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Banbury Show
The newsreel cameras are in town to cover Banbury Horse Show
Overview
The newsreel cameras are in town to cover Banbury Horse Show. Horses have long been associated with the Oxfordshire market town of Banbury - the nursery rhyme Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross was first published in 1784.
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