Chic Eleanor ( left)
Actor and pianist Philip Hughes opening the show wonderfully
Animal helper pat checking her winnings
Pauline chuffed at her Flower Cup
This guy entered the vegetable basket for the first time and won best in show
Monika and her daughter
Hattie in centre checking her exhibits
Ma Manley brought her book for the villagers to review
Her dog won best in show
We started quietly but were busier after 2 pm
I took the exhibit photographs before we opened
I entered my plastic tulips in for a laugh
What a wonderful show, amazing exhibits, and excellent attendance!!!!! The food, real vegetables, and flowers look glorious and those cakes and pies - yum! I'd have liked to talk with Ma Manley and to listen as she talked with others about her lovely book. Love seeing your sweet cottage again. I'm surprised your perfect yellow tulips didn't win anything (wink). Ta for taking us along.
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... and a good time was had by all...
ReplyDeleteDo u know what? I think you are right
DeleteBeautiful.
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DeleteWhat lovely displays! You and your committee put on a wonderful event. Thanks for sharing the bounty from your town’s gardens!
ReplyDeleteVillage, the village has only 300 odd inhabitants
Delete300 odd inhabitants? And the others? (Sorry, couldn't resist.)
DeleteThe villagers came through once again, as did the organizers - what impressive entries! The plastic tulips cracked me up :)
ReplyDeleteThey always come up trumps..I’m doing something right
DeleteWonderful. Great to see so much participation and lots of attendees.
ReplyDeleteXx how are you feeling today
DeleteWow! Such a great effort by entrants and organisers alike. I'm sure everyone had a really enjoyable time. Shame your plastic tulips didn't win anything but laughs! Time to pour yourself a large G&T and put your feet up. xx
ReplyDeleteI heard the judge laughing
DeleteSo many wonderful exhibits! Everything looks marvelous. But my gawd, that's a monster zucchini on the produce table! (or courgette, as I believe you call them). Good luck to Kelda in the cupcake (and other) categories!
ReplyDeleteA marrow
DeleteI stand corrected! Congrats to all the winners and everyone who participated! I love the photo of the book author with her book open to your cottage page!
DeleteMarvelous, wish we were there.
ReplyDeleteI do too🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷
DeleteWell done everyone. That looks amazing. I take it your tulips didn't win?
ReplyDeleteNot a sausage
DeleteWhat a marvelous display of food and produce, and happy people. This was a really big deal. Well done, everyone. Was there a Best Gag Flower entry prize?
ReplyDeleteNext year
DeleteWhat an accomplishment for the village. All of your hard work paid off.
ReplyDeleteBun
Thank u bun
DeleteA veritable cornucopia of delights!!!
ReplyDeleteHow delightful xxx
DeleteA splendid event, well attended and enjoyed. Is Ma Manley publishing her book?
ReplyDeleteI put it to her that we collectively publish it
DeleteAlong with your book? You know I will keep banging on about it!
DeleteLovely to see Ma Manley, and the others you have mentioned over the years - especially Hattie and her family!
ReplyDeleteHattie looked well, her daughter was delightful , Adam is lovely too a lovely family , I’m very fond of
DeleteCongratulations on such a successful and wonderful flower & produce show!!! Brilliant way to celebrate the 50th annual show, and your photos are absolutely a joy.
ReplyDeleteA well-deserved G&T should be on hand this evening.
Well done to all who participated and attended. You have such a wonderful community!
The velvet voiced Linda gave me a lovely bottle of gin as a gift
DeleteHow on earth do the judges choose? Everything looks so beautiful!
ReplyDeleteAll professional judges
DeleteIt all looks absolutely wonderful. Thank you for taking us along. So many wonderful entrants and well attended and everyone looks so happy. Joyful.
ReplyDeleteCarol it’s lovely to have you along for the ride
DeleteThis is so lovely. All of it.
ReplyDeleteThank u
DeleteThat was an outstanding show! So much participation from all the village people amazes me. I really wish I could have been there. If I ever make it to Wales, I would love to see you and meet some of the lovely people there. Never say never. I might have one more great trip in me.
ReplyDeleteWe have just 300 people
DeleteWonderful.
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DeleteNext year sneak in a category for "out of season plastic flowers" so you can get a big ribbon. Also does some luck person (who isn't on a low carb/sugar diet) get to taste all the cakes? And is that Lemon Curd? Wow.
