COUNTRYSIDE FUN AT THE GREAT YORKSHIRE SHOWGROUND
Thousands of schoolchildren from across Yorkshire descended on the Great Yorkshire Showground in Harrogate to enjoy a hands-on day of countryside fun and education.
The Yorkshire Agricultural Society’s popular Countryside Days are always over-subscribed with coach loads of primary school pupils making the most of opportunities to get close to the animals and learn about farming and the countryside.
As ever, this year’s line up of workshops for the children covered a wide range of traditional crafts and skills, including fly fishing, willow weaving, bread and butter making and dry stone walling.
There were also outdoor demonstrations with gun dogs and sheep dogs, together with their handlers, falconry and there was standing room only at Richard Savoury’s ever-popular Sheep Show, which educates children about different breeds of sheep.
Countryside Days took place on Wednesday 13 and Thursday 14 June with around 6,000 children taking part.
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15 June 2012
Media contact: Judy Thompson, PR Manager, Yorkshire Agricultural Society – judyt@yas.co.uk or 01423 546215.
YORKSHIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY:
The Yorkshire Agricultural Society was formed in 1837 and is a charity dedicated to supporting the farming industry and rural life. The value of the support it provides to regional farming and countryside initiatives has risen year on year to almost £1m. It is based at the Regional Agricultural Centre, Harrogate; the RAC includes Fodder, the Society’s regional food shop and café which opened in June 2009. Both the RAC and Fodder has won a number of awards, including in 2010, being named as the Observer Monthly Best Independent Local Retailer, and most recently it has been chosen as a finalist in the Taste of England category of the 2012 VisitEngland Awards for Excellence.
The Society is the organiser of England’s premier agricultural show, the Great Yorkshire Show and its sister event, Countryside Live. The 2012 Great Yorkshire Show runs from Tuesday 10 – Thursday 12 July and last year’s event attracted 135,086 visitors. The record attendance is 135,111, established in 2006. Countryside Live takes place on Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 October and last year there were 10,700 visitors to the event.
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