Back to the Past Picture 1986.
Published Date:
15 August 2008
OVER a century previously, Blakesley Show began as a small affair for local farmers and their families to have a day off and show off their animals.
And that basic idea had hardly changed over the decades when farmers and the public flocked to Blakesley Show in 1986.
Top showjumpers, the best beef and dairy cattle, top grade sheep, they were all there when the show got underway in August 1986.
Stowe farmer, Richard Hilsdon, showed the family's dairy cattle to great advantage, taking five firsts and two championship trophies.
When all the bills had been paid surplus profits from the show were distributed among local charities.
Also in 1986:
...LOVERS of Indian food can eat in style when Brackley's Tandoori Restaurant celebrates its first birthday this month with a special four-course birthday meal and free wine and flowers.
...MIXBURY villager and superkart racing's former first lady, Carolyn Hoy, took up the microphone at the weekend to commentate on the British Kart Grand Prix at Silverstone for BBC TVs Sunday Grandstand.
...CROSSROADS heart-throib, Harry Nurmi, who plays Aussie barman Barry Hart in the long running TV soap, dropped in on Buckingham University's Rag Week Carnival and Fete.
100 YEARS AGO
BUCKINGHAM & Paulerspury Lace Industries are holding an exhibition and sale of Bucks lace in the gardens of Whittlebury Lodge on Tuesday, August 25, from 3 o'clock to 6 o'clock. Her Majesty, The Queen, is a most kind purchaser and supporter of the Buckinghamshire Lace Industry, which now gives regular employment to over 200 Lacemakers.
AT a meeting of the Winslow Shire Horse Society at the Bell Room, Winslow, it was decided to hold the annual show of Shire mares, yearlings, foals, etc, on Wednesday, September 23.
50 YEARS AGO
AT a meeting of the North Bucks League Executive Council last week , Buckingham Town Football Club were allowed to withdraw from the League, and a fine of £10 was imposed. The Club has been in continual membership of the League since its formation in 1911.
BUCKINGHAM Town Council, at a recent meeting, agreed to make a Demolition Order in respect of 15/16 Elm Street, Buckingham. The Borough Surveyor said that it would be an open space which would have to be tidied.
SIXTY Old Age Pensioners of South Ealing, London, spent a very pleasant afternoon in Whaddon at the invitation of many inhabitants. Mrs Capel, the leader, whose grandparents once lived in Whaddon, was responsible for the visit. The party visited Woburn Abbey and were later entertained to tea in Whaddon.
25 YEARS AGO
TIRED but triumphant, three Buckingham Youth Club members and their Leader Kelvin Hall celebrated after completing and 85 mile walk along the Ridgeway footpath to raise money for the Youth Club's minibus fund.
A VALUABLE and welcome gift to the people of Buckingham was received by Town Mayor Chris Fogden - from Buckingham Borough Development Company - the deeds of the new footpath which leads from the former passenger station at Buckingham to the ring road.
THE Blakesley & District Agricultural Show and Gymkhana staged their centenary show; the show had been run since 1883.
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