The Box is a major cultural and heritage attraction and archive, which opened in Plymouth’s city centre in September 2020. Its collection, formally the South West Film and Television Archive (SWFTA), is the regional film archive for the South West of England, comprising the combined programme libraries of Westward Television and Television South West (TSW). It also includes a significant number of donated film collections dating back to the early 1890s.
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South Molton Agricultural Fair
Rural community drawn to South Molton for its annual agricultural fair
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Overview
The South Molton Show hosts equestrian events of showjumping, eventing and pony and trap riding that by the 1930s are more popular. A man demonstrates riding standing up in a cart pulled by a Shire horse. Shire horses are known as draught horses because they carry ale or beer in barrles to the public house or pub. Enthusiasts and some breweries keep up this tradition to stem the decline and possible loss of Shire horse breeds.
It is now known as the North Devon Show. South Motlon is on the River Mole near Barnstaple and the show is North Devon’s main event on the agricultural calendar. Established since the 1850s it is known also as a prime sheep livestock market. Nestled close to Exmoor, South Molton is surrounded by the wild agricultural beauty of sheep and cattle farms and grew up as a market town with the wool trade. The show is unique in the fact all livestock are sold in the ring and not in pens. Nearly 3000 lambs and cull ewes are typically traded in one day.
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