by Anne Akers
Good weather, lively music from the Drighlington Brass Band and showcasing art at the newly-opened community room at Calverley Old Hall helped boost entries and visitors to this year’s village show.
Thanks to the good start to the growing season and fine weather, there was a bumper number of entries in the vegetable, fruit and flower classes. And despite the heatwave the week before, there were more cakes, buns, biscuits and bread baked and entered in the show.
The art classes were shown in the community room at the Old Hall to celebrate the re-opening of the Old Hall after major renovation work by the Landmark Trust, said Show Secretary Noel Akers. And with more entries each year, the show needed more room for the art to be viewed.
“It was a bit of a gamble, we weren’t sure whether people would come across from the Methodist Hall, but they did,” said Noel, adding that more than 60 came in the two hours the room was open.
“The feedback was very positive, with some helpful comments on how we could improve it if we returned to the Old Hall next year. We’ll certainly be returning,” he said.
Back at the Methodist Hall, to celebrate Calverley In Bloom’s Silver Jubilee, there was a fun floral class, judges by Calverley Horticultural Society’s President, Coun. Andrew Carter.
Coun Carter, who presented the prizes helped by Darcy from Calverley Brownies, said the show demonstrated the importance of community events for people in the village.
The full list of prizewinners is on the CHS website.
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