east yorkshire
The Bishop Wilton Show - 2012
Show News
Show Programme
The programme is now available via the link below. If you have any queries please contact us via the contacts and links page.
Affiliations
The Bishop Wilton Show is affiliated to:
| British Show Jumping Association (see the local website here) |
| Ponies Association (UK) |
| Dartmoor Pony Society |
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It is also a participant in the Press Association Accumulator Competition for Agricultural Horses with Eastrington, Sykehouse and Howden shows. |
Historical Background
It all started in 1897 as the Bishop Wilton Flower Show in a tent erected in the school yard. In the early days it was accompanied by a cricket match, sports, a brass band and an evening dance. By 1907 a competition for mares, foals, cows and pigs had been added.
Find out more about the very first Show on the Local History Site (including a copy of the first Show Programme). Also, the earliest known photograph of the Show, from 1923, can be viewed there.
There was a South African connection with the first Show which is explained in an article on the Local History site.
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