Livestock took centre stage for the third day of the nation’s greatest agricultural showcase as director Charles Mills hailed an 'incredible' event. The Great Yorkshire Show has drawn a sell-out crowd to the Harrogate showground all through this week.
Today will mark the close of the four-day showcase for this 165th year, with a focus on equine classes and showjumping which is deemed some of the most prestigious there is. And at its heart, the Great Yorkshire Show has always been about farming, and that focus on rural life. Livestock, and produce, and the debates that shape a nation.
Earlier this show, taking refuge in the Churches on Show pavilion was Canon James Allison, vicar of St John the Baptist Church in Coley, near Halifax, enthusing about mixing spirituality with creativity with visitors' thoughts displayed on paper flowers. 'This is like a big village and every village has its church', he said. 'The main thing is not to pretend you know anything about farming.
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