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Category: Shows -1908

13 June 1887

June 13, 1887 JamesAkers

A very good show with 1500 blooms despite the bad weather.

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Posted in: Newspaper Reports, Shows -1908 Filed under: timeline 1836-1906

7 June 1886

June 7, 1886 JamesAkers

Back to Monday as the show day, however the usual bad weather had resulted in the loss of bulbs for…

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Posted in: Newspaper Reports, Shows -1908 Filed under: timeline 1836-1906

4 June 1885

June 4, 1885 JamesAkers

A change of day here from the usual Monday to Thursday and Friday. No change in the weather though, the…

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Posted in: Newspaper Reports, Shows -1908 Filed under: timeline 1836-1906

2 June 1884

June 2, 1884 JamesAkers

A large number of blooms were shown, said to be over 2000, however none are named. The show was open…

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Posted in: Newspaper Reports, Shows -1908 Filed under: timeline 1836-1906

4 June 1883

June 4, 1883 JamesAkers

Blight (Tulip fire) struck the beds of many of the exhibitors this year but still over 1000 blooms were exhibited.…

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Posted in: Newspaper Reports, Shows -1908 Filed under: timeline 1836-1906

29 May 1882

May 29, 1882 JamesAkers

The full show report in The Florist and Pomologist can be found here together with notes on a visit to…

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Posted in: Newspaper Reports, Shows -1908 Filed under: timeline 1836-1906

6 June 1881

June 6, 1881 JamesAkers

A report without any detail of individual flowers. The Society seemed to have decided on a policy of continuity in…

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Posted in: Newspaper Reports, Shows -1908 Filed under: timeline 1836-1906

31 May 1880

March 31, 1880 JamesAkers

The reporter at this show for the Wakefield Express certainly waxed lyrical about the reasons why the Society had existed…

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Posted in: Newspaper Reports, Shows -1908 Filed under: timeline 1836-1906

16 June 1879

June 16, 1879 JamesAkers

For some unknown reason there are three different reports found from the Wakefield Express with significantly different text accompanying the…

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Posted in: Newspaper Reports, Shows -1908 Filed under: timeline 1836-1906

27 May 1878

May 27, 1878 JamesAkers

The show was on the usual Monday until 11pm on that night, before remaining open for a further two days.…

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Posted in: Newspaper Reports, Shows -1908 Filed under: timeline 1836-1906

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