The 103rd Uppingham Christmas Fatstock Show will take place in the Market Place, Uppingham, Rutland on Wednesday 25th November 2009.
Cancelled only by war and the two national out-breaks of the foot and mouth epidemic this is a unique show being the only event of its kind in the UK still held in temporary penning in a town market square. The regular weekly fatstock market finished in 1954, with the ending of wartime controls, but the annual Fatstock Show has continued and remains one of the most prestigious events in the town's calendar and is without a doubt "a jewel in Rutland's crown". The show includes classes for cattle, sheep and pigs.
The Market place will be cleared on the evening before the show and the temporary penning erected where cars would normally park. Livestock to be exhibited will arrive from 0700 hrs on the morning of the show and judging will take place at 1000 hrs. Prizes will be awarded and the presentation of challenge cups and special prizes will take place at approximately 11.30 am, followed by a public auction of the livestock to be sold. The entire show will be cleared, pens removed and the Market Place cleaned by early afternoon -a logistical feat in its own right.
The Society’s guest for the show will be Prof J Malcolm Stansfield MBE FRAgS, FIAgM, farm manger, lecturer and academic. He will present the cups and trophies to winning exhibitors and speak at the annual luncheon to be held immediately after the show in the Falcon Hotel, which flanks the northern side of Uppingham Market Place.
Andrew Leech.
Telephone: 01780 762433
Mobile: 07812 086550
Email:
aleech@richardsonsurveyors.co.uk
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