124th Annual Egmont A and P Show!
05:18:22 PM - 2007-11-18
EGMONT A and P SHOW - 2007!
Egmont A and P Show held its 124th annual show at the weekend 17-18 November at Hawera in South Taranaki.
There was a huge crowd, with very hot weather, it is one off the biggest events in South Taranaki where there were indoor and outdoor trade displays, sideshow alley, equestrian events, dairy cattle and home industries.
It was it's 50th year of being held on the present site, having been relocated from what is now known as
Hicks Park in Hawera.
In fact my Great Grandfather Edward Olson was gored by one of his own predigree bulls while preparing it for judging at the Egmont A and P Show, as a result of which he died on November 2nd 1893 at the age of 50 years, he was one of the early settlers at Egmont Village not far from New Plymouth.
The Equestrian events centre is of special news, for this year has been built a huge new 68 stall block, the second biggest in New Zealand. It cost $447.000, good news for future Equestrian events.
The Show's Home Industries competitions include flowers and horticulture, knitting, novelty, crafts, cooking and baking, model building and photography, plus stores which loved by the children , kittens, chickens, lambs, rabbits and mice, all something which most children cannot resist looking at. Also plenty of the traditional sideshows.
The livestock were of very high standard as usual, it would not be a agriculture show without them. Plus the wood chopping competitions, so much energy used up, it such hot weather. Jetboat rides on the lake were very popular as a good way to cool down in the heat of the day.
As for the vintage vehicles, such as the early crawler tractors, diggers, etc which were the way our early settlers set to work with everyday, and clear land to what we now know today as New Zealand.
These A and P shows sure bring back memories of the past. It is a good time now if you are reading this blog, to give thought to our ancestor for all the hard work they put into breaking our land into what it is now, for without them,
where would we be today?.
A special thanks to all those people that spend many hours of their time for no payment at all, restoring those much loved antiques of the past.
A very enjoyable day was had by all, still a few sunburnt bodies the next day as goes to show you can never have enough Sun Cream on in the heat of the day at the Egmont A and P Show November 17-18 2007
Elsie Hagley. |
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