Her year in office was a successful one with an excellent Show
in August and a number of other events held on the Showground.
Unfortunately her father Richard passed away suddenly in early
December last year and he will be missed by all of us involved with
the Show being a stalwart of the Council and a past President and
our sympathies go to all his family.
The accountancy skills that Nicola brings is helpful to maximise
any support that exists to help the Society deal with the loss of
income it is experiencing.
Mervyn Strand also passed away last Autumn after the 2019 Show, he
was a great character known throughout the County, a former
President and he and his wife Megan who died some years before him
where very dedicated supporters of the Show. I counted them as
family friends and Mervynwould preach quite regularly in Martletwy
Baptist Chapel at the request of Joyce my wife.
During our brief ceremony Mansel Raymond took on the role of
President elect and we look forward to working with him and
Rosalind, two people I count as friends and colleagues whom we've
worked closely with for a number of years. Angharad Edwards will be
our Ambassador at the next Show, she is member of Llysyfran YFC and
was last year's YFC Rally Queen, works for the S4C programme
Ffermio and helps out on her partner Roger's farm at Moat
Grange.
I write this during the most unprecedented time I have ever known,
hopefully most of us will survive and not experience anything like
it again. The Show of course has experienced many unfortunate times
during it's 200 plus years existence, two World Wars, Spanish Flu
in 2018, the 1930sDepression a number of Foot and Mouth epidemics
but this Pandemic will be recorded as one that has had a massive
impact on Pembrokeshire and it's Show both socially and
economically.
But the 'Show must go on' and will, but when will depend on all the
guidelines issued by our Governments in the next twelve months or
so. There are many if's and buts and one of the key ones is the
test and trace scheme's success in allowing life to get back to
some sort of normality. BrianHarries in his regular 'Blogs' has
kept us updated on some of the key decisions he and his fellow
Board members have had to make in these difficult times. There is
no doubt that the Show we have all come to love will see some
drastic changes for the next few years, Charles Darwin wrote in
hisOrigin of the Species 'the species that survives is the one that
is best able to adapt to the environment it finds itself in'.Joyce
and I are disappointed that there will be no Show this year we had
planned some events including a Sunday lunch in April, a schools
event in June where 2000 pupils and their teachers had agreed to
descend on the Showground to learn about food and farming. The
planning for the eventwas well ahead and hopefully it can happen
next year to help the group of primary school children understand
where food comes from and to offset the vegan and climate change
misrepresentations that we see on TV and in the Press.
We set up a working group and worked closely with the Showstaff to
establish links with schools, coach companies, the local Shows in
Pembrokeshire and many others to help make the two days of the
event a success.
The Pembrokeshire Show has been important to us as long as we can
remember as active Young Farmers in our day we spent hours
preparing the stand and I remember meeting Princess Anne back in
the 80s. I spent some years announcing and commentating on the
parade and in my NFU days, it is a platform to get messages to
politicians and others on the plight of farmers and their
families.
Our children have been brought up realising that the Show was an
essential part of their calendar as important as Christmas and
Alice was the Lady Ambassador some years ago. It's the place where
you meet old friends and make new ones, where you can see some new
and innovative ideas, where you can do some business taking
advantage of the 'Show Offer'. Two years ago I was honoured
toreceive the Idris Davies Memorial award at the Show and of course
it's the place to see the best of Pembrokeshire's produce and
livestock all displayed to the highest standard.Finally, to quote
Vera Lynn's immortal words 'we'll meet again don't know where don't
know when but I know we'll meet again some sunny day'.
I wish you and your families well during these unprecedented
times.
Stay safeStephen James
President,Pembrokeshire Agricultural Society
Image taken at the 2019 show Behind The Lens Media
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