ReplyDeleteCeci
The two judges taste everything , I’d be the size of a house…it took them nearly three hours to judge
DeleteThere’s a lot of wonderful talent in that room — and community. Ma Manley’s book is an absolute treasure. And the dog deserves the blue ribbon. Wonderful!
ReplyDeletePardon me... Best in Show!
DeleteSteady
DeleteIt all looks fabulous, well done and congratulations to all involved in this amazing show. I'm craving home made cake!!
ReplyDeleteI know, I didn’t taste one, but the judge debbie kindly bought me a scotch egg
DeleteThank you for sharing these wonderful pictures!
ReplyDeleteMy pleasure, I feel you all support me here in my little corner of the world
DeleteJohn, you are a producer and director Supreme! You and your cast produce the most heartfelt smiles and joy time after time. Never overlook your value in so many lives. The joy stretches all the way across the pond and is needed and much appreciated.😁
ReplyDeleteThank you lou
DeleteSquire
ReplyDeleteYou are one community man
You are having a shit time and you still perform to this level
I love you man
( in a lesbian way)
Lee xx
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DeleteWhat a wonderful show. It took me back to our shows in Lingfield when I was a child all those years ago.
ReplyDeleteIts very 1950s
DeleteLove your plastic tulip entry. So will there be the John Gray Commemorative Cup for Most Audacious Entry next year?
ReplyDeleteWell Done!
Will Jay
Good idea…..I’ve messaged many of the newbies that entered the show for the first time to join the committee xx
DeleteLovely meeting new potential members of the flower show
ReplyDeleteThank you Trelawnyd for putting on such a wonderful show! All hands to the pump indeed! I feel so very proud of you - marvelous entries, tremendous talent on show - and all the food absolutely mouthwatering. So much talent, love and friendship in such a small community! And wonderful photos, John. I almost feel as if I was there in person! Remarkable, all of you. take a communal bow - you deserve it!
ReplyDeleteI’m moved you said this , thank u
DeleteWhat a show! John I hope you were given an honorary award for all the work you put in. You must be proud but exhausted. Many hands of applause for all the village residents who participated.
ReplyDeleteI feel. Supported x
Deletei am so proud of you and your village for putting on that fabulous flower show once again, well done all. You got me with the tulips, when I first saw them, I wondered how someone grew them at this time of year, then it clicked, I had seen them at your cottage. I have the same ones in red and they are the best plastic flowers, so real looking. Thanks for the laugh, john. Bet you are still tired. Gigi
ReplyDeleteThank u x my friend
ReplyDelete1950s yes...but in a good way!
ReplyDeleteA cracker of a show..going from strength to strength.
Lovely to see all the Manley contributions too xx
U know them well
DeleteWhat a success! What an amazing accomplishment. I loved seeing the everyone's happy faces and the actual entries, esp the flowers and produce are beautiful. Your small village must have the most abundant beautiful gardens. Thank you for sharing this with us. Mrs Manley's book should be published!
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lizzy x
We are thinking of getting it published privately
DeleteWhat an amazing show! I wish I could see it in person, but the photographs are wonderful. Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteI’ve posted more today
DeleteJohn, what a success!! Since I couldn’t be there in person, I loved the pictures and your descriptions. I bet you will have a great response from the newbies. Of course they will want to join the committee! What a great way to meet good people!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations, enjoy your G and T, and sleep well, friend. 💤🌷🌻🌺💤💤💤
Carol in Atlanta
I’ve emailed the newbies tonight and got a lovely reply from several
DeleteI couldn't wait to see the pictures of your show and you didn't disappoint. What a fabulous show and a great success. I would have loved to have walked around the entries they all looked so good. The veg entries were fabulous and the flowers, the drawings were especially good too. I love a village show, it's a pity I live so far away to attend. I loved Ma Manley's book I too would buy a copy should she publish. Congrats are in order for your hard and dedicated contribution to your community, all the new attendies will get the bug as well. Well done and good luck going forward.
ReplyDeleteMa Manley was such a hit , she is a learned woman of many facets , a trained scientist , archaeologist and artist
DeleteYou do a wonderful job with the show. It looks such fun and is a great community builder.
ReplyDeleteI agree but boy was I tired
DeleteDelightful!
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DeleteCongratulations on a huge success JG.
ReplyDeleteYou are an outstanding community organizer. All the smiling faces show great joy. The entries show lots of Community talent and skill.
