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year on year and made this exhibition the success it has become. In 2013 International Border Breeders Association and the Norwich Canary Club joined us and this strengthened the canary section. By combining this exhibition with the already highly successful Parrot Society October Sale Day at the superbly equipped Staffordshire County Showground a large proportion of the exhibitors were familiar with both the location and the available facilities. UK bird exhibitors now view this event as the premier ‘all variety show’ on the UK calendar. The Sandylands Centre and half of the Argyle Centre will again be used to accommodate the exhibits with the ‘booking in’ and club stands filling the remainder of the Argyle Hall. This facilitates the management of the exhibition during the judging of the birds and allows both exhibitors and


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general visitor access to the exhibition at the earliest possible time on the day. With the show being completed within one day exhibitors can check their birds in early in the morning and then go into the bird sales areas in Bingley Hall, in the afternoon they can return to the Argyle and Sandylands Centres to see how successful their birds have been. We are delighted that the exhibition is obtaining increasing support from both continental judges and breeders who travel long distances to attend this event it is exciting to think that in a few years this exhibition has been able to attract these dedicated fanciers from all over Europe. The continental influence is not only limited to the fanciers, there is an increasing demand from continental traders to attend this event, further increasing the range of products available to all our enthusiastic visitors. As it is located


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