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'**■ / This year’s annual show, was special as it celebrated the 70 th anniversary of the event with a display show­ ing the Hodder Valley Show through the years staged by • Helen Wallbank from Slaid-


burn Village Archive. The show’s committee thanked both Helen and Jenny Brad­ ley for all their hard work in staging local history displays at the show year after year. Staged at Larigden Holme


Farm, Dunsop Bridge, by the kind permission of Mr and Mrs Carr and the Duchy of Lancaster, this year’s show presidents were Mr and Mrs Edmund and Jean Sandham, who have farmed in the dis­ trict for 42 years. A real family event, the


show had something for eve­ ryone with a Cuerden Birds of Prey Display and the Ben SlingerBike Display Team


in the main ring. During the showit was announced by Richard Schofield, the organiser of the Farmers’ Walk for Cancer that the event has raised a staggering £26,000 for cancer charities. The Hodder.Valley Show has supported the fund-raising walkers from the start donat­ ing proceeds from a charity auction held at the show’s 70th anniversary party. The Hodder Valley Show


this year proved a bumper event with more than 100 cows being entered and 40 Young Handlers. Organisers held work­


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help Young Handlers with their showing techniques and this is believed to have helped those who took part in this year’s show. Entries were also up on


last year’s show with more than 90 new exhibitors. A new attraction at this


year’s show was a full-size. pretend Holstein cow. Peo- pie were asked to “guess the name” ofthecowwithlocal


girl Katie Giles guessing the correct name - Matilda. • For results from the


show’s livestock classes, see page 37. For results from all other classes, see next week’s Clitheroe Advertiser.


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