Sandringham Show

[Basil H]

The game and country fair this weekend has been cancelled as a mark of respect.

 

[sh1kar]

Interesting

I suspect her Majesty might have wanted it to go ahead.........

 

[fallow me]

I feel sorry for the traders that were going to attend , most likely spent a lot of money on preparation and stock ,and this happening in probably the worst economic period of modern times

 

[VSS]

Interesting

I suspect her Majesty might have wanted it to go ahead.........

My thoughts too.

 

[Andrewslater]

so much for “keep calm and carry on”.

Seems silly to cancel such events out of respect when Charles is immediately cracking on with his responsibilities.

 

[Basil H]

Lads I know were already organised on site Thursday but "them's the breaks".
In purely practical terms there will probably be quite a lot of extra traffic using the narrow roads in the area, seeking to lay flowers etc, this weekend. Yesterday morning I was near there and there were certainly quite a lot of vehicles headed for Sandringham/West Newton.

 

[Bavarianbrit]

I just checked, the Pound is spiralling downwards at the moment it is at 1.1425738 Euros is this due to all the changes happening at one time?

 

[Norfolk Horn]

Lads I know were already organised on site Thursday but "them's the breaks".
In purely practical terms there will probably be quite a lot of extra traffic using the narrow roads in the area, seeking to lay flowers etc, this weekend. Yesterday morning I was near there and there were certainly quite a lot of vehicles headed for Sandringham/West Newton.

I understand that the police have put a one way system in place to deal with all the additional people going to pay their condolence.

 

[Ade8mm]

I just checked, the Pound is spiralling downwards at the moment it is at 1.1425738 Euros is this due to all the changes happening at one time?

No, it is due to Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel signaling support for further interest hikes (euro) in Europe

Ade

 

[Basil H]

A chap on PW has posted that this show will now be on October 15-16. Can't find any confirmation on line yet though.

 

[kevinw]

That’s me if you look on the Sandringham estate website it’s on there

 

[enfieldspares]

I went today. One...yes ONE...trader selling shotguns of which he had five or six on display only. Including a 10 bore AyA SBS. Lots of burger stalls at £10 for one burger, £4 a portion of chips, £4 a coffee. A have a go clay stand at £15 for fourteen clays and they were selling cartridges and I got a box of twenty-five Eley 16 bore VIP Game for £10 which I thought reasonable. Should have bought more but didn't want to carry them about for the next two hours!

A have a go airsoft stand and a have a go air rifle stand and that was it for the so called "gunmakers village".

Good shows in the area and elsewhere two marquees of meat products, gins, cheeses and etc.. Lots of the usual sellers of clothes, shoes, bags, and etc. but no sellers of game equipment (think drinkers, feeders, game feeds, peg markers and that. A row of dog related products and a tent of hamsters. Admission was £15 per person. Would I go again? No. Do I begrudge the £15? Not really as wasn't a bad show unless you were looking to buy a gun in which case don't go.

Marquee of fly fishing kit for sale and free casting lessons (on grass) also. A chainsaw carving demonstration and a thirty foot climbing tower. Interesting display by Norfolk Constabulary and good gundog demonstrations in the arena plus ferret racing. Lastly. Nobody from our friends from the travelling community.

There was also a clay pigeon competion. Vendors elsewhere selling gun slips, cammo clothing and the like. And a seller of binoculars of, I guess, Chinese make with a European or American sounding name. Not at all crowded and I drove straight in from the Wolferton side and parked but fifty yards from the entrance.