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