IT was success all the way for the Towers family of Colt Park Farm, Aldingham, who scooped eight major cattle trophies at the 148th annual North Lonsdale Agricultural Show on July 29, 1992.
The successful family partnership of William and Mark Towers, whose field at Bardsea Park was used for the annual farming festival, came up trumps again, winning the supreme champion trophy with a two-year-old Holstein dairy cow.
Among their other successes were champion Friesian bull, best Friesian bull calf and best farmers group.
“We’ve had a superb day,” commented Mark Towers after results were announced.
“It’s been absolutely marvellous to have won so many trophies.”
That year’s show was blessed by fine weather and although the attendance was down slightly on the previous year secretary Brenda Edmondson was delighted at the turnout.
“Considering the unemployment in the area I’m surprised we’ve done so well,” she reflected gratefully.
As usual the show provided a wealth of farming pursuits and entertainment for the whole family, including classes for cattle, sheep, goats, horses and rabbits.
Other classes included pets, vintage tractors, stationary engines, dogs, art and craft, wine making, embroidery, knitting, baking, photography, vegetables and flowers, mounted fancy dress and gymkhana games.
Two of the latest crazes - Spaceball and Barfly Jumping - made an appearance.
Show organisers had not only brought for the first time the brand-new gravity free ride which was proving so popular around the country, but also hired the sticky wall and spacesuits essential to barfly jumpers.
There was hot air ballooning and traditional entertainment included two fun fairs - one for toddlers and the other for teenagers.
Full catering facilities were provided, plus a beer tent, trade stands and market stalls.
Hanging baskets, a new class in floral arrangements, got good entries.
John Jackson, a Barrow parks department tractor driver, was among the prizes with his sheep once again, taking the best in show award with a magnificent Suffolk shearling ram.
The first winner of a new 'Good Countryman' award went to Tony and Phoebe Sharp, for a conservation project at their Scales Park Farm, Aldingham.
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