National Fruit Show
NATIONAL FRUIT SHOW 2012
OCTOBER 20th & 21st 2010 - KENT SHOWGROUND, DETLING, MAIDSTONE
Tel: 01732 874 564
About us
Heritage
Timeline for the Marden Fruit Show Society
1930s |
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| 6th March 1933 | First official meeting/AGM. View the Show announcement letter |
| 19th/20th October 1933 | First Show on Thursday & Friday. Total attendance 1538.
View a congratulatory letter |
| 19th March 1934 | 2nd AGM. Balance sheet showed a surplus of £83 2s 11d |
| 24th/25th October 1934 | 2nd Show on Wednesday & Thursday. Total attendance 2.208 |
| 23rd September 1935 | Show cancelled due to a reduced number of entries. This was attributed to bad weather earlier in the year and recent gale damage. |
| 7th/8th October 1936 | 1st show where judging takes place on Tuesday. Total attendance 1856 |
| 1937 | View a letter from the Kent Messenger Newspaper |
| 1938 | Show abandoned due to severe frost damage |
| 1939 | Show cancelled due to outbreak of WWII View the cancellation notice letter |
1940s |
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| 14th May 1940 | Emergency War Committee formed. Show postponed for the duration of the war |
| 27th/28th October 1948 | After an absence of ten years, the fifth annual show. Attendance 2477 |
1950s |
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| 26th October 1952 | 1st public post show event with the fruit being re-staged at Selfridges, London, prior to this the fruit was always sold at auction |
| 29th October 1953 | Royal Visit by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother |
1960s |
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| 13th March 1967 | Change of name to The Marden Fruit Show Society. Previously The Marden & District Commercial Fruit Show |
1970s |
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| October 1972 | First Bonanza Prize – A Berthaud 1500 Spraying Machine |
1980s |
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| October 1980 | First Handbook |
| October 1984 | Royal Visit by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II |
1990s |
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| October 1992 | Show moves to the Kent Showground at Detling |
| 1999 | Show launched as The National Fruit Show |
The Marden & District Commercial Fruit Show at Walton Hall, 1933
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