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Show’s proud history spans two centuries


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fact, trace its roots back to 17 71), w hen i t w a s heralded as the beginning of the great shows, such as the Royal Rath and West, staged four years later, and the Smithfield Show,


Today’s show can, ig back to the late 18th cen­


tury confirms the Royal Lancashire Show as the forerunner of the nation’s many agricul­ tural and country events.


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by Stewart Pimbley


held in 17!)!l. The Royal Lancashire


been held regularly and has travelled to most of the main towns within the old county of Lancashire. The show grew roots


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Agricultural Society was started by Thomas Rutter- worth Rayley, a renowned gentleman of the time, who established the Man­ ch e s te r A g r icu ltu ra l Society, and its first show was held in St Anne’s Square, Manchester, in


was amalgamated with the Liverpool Agricultural Society and from then on the annual show became a travelling event, moving between the different towns of Lancashire. Another society joined


1798. Around 57 years later, it


and settled for a long and successful period at the old Blackpool aerodrome at Stanley Park, until the land was needed to develop the town's zoo. This resulted in the society purchasing its own permanent showground at Kibby Moll Hall, near Rlack- pool," but unfortunately three disastrous summers followed and the show was put on hold between 197-1 and 1971).


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THE Victorian scene depicted shows a demon­ stration and lecture on beekeeping at the 1899 Royal Lancashire Show held at Sefton Park, in Liverpool. Visitors watch as a craftsman constructs a wicker beehive. The picture is taken from a souvenir book belonging to the Royal Lancashire Agricultural Society.


the 19-1(5 show read:


and North Lancashire Agricultural Society. This remained as it was


forces in 187-1 to form the Manchester, Liverpool


for nine years, until Queen Victoria gave her regal seal of approval, via a Royal Charter, to recon­ stitute the society as the Royal Lancashire Agricul­ tural Society. Since 1893, with the


society members started the show again the follow­ ing year in Witton Park, Blackburn, where it enjoyed six successful years until a rent increase forced it back on the road. From there it moved to the home of English rac­


A dedicated band of


ing, Aintree racecourse, but this was not a success, with many visitors and


exhibitors keeping away. After a long and hard


exception of the two world wars, an annual show has


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society’s hopes that the show would be able to repeat its success in Chor­ ley at some time in the future — a wish confirmed by the past six excellent shows. As history has shown, it


search, covering hundreds of miles and dozens of potential sites, the show moved in 19SS to its pres­ ent home at Astley Park,


in Chorley. This was not the first


time the town had hosted the show, as it was pre­ viously held there in 18(51, 18153 and 19-1(5. The first two occasions were under the banner of the North Lancashire Agricultural Society, but the 19-1(5 show was staged by the present society. Minutes at the time of


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