Alfrick and Lulsley
The Annual Show - Not to be missed!
This Year's Annual Show - 6th September 2008 add it to you diary!
Bridget Lewis, Chairman of the Show tells us about the Show, how it runs and what to look forward to this year:
How long has the Show been running?
The first Show was in 1952 and although we have retained many of the traditional elements it has significantly grown and today we have a wonderful fete that encompasses a horticultural show, dog show, arena events, side-stalls, Bar, BBQ and many rural attractions.
For more information about our history (click here)
Is it expensive to come to this Show?
Our entrance fee is £3 for adults and £1 for senior citizens and children 5-16 years and for this we offer a fantastic variety of entertainments and activities to be enjoyed by all ages, including free parking. Each year we offer something new and interesting for our thousands of visitors with lots of ‘free’ things to see and do and plenty of opportunity to buy a cake, win a prize, enter a competition or make a purchase from one of our many stalls – I think this is a bargain!
What time does the Show start?
As a new feature, this year, we are opening the gates at 12.30pm giving plenty of opportunity for our visitors to enjoy lunch from our local (and organic!) pig roast or BBQ or to picnic on the grass with ‘Pimms’ and strawberries & cream.
What do you enjoy about being Chairman of the Show?
Having been the Chairman for 4 years it is a wonderful opportunity to meet local people and to chat to regular visitors who travel from all corners of the county and beyond (Scotland being the farthest to date), and also to meet first time visitors. Part of my role is to formally open the Show with our annual President and ‘celebrity’, the likes of Mike George from our local BBC radio and Henry Sandon from BBC ‘Antiques Roadshow’ to name (drop) just a few.
Do you get feedback from the visitors?
Yes we do. We undertook a survey and by listening to our public we have improved our publicity of the Show, we offer a wider range of activities for children and have broadened the choice of foods available. I also like to wander around during the day chatting to stall holders and visitors and the true success of any Show is what the public think and as one visitor summed up “It was a show that both myself and my wife and son enjoyed - a real "proper" village show”.
I am also really pleased with the increase in entries to our Horticultural Show and with a modern twist to the range of classes to enter I am hopeful that this will continue. For more information on classes and for an entry form (insert link).
How long does it take to organise the Show?
I am very lucky to work with a great committee who help organise and run the Show. Our first meeting takes place in January, and then we meet monthly up to the Show in September and although the 24 hours before the Show and packing up afterwards are very tiring, the pub lunch at the local ‘Fox and Hounds’ on Sunday afternoon is always appreciated and a time to relax and share stories of the event.
We then hold a meeting in October to allocate profits and then our annual general meeting in November – to which all are welcome.
You mentioned an ‘allocations’ meeting - what does happen to the profits?
The profits, which hit over £7,000 in 2007, are distributed to local groups, charities, playgroups and schools within the village and surrounding area.
What can visitors look forward at this years’ Show?
I am really excited to announce that Mike George,of local BBC Radio Hereford & Worcester. will be our compere for the afternoon
There will be many other things to see and do. Watch this space, and don't forget to come along on the day.
You haven’t mentioned, when is the Show?
How could I forget, the most important date in the calendar… takes place on the first Saturday of September and this year, 2008, will be Saturday 6th September.
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Would you like to enter something in our horticultural show, this can be Parsnips to Paintings or Cakes to Wine and lots more.
For a schedule of things you can enter click here
To see our rules click here
To see the recepes and knitting pattern click here
To download an entry form click here
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