Gnosall Show

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Date:4th of August 1954

Description:The Rev. E A Douglas Morgan of Oswestry judging a class of shorthorn cows. The animal on the left, owned and led by Mr F B Aberill, was awarded first prize, and the other, Mr D J Coghill’s “Waterloo Christmas Rose”, was runner up.

It was reported in the Staffordshire Newsletter that the Gnosall and District Agricultural Society’s 30th annual show was staged on the Vicarage field on Wednesday 4 August. The show coincided with the first day of sunshine in a dismal Bank Holiday week, it attracted one of the biggest crowds for many years, with country-folk and stay-at-home holiday makers from Stafford and the surrounding district making it a great day out. There was a combination of livestock show, floral fete, carnival and village celebration. The number paying for admission at the gates was 3,428, an increase of 400 on the previous year and there were about 500 members of the society, making the total attendance around 4,000.

This photograph was published in the Staffordshire Newsletter on Saturday 7 August 1954. Reproduced by kind permission of the Staffordshire Newsletter who retain copyright.

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Source: Staffordshire County Record Office

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