Photos from the Farmers Weekly collection which is held by the Musuem of English Rural Life at Reading. For more pictures from the collection visit http://bit.ly/merlpics
20 total photos Last updated on Thu, Oct 22 2009
In the old days, before it found its permanent home at Stoneleigh in Warwickshire, the Royal Show moved from venue to venue – and this is a shot of the 1949 gathering at Shrewsbury. Sadly, 2009 saw the last ever Royal Show.