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Category: Wakefield Florists Society

12 August 1844

August 12, 1844 JamesAkers

This Carnation  report is a very detailed one

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Posted in: Newspaper Reports, Timeline, Wakefield Florists Society Filed under: timeline 1836-1906

5 July 1844

July 5, 1844 JamesAkers

This is a Pink show with the usual Exhibitors.  Amazingly, the person who had sent the report to the Gazette…

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Posted in: Newspaper Reports, Timeline, Wakefield Florists Society Filed under: timeline 1836-1906

21 May 1844

May 21, 1844 JamesAkers

A Show held at the Royal Oak as normal. One of the flowers is attributed to Holmes, although shown by…

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Posted in: Newspaper Reports, Timeline, Wakefield Florists Society Filed under: timeline 1836-1906

14 August 1843

August 14, 1843 JamesAkers

This is a Carnation report with the usual exhibitors

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5 July 1843

July 5, 1843 JamesAkers

This was a Pink show with the usual exhibitors

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Posted in: Newspaper Reports, Timeline, Wakefield Florists Society Filed under: timeline 1836-1906

30 May 1843

May 30, 1843 JamesAkers

Both reports state that the show was held on a Tuseday, instead of the normal Moday and Tuesdaye. The Gardeners’…

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Posted in: Newspaper Reports, Timeline, Wakefield Florists Society Filed under: timeline 1836-1906

24 April 1843

April 24, 1843 JamesAkers

A good Auricula show with all the usual exhibitors.

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20 August 1842

August 20, 1842 JamesAkers

A show with the usual exhibitors and dominated by Benjamin Ely. Both John Gill and his son exhibited and won…

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Posted in: Newspaper Reports, Timeline, Wakefield Florists Society Filed under: timeline 1836-1906

23 July 1842

July 23, 1842 JamesAkers

Would appear to have been a small show for pinks with a class of pansies. Mark Blackburn has featured before…

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Posted in: Newspaper Reports, Timeline, Wakefield Florists Society Filed under: timeline 1836-1906

25 April 1842

April 25, 1842 JamesAkers

The usual exhibitors. Polyanthus and Pansies were also shown.

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Posted in: Newspaper Reports, Timeline, Wakefield Florists Society Filed under: timeline 1836-1906

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