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Great Suffolk Show

1928 , Bury St Edmunds (Suffolk)

Cat no. 530

Events at the Suffolk Show in Bury St. Edmunds, June 1928.

News reel of the Suffolk Show held at Bury St. Edmunds on Thursday, 7th June, 1928. It shows events in the Grand Ring. These include children riding ponies, the hunt, a heavy horse parade and show jumping. In the heavy horse parade, judges assess the horses. In the show jumping, horses are filmed jumping the water jump - or not as the case may be. There are shots of the spectators in the stands and at the rail. Some stands are filmed, showing agricultural implements.

Featured Events

The Suffolk Show at Bury St. Edmunds, Thursday, 7th June, 1928

Keywords

Country fairs; pageants

Other Places

Bury St. Edmunds

Background Information

14,000 people attended the Suffolk Show in 1928. There were 150 stands. 246 horses, 268 cattle and 183 sheep were displayed. In 1960 the Suffolk Show moved to a permanent site near Ipswich

Manifestations

Great Suffolk Show

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