Bures and District Agricultural Club jubilee ploughing match and produce show (VA 5/5/1)
Channel: EssexRecordOffice
Date: 2018-06-28

Video recording of the Bures and District Agricultural Club jubilee ploughing match and produce show, recorded in September 1993.

Starts with David Taylor-Balls, Chairman, and Colin Cracknell, committee member, talk about the history and nature of Bures and District Agricultural Club since its formation in 1943 

[0:41:50] Ploughing (or furrow drawing) match and produce show

[0:43:20] Vintage tractors ploughing

[0:49:45] Threshing machine

[0:50:10] Stationary engines

[0:51:00] Ploughing with horses

[0:53:15] Modern tractors ploughing

[0:54:55] Clay pigeon shooting

[0:58:40] Log cutting

[0:59:25] Show stalls

[1:01:00] Prize-winning produce

[1:04:50] Raffle

[1:07:15] Prize-giving

[1:24:25] End of recording.

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https://www.essexarchivesonline.co.uk/result_details.aspx?ThisRecordsOffSet=1&id=566970

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