Minsterley Show celebrates 150 years: 15 pictures of sunshine, smiles and Shropshire tradition
Thousands of visitors turned out to celebrate the best of rural life and the return of Shropshire's oldest one-day agricultural show.
The sun shone on thousands of visitors as the Minsterley Show marked its 150th anniversary on Saturday (August 16), bringing together families, farmers and friends for a day of celebration.
Now touted as Shropshire's oldest one-day agricultural show, the Minsterley Show was first held in 1875 as a way of "improving" the "cultivation, neatness, productiveness, and arrangement of gardens" in the area - as well as for the "amusement" of locals.
Today, a century and a half later, the show features everything from prize-winning cattle and sheep to horse, dog and shearing shows - with the beating heart of Shropshire's agricultural heritage on full display.
