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| RMMee Moderator Quote | Reply | | Moorgreen Show posted on: 8/29/2005 3:30:47 PM This being August Bank Holiday Monday, isn't this the day of Moorgreen Show (or was it at the end of May)? We used to go there religiously every year - although the C9 would take us from Aldercar to Moorgreen/Watnall, I think there was a special bus just for the show. Never did quite understand why we went, but I suppose it was fun at the time. I take it that it is still going? |
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chrisbrin
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replied on: 8/29/2005 6:22:34 PM Yes, it was Moorgreen Show yesterday and today. We went for the first time last year and really enjoyed it. |
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chrisbrin
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replied on: 8/29/2005 9:33:22 PM It's a country/horticultural show. Cattle and small animal show. Sheep dog demonstrations. Show jumping. Show ring for demonstrations ie Birds of Prey, The Hunt, Dog Show etc. Flower and vegetables, baking and craft competitions. Exhibitions and demonstrations of crafts. Music and dancing. Stalls and funfair. Beer tent. You can easily spend a whole day there if you enjoy that kind of thing |
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suzard
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Moorgreen Show
replied on: 8/30/2005 1:17:58 AM It has been good weather this year for Moorgreen show-as a child I remember it always used to rain.Woodwards at Headhouse Farm Mapperley won awards for their prize goats for many years-and my dog walker won a rosette in the show jumping today! Many years ago-well before my time , I believe it was held on Hall Park-Mansfield Road-the site of the (now) school and sports centre. |
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Peter Chamberlain
Researcher Quote | Reply | This message was updated on 8/30/2005 7:42:33 AM by Peter Chamberlain |
Moorgreen Show
replied on: 8/30/2005 7:42:02 AM Suzard You are correct i recall it being held at Hall Park one of the entrances down the side of The Rex Cinema and The Sun Inn |
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RMMee
Moderator Quote | Reply | This message was updated on 8/31/2005 12:05:38 AM by RMMee |
Moorgreen Show
replied on: 8/30/2005 3:06:06 PM quote: If it was held in Eastwood, why was it called the Moorgreen Show? Or did it start in Moorgreen, then move to Eastwood, then to its current site (which I suppose is Watnall rather than Moorgreen anyway). |
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chrisbrin
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Moorgreen Show
replied on: 8/30/2005 8:56:02 PM They have a website. There is some history of the show as well as the recent stuff. www.moorgreenshow.co.uk |
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RMMee
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replied on: 8/31/2005 12:09:13 AM Yes, thanks for that CB - lots of info. Interesting that it's been going since 1849. |
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suzard
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replied on: 9/7/2005 9:25:53 PM "The Moorgreen Floral and Horticultural Society held their first Annual show at "Mrs Smedleys, the Horse and Groom Moor green" in September 1849 and prizes were awarded for Dahlias, Vegetables, Fruit and Flowers. It was reported in the Nottingham Journal that the exhibits were "most splendid" with the exception of the Dahlias which had been affected by early frosts. In 1853 the Greasley and Selston Agricultural Association opened with a ploughing match followed by a "show of stock and roots". Later in the same day Mrs Smedley of the Horse and Groom provided dinner for sixty members and friends. At the same show awards were also presented as follows: "10 shillings to Frank Mellors for being the labourer who had brought up the largest family without parochial relief"-he had 12 children. £1 was also awarded to Charles Severn who had worked for Mr J. Godber for upwards of 30 years and was the labourer who had lived longest on the same farm. So possibly the name "Moorgreen Show" comes not only from the place it was first held, but from The Moorgreen Floral and Horticultural Society who were the founders of it. |
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suzard
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replied on: 8/26/2007 1:33:33 PM It's showtime again! Any more memories/history of Moorgreen Show? |
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