2008 Show to be held on Saturday 26th July
PRESIDENT’S LETTER
On
behalf of the committee I would like to welcome you
all to the 2008 Penrith show. It was a great disappointment
to everyone when the decision was made to cancel last
years show due to the waterlogged field.
I'm sure you will enjoy this years show which will be better than ever with some of the best livestock in the country on parade and more attractions for all the family. Penrith show is not just an agricultural show but also a social gathering with friends and family meeting up and old friendships rekindled. The show is a shop window for all our farming and equine friends alike, bringing their stock for judging and display.
After photographing Penrith show for the Cumberland and Westmorland Herald newspaper for last thirty years it is a great privilege and honour for me to be President of the show this year. Working with the committee and attending all the show meetings has given me great insight into the hard work and dedication put into organising Penrith show. People like myself just turn up and photograph the event, not taking into consideration that its taken a whole year to organise, I salute you all.
And finally I wish the Chairman for the last two years, John Page, committee members and all their helpers for a very successful show and thank everyone out there who supports the show every year. Please have a great day and enjoy one of Cumbria’s greatest agricultural shows put on for you by our farming friends.
My sincere thanks to you all.
Frederick Cameron Wilson
President
The Penrith Show is, quite simply, a great day out.
In the main ring we have a full timetable of entertainment including:
- A great family show by the Xtreme Trial’s Display Team which has been said to be the most entertaining stunt show ever seen.
- The Royal Scots Association Pipe Band who will provide a program of music with that mixture of élan, artistry and discipline for which the Scots regimental pipe bands and drums are justifiably famed the world over.
- Appealing to adults and children alike, we will also have number of sheep dog demonstrations by Derek Scrimgeour, who has competed for England in TV’s ‘One Man and his Dog’.
- We even have a fly past of The Battle Memorial Flight featuring a Spitfire and a Dakota. As the RAF’s tribute to the aviators of World War 11, this should be a great spectacle.
So, something for everyone!!
In addition we also have:
- A vintage tractor parade
- Street Entertainment
- Cumberland & Westmorland Wrestling
- A full range of livestock classes
- Industrial & Horticultural Sections
- Food Hall
- Rural Crafts
- Trade Stands
- Refreshments & a licensed bar
- And much, much more…………….
And of course there is the Grand Parade, which would rival that of any top county agricultural show.
Adults - £8.00
Senior citizens - £6.00
School age children - £3.00
Free car parking