On Track for Another Great Show

With entries for this year’s show closing on 4th July the secretary, Sheila Robinson, has had the task of cataloguing some 4,000 entries in more than 500 different classes.

On Saturday the spotlight is on dairy cattle, sheep, pigs and Shire horses. On Sunday beef cattle, rare sheep breeds, goats and light horses take centre stage. Great Eccleston hosts qualifying rounds for national events like the Shire Horse of the Year, so horses, both great and small, will be well represented.

A full programme of demonstrations and displays all over the field, will feature the work of farmers, shepherds, beekeepers and rural craftsmen. A special section this year, promoting the Lancashire Woodland Project, will have demonstrations of woodcraft, woodland management, and tree surgery. In the food hall there are cookery demonstrations, featuring local produce, by Margaret Anderson and Honeywell Meats.

Bill Blackledge, from Radio Lancashire, will be talking gardening in the Ladies NFU marquee. For retail therapy there will be plenty of stalls selling all sorts of everything. This year the Victorian Funfair also includes a vintage showman’s steam engine and showground organ.

There will be tractors galore – ancient and modern, great and small - and fine old farm machinery, including thresher, bailer and a steam tractor, busy in the lower field. On both days roaring dragsters compete in the Tractor Pulling competition.

On Sunday the Xtreme Trials motorcyclists promise thrills in the main ring. Show Jumping and Championship Cumberland and Westmoreland wrestling are also staged on Sunday, together with a friendly ‘exemption’ dog show. If you need to relax in the midst of all the activity you can enjoy the sound of Pilling Silver Jubilee Band.

Great Eccleston Agricultural Show provides two unique exciting days. Don’t miss it.

ADMISSION:
Adults £8
Children £2
Concessionary £6 (with FREE Parking)