The Farmers Mart Jun-Jul 2018 - Issue 57 | Page 19

THE GREAT YORKSHIRE SHOW 19 • JUN/JUL 2018 CELEBRATING HISTORY AND TRADITION Two unique historical projects will celebrate the Great Yorkshire Show’s 160th anniversary at this year’s event. THE Yorkshire Film Archive and Washburn Heritage Centre have both created special displays to let visitors to the show on Tuesday 10 to Thursday 12 July see both farming down the years and earlier Great Yorkshire Shows. In a first for the show, a big screen will be installed on the President’s Lawn to show film of previous Great Yorkshire Shows put together by the Yorkshire Film Archive’s team. The specially-curated short films will also be shown on the big screen in the main ring and in the Exhibition Room at the Yorkshire Event Centre. A sneak preview of some of the fabulous footage spanning the decades will be rolled out on social media from tonight and every Monday until the show to give a taster of what’s in store. The Washburn Heritage Centre at Fewston has also put together a special exhibition of historical farming scenes which will be staged in the Seminar Room at the York- shire Exhibition Centre. The award-winning centre was opened in 2011 at Fewston Church and promotes the unique heritage Royal Visit GYS 1957 of the valley. Staffed mainly by volunteers, visitors can enjoy an extensive programme of events and exhibitions and take advan- tage of a tea room at weekends. Under the leadership of Archive Leader Deborah Power, a team from the centre has created a series of interpretive panels, both on farming in the Washburn valley and on the show itself. Nine of the boards feature the show, taking different themes such as agricul- tural machinery through the years, bounda- ries, particularly drystone walls, and, to mark 100 years of female emancipation this year, looking at the role of women in agriculture. www.greatyorkshireshow.co.uk Founders of Yorkshire Agricultural Society Returning with an impressive line-up GYS Stand number:- 714 BRM Contact details www.brmltd.co.uk [email protected] 01325 378552 Brian Robinson Machinery (BRM) returns to The Great Yorkshire Show this year having added the AMAZONE product range to their impressive line-up of machinery. AMAZONEs full range of machinery is now available at BRM. AMAZONE are the specialists for fer- tiliser spreaders, seed drills, powered (rotary cultivators & rotary harrows) and non-powered soil cultivation (compact disc harrows, mulch cultivators & tine and disc cultivators), precision air seeders and crop protection sprayers. ‘ a wide range of machinery on show ’ On display will be the Valtra 4th genera- tion Tractor range with the addition of the revolutionary Valtra SmartTouch Armrest. SmartTouch integrates the ergonomic arm- rest with a multifunction drive-lever, valve switches, rear-linkage and PTO control, a touch screen terminal and push button control pad, bringing all tractor functions within easy reach of the operator. Also, there will be a wide range of machinery on show from JOSKIN, MERLO, KRONE, TRIOLI- ET and POLARIS. Please call in to our stand (714) to see our extensive range of machinery and enjoy our refreshing hospitality