Me and ian ( ps i am good)
DeleteWhat a fantastic show, so many entries from such a small village. Well done to all the entrants and to all the lovely committee members. Great photos of everything and everybody thank you John - it was worth it.
ReplyDeleteWe’ve welcomed people this year from out of the village but the majority was from our local area xx
DeleteThanks for bringing us to the show! It was awesome, everything was so bountiful. Excellent job. I think your tulips should at least get an honorable mention. Jen
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing the day
DeleteAmazing. Well done everyone, winners and losers alike.
ReplyDeleteAmen cro xx
DeleteThank you so much for the photographs of the show! It looks like it was fabulous! Brings back memories of County Fairs when I was young back in Ohio! Have you heard of or are you familiar with them? They were the absolute best. Fair week was waited for all year! Congrats on a wonderful job! Well done! Kathy
ReplyDelete🩷🙏 kathy
DeleteI just love that your tiny village pulled off such event! It seems that everyone participated. What a day! Your committee deserves an 'attaboy' for a job well done!
ReplyDeleteWe did good debby
DeleteLovely, but the exhibit which caught my eye the most was the hottie at the centre of the topmost photo.Did that win a prize too?
ReplyDeleteThat’s rather sexual raymondo lol xxx
DeleteI didn't mean to be that, JayGee. Merely being factual. ;-)
DeleteThere were some lovely entries there and really varied too. Gatherings like that are probably the life blood of a village and wonderful to see it so well supported and enjoyed. I loved Kelda's video too! She's great.
ReplyDeleteShe’s a trouper
DeleteI missed it this year…maybe next year. Such a wonderful event for your village. Congratulations to the entire committee.
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My friend , Polly, a doctor from the hospice turned up with her daughters, it was lovely to see them
DeleteWonderful. Wish I had been here, but N. Wales is a long way from Herts!! Thanks for all the photos.
ReplyDeleteAlways welcome xx
DeleteAmazing and uplifting
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DeleteLovely! What a fun event. I especially like Ma Manley's dog.
ReplyDeleteThat went down a real storm
DeleteAmazing! What a creative lot of people you are, and what a lovely village spirit. Jxx
ReplyDeleteI met people in the village I’ve never met before, new people taking part , which is encouraging
DeleteSO well done! I can only imagine how thrilled Auntie Glad would have been.
ReplyDeleteShe would have sold most of the raffle tickets two weeks ago lol, even in her 80s she walked around the whole village and to gwaenysgor to sell raffle tickets
DeleteLate to this but loved it x
ReplyDeleteAlison in Devon x
Thank you
DeleteWell, your PREP went well. I love the variety of the presentation of the exhibits. (Your tulips are lovely)
ReplyDeleteThose did make the judge laugh
DeleteWhat a stunning and heartwarming display of the love and caring in your community! Much effort on everyones part.... well done to you, and to all! Susan M/ Calif.
ReplyDeleteWe had a good team of helpers , ian ( village leader) did much running around , I did titivating well, Bridget, velvet voiced Linda, liz and, Melinda and Helen and Chris worked hard too
DeleteWill was a wiz on the door
A team effort
It would be difficult to be a judge as everything looks so great! Well done!
ReplyDeleteWe have four judges ( the cookery judge always brings another sub judge to check her work) and the cookery classes always take at least two fun hours of judging
DeleteSome folk appear to take this very seriously, I hope the judges remainied anonymous! Would like to see a pic of Ma Manley's dog some time and ... her book... that does look very interesting, is she a white witch by any chance?
ReplyDeleteOver the years certain rivalries were famous we had two meirions both with fabulous allotments
DeleteTheir contests were famous and the vegetable classes subsequently huge
I’ve deleted the comment from someone pretending to be a villager.very sad personality disordered individual
ReplyDeleteGood for you squire
DeleteWhere to you find the judges ?
They are good to volunteer but what are their qualifications? ( interested only not shit stirring)
Lee
No happy to share
DeleteThe cookery judge teaching cookery in school and is a certified judge.
The flower judge was a florist for 30 years plus
The vegetable judge helped run the Prestatyn flower show for its entirety and the arts judge was a professional artist
The show.gives them a small monetary gift of thanks for their support.
Fucking cute squire
DeleteLee
That’s a really good village flower show , take a bow John Gray ! xx
ReplyDeleteA joint bow
DeleteI love seeing all the photos. What a great community you are in.
ReplyDeleteI do
DeleteBUT did Kelda win the cupcake category???
ReplyDeleteyes
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