Chester Brooks of Amherst showed up about 15 years ago and just started helping Edward Wesley out with his Sorghum Mill, making molasses.

Trouble was, no one knew his name when he left. So Wesley had his photo put into the Field Day of the Past newsletter asking, “Who is this man?”

Brooks called back and he has been helping out ever since.

“I just enjoy doing it,” said Brooks as he stirred the boiling liquid. “I like the old ways. I’ve done just about everything except make moonshine,” he laughed.

Brooks, a disabled veteran, said he was staying in the log cabin on the Field Day grounds so he didn’t have to commute back and forth from Amherst for the three-day event.

Brooks said he didn’t mind staying in the cabin.

“I’m just an old country boy,” he explained.

It was Field Day’s 20th annual extravaganza of all things old and interesting.

As usual there were the ever popular lawn mower and tractor pulls and of course Robinson’s Racing Pigs.

A classic car show and antique military vehicles were on display and the famous Liesfeld Steam Sawmill was up and running.

Jim Corrin of Chesterfield brought his two grandsons, Camden and Caleb for the third year in a row, and the two boys romped in the back of a truck filled with corn.

“It’s a history lesson as well as a good time,” said Corrin.