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SOUTHPORT AGS SHOW 19th MAY 2007 (70TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT)
« on: May 19, 2007, 10:42:31 PM »
The 70th AGS Southport Show was held today; 19th May 2007 and this special event was celebrated in grand style by former Southport Show Secretary (and Local Group stalwart) Brian Russ from Ormskirk with a splendid display evoking the history and nostalgia of this popular Lancashire based event.
The show itself featured many outstanding exhibits and the plant voted 'Best in Show', Dianthus brevicaulis gained one more worthy Farrer Medal for Hexham's Alan Furness.
Many congratulations to current Show Secretary, Roger Beecham and his hard-working team on yet another memorable event.


Cliff Booker
Behind a camera in Whitworth. Lancashire. England.

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Re: SOUTHPORT AGS SHOW 19th MAY 2007 (70TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT)
« Reply #1 on: May 19, 2007, 10:45:08 PM »
....More from Southport AGS Show 2007....

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Re: SOUTHPORT AGS SHOW 19th MAY 2007 (70TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT)
« Reply #2 on: May 19, 2007, 10:48:27 PM »
....More from Southport AGS Show 2007....


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Re: SOUTHPORT AGS SHOW 19th MAY 2007 (70TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT)
« Reply #3 on: May 19, 2007, 10:51:41 PM »
....More from Southport AGS Show 2007....


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Re: SOUTHPORT AGS SHOW 19th MAY 2007 (70TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT)
« Reply #4 on: May 19, 2007, 10:55:09 PM »
....Final few from Southport AGS Show 2007....And it's 'Goodnight from me....'

Finishing with a sign that hung over one of the entrances to the school (the venue for the Show)....

Cliff Booker
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Re: SOUTHPORT AGS SHOW 19th MAY 2007 (70TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT)
« Reply #5 on: May 19, 2007, 11:42:05 PM »
thanks for the photos and great to see Brian and Jo Walker admiring the Cyp kentuckiense
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Re: SOUTHPORT AGS SHOW 19th MAY 2007 (70TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT)
« Reply #6 on: May 20, 2007, 12:14:36 AM »
My kentukiense is still only 2" above the ground. :-\
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Re: SOUTHPORT AGS SHOW 19th MAY 2007 (70TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT)
« Reply #7 on: May 20, 2007, 08:09:03 AM »
Thanks Mark.....I hope Brian and Jo weren't admiring that beautiful Cyp TOO MUCH....it was their plant!!
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Re: SOUTHPORT AGS SHOW 19th MAY 2007 (70TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT)
« Reply #8 on: May 20, 2007, 08:38:19 AM »
Sorry I didn't take my camera yesterday so it's nice to see some of my plants on record.  I just wanted to clarify the names of a couple of onions.  Picture 7 on Cliff's first offering is Allium pallasii.  Pictures 4 and 5 in this section show a plant labelled as Allium griffithianum.  This is my plant and is NOT A griffithianum.  I labelled it as such having bought it as such, and I was a bit doubtful that this was correct.  It was confirmed to me at the show that it was wrong, and I'm fairly sure now it is from Western US.  I've had no time to further research it, so I am open to suggestions as to the name. 

Thanks to Cliff for another excellent report of the show
« Last Edit: May 20, 2007, 08:44:58 AM by Diane Clement »
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Re: SOUTHPORT AGS SHOW 19th MAY 2007 (70TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT)
« Reply #9 on: May 20, 2007, 08:51:15 AM »
Must have been a good show from what I see.
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Re: SOUTHPORT AGS SHOW 19th MAY 2007 (70TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT)
« Reply #10 on: May 20, 2007, 10:33:27 AM »
Another big thank you Cliff ! 
Great display with some real crackers there (I mean the plants of course) !  ;)

Thanks again !
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Re: SOUTHPORT AGS SHOW 19th MAY 2007 (70TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT)
« Reply #11 on: May 20, 2007, 10:59:39 AM »
Thanks folks for the kind comments....just realised that there is a little man trying to do some damage to the head of poor Alan Furness in the Farrer Medal picture (set one)....perhaps a disenchanted exhibitor?
Cliff Booker
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Re: SOUTHPORT AGS SHOW 19th MAY 2007 (70TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT)
« Reply #12 on: May 20, 2007, 11:44:58 AM »
oh yes! e-e-e-e
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Re: SOUTHPORT AGS SHOW 19th MAY 2007 (70TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT)
« Reply #13 on: May 20, 2007, 08:51:05 PM »
Nice report Cliff. I may have a few more pics to post later. Didn't manage to get to speak with you yesterday.
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Re: SOUTHPORT AGS SHOW 19th MAY 2007 (70TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT)
« Reply #14 on: May 20, 2007, 09:12:43 PM »
Just a few extra to add to the pictures from Cliff.
Arisaema candidissimum and close up.
Asarum maximum.
The full plant of Calceolaria walter shrimpton.
Celmisia philocremna.
Diuris maculata.
Fritallaria canschatensis.
and finally Gladiouls carneus
« Last Edit: May 21, 2007, 05:30:49 PM by Maggi Young »
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