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County Show
COUNTY SHOW Thecounty show will go on thisyear
The organisers of Staffordshire County Show have announced that the annual show will go ahead as plannedon Wednesday, August 25 and Thursday, August 26.
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The community extravaganza is set to have all the attractions visitors expect from one of the countys premier events. The show offers something for visitors of all ages.
Youngsters will be able to enjoy the Miniature Steam Railway or traditional attractions such as Punch &Judy whilst teenagers and adults will be thrilled by the daredevil, gravity defying stunts performed by the Bolddog Lings Motorcycle Display Team; whilst the next generation of farmers will be inspired by the first-class entries in livestock competitions across the Showground that are at the heart of this traditional agricultural show.
The show at the County Showground on Weston Road, some four miles from Stafford, is one of the areas major summer events. During the school summer holidays the County Show offers afull day out for all the family.
Apacked Main Ring programme includesa range of attractions from the breath-taking Bolddog Lings to show jumping and the Grand Parade of Livestock. In the Country Pursuits Arena visitors can watch the birds of prey display, the ferret roadshow or sit back and learn all about pigs with the HoggShow.
Around the Showground there will be demonstrations of traditional rural crafts such as thatching and drystone walling. However, at the heart of the Show is livestock with over a thousand cattle, sheep, pigs and goats and over fifteenhundred horses and ponies.
There are anumber of competitions and shows within the show including the Sheep Shearing Competition, Farriery Competition where blacksmiths compete to make the perfect horseshoe, the Fur and Feather Show with avast array of poultry, waterfowl and rabbits and the Bees and Honey Show with its working hive.
Children of allages are especially wellcatered for with achildrens farm, an exotic animal display, donkey ridesand fairground rides. Shopaholics will be able to browse over four hundred trade stands selling everything from cars to hot tubs. In addition there is aFood Hall with afurther fiftystands selling arange of mouth watering local produce.
When its time to take abreak what better way to relax than having apicnic next to the bandstand listening to the brass band or the jazz band. However, for something more tranquil there is atwenty-acre woodland, ideal for awalk in the shade or aquiet picnic.
The 2021 Shows main sponsor is local business Dunstall Holdings Group incorporating its two main brands Rea Valley Tractors and Altegra IntegratedSolutions. Rea Valley Tractors is one of the regions leading agricultural machinery dealers and they will have atrade stand on the corner of the main ring.
Advance tickets, which offer asaving on the gate price, are on sale now, from www.staffscountyshowground.co.uk