The East Of England Show From Peterborough

Attractions at the annual agricultural show.

Scenes of stands and activities at the East of England Show held near Peterborough. View over the vast showground as Anglia TV reporter Greg Barnes reels off the statistics about visitors and displays. Brief scene of two boys doing breakdance moves as if a wave is passing across and through them. A man demonstrates a pan scouring system. The sheep tent exterior with sheep and a goat. Display by the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings showing an old and dilapidated barn and timber frame buildings undergoing conservation work. Exterior and interior views of a restored barn on the showground. Women wearing the outfits of the Women’s Land Army – one carries a heavy sack from a vintage truck, and they reminisce in front of a threshing machine and other vintage equipment. The conversation drowns out the commentary as the reporter gives their names – these appear to be Queenie Sismore, Audrey Bosworth, Eileen Taylor, Grace Bowers and Ronnie Smitheringale who all worked as Land Girls in the fields of East Angla during the 1940s. Asked whether it was hard work, they express different opinions, with one remembering the potato picking. The reporter was Greg Barnes for this video made to be shown in a news story on Anglia Television early evening news / magazine programme About Anglia.

Keywords

Agricultural shows; Farming; Breakdancing; Building conservation; Women’s Land Army; Land Girls