Topcliffe & Asenby Produce Show
The second annual produce show was the best yet!
Never had Topcliffe village hall looked as colourful as it did at this year’s Topcliffe & Asenby Produce Show. The flower arrangements at the top of the hall, the paintings and art work, along one wall, fruit and vegetables down the other, and lots of produce, and arts and crafts in between, provided a wonderful display. And everyone agreed that it was all very impressive – highly competitive but in a friendly way!
No greengrocer or supermarket sells such blemish-free, perfectly formed, shiny vegetables as those displayed. How long must it take to give beetroot and potatoes such a sparkle? And has there always been such a variety of tomatoes? And what makes a leek grow to about 3 feet? Would anyone eat a pumpkin that was as big as the average family saloon, and if not, what would you do with it? To be fair, it could probably feed the whole of Topcliffe and Asenby for a week.
The flower arrangements were also varied. The brief was to use an unusual container and so we had funky orchids in a coffee jug and cup and saucer, containers made from a hollowed out melon, a coffee grinder, a potty and a lamp.
The artwork revealed that Topcliffe and Asenby harbour some very talented artists who beaver away, creating some beautiful paintings in their spare time. There were also some very good photographs of the area with Carole Ford’s image of a combine harvester taking first prize.
Cakes, bread, pots of jam and lemon curd…I could go on…
Judith Lowe, instigator, organiser and now the first Show Secretary of the event, presented Graham Marsden of Asenby, the overall winner, with an award and a signed copy of “The Flower Expert” by Dr DG Hessayon.
The Tattler editors, Ange and Vicki, organiseda special raffle and they would specially like to thank everyone for being so generous, contributing so many raffle prizes and then kindly having the good grace to buy tickets so they could receive them all back again. They made £74, which will help the publication in print next year! Well done everyone.
To download the categories etc of the 2012 show, please Click Here.