What to see at the New Forest Show 30 July – 1st August 2019 The New Forest Show in Brockenhurst is next week and there’s so much to see – we will be at the show on block 35, stand 319! View this post on Instagram A post shared by New Forest Show […]
The New Forest Show: 25th-27th July – in the Top Ten Best Agricultural Shows in the UK It’s one of the best for good reason! There are 4 showrings for a start, each with a full timetable of displays, competitions, demonstrations, parades and music. Huge tents are home to plants in peak condition, rare horticultural […]
With summer comes a multitude of notices and posters stapled to trees and posts, advertising a plethora of shows, fetes, fares and fayres – the latter three are all correct spellings by the way, just interchangeable, depending on the organisers choice. But which are worth making a beeline for? Here are some of our favourites… […]
A Brief History of Country Shows The first ever country show was said to have taken place in 1763 in Wolsingham, County Durham. Originally, the shows were informal gatherings for rural folk to get together and learn new hobbies, interests and skills, such as tending livestock, cooking and crafts. For hundreds of years, these gatherings […]