[@johnritchie6550]

So sad to lose this life style

[@OldeJanner]

Clive Gunnell from 'Westward TV' days, christ that takes me back to some good old days!