The Gentleman Magazine Issue 15 | June 2019 | Page 74

ROYAL CORNWALL SHOW 2019
Dynnargh Dhywgh!
Welcome - One and All
The Royal Cornwall showground in Wadebridge attracted
around 120,000 visitors to the three-day show held 6-8 June
2019.
The shows main purpose is to showcase the very best that
Cornwall has to offer in the agricultural, farming and
horticultural industry and it didn’t disappoint. The Royal
visitor was HRH Princess Alexandra, the Hon Lady Ogilvy KG
GCVO CD who visited on the first day of the show with an
informal tour around the showground.
The weather over the three days was typically British; scorching
sun, wind, rain and even a shower of hail, but this didn’t put the
visitors off! One of the largest showgrounds to host agricultural
shows in this country there was plenty going on and many tents
for visitors to dash in to avoiding getting too wet.
Live music is one of the characteristics of the show with displays
from the Cornwall ACF Bugle Platoon, Samba Kernow, the
BBC Radio Cornwall tent, the Festival of Dance, Irish singers
Black Velvet and Oll an Gwella singing traditional Cornish
songs and the students of Cornwall College all live on stages
around the showground, the atmosphere was fantastic.
Farming and Livestock weren’t the only things on show, there
were competitions for Pigeons, Rabbits, Caged Birds, Horses
and Dogs which visitors could see up close. There was a good
variety of Steam engines and vintage cars on display, rural
crafts, a cider championship and lots of trade stands selling
everything you could wish for.
We had a great day at the show and can recommend a visit if you
either live in the South West or are wanting to visit Cornwall
on holiday. Next years show takes place from Thursday 4th to
Saturday 6th June 2020
A variety of action-packed entertainment greeted show goers
with displays from the Atkinson Action Horses, The RAF
Police Dog demonstration team and an RAF Falcons parachute
display to name a few.
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