The Abingdon Air and Country show, at Dalton Barracks, attracted large crowds on May 4th 2014. The skies were clear and the sunny weather ideal for watching airplanes, walking round the stalls, and viewing all the vehicles on show. Any profits go to a good cause.
BBC Radio Oxford were broadcasting from the show. As part of their regular visits round the places in Oxfordshire their week in Abingdon co-coincided with the show. More about Abingdon from them next week.
I see in the Oxford Mail that there is an estimated crowd of up to 20,000, the biggest ever by all accounts.
The Brietling Wingwalkers were back for about the third year.
There are more picture on the Abingdon Blog Facebook page where Colin, one of the organisers says “Huge thanks to the many thoud=sands who supported the show today…I think I’m right in saying everyone had a great time.”
Any money raised goes to the Air Ambulance and other charities like the Royal British Legion.
I thought it was the best show yet – congratulations and thank you to all involved.
A fantastic day out – everyone just seemed very happy and relaxed. A brilliant job to all involved in the organisation – I hope the Air Ambulance and other charities do well from this year.
Really enjoyed the day, nice to see a few Old Fords (and modern Fords), at the show, memories of the Old Ford Rallies of the past…..
Many thanks to everyone who supported the show last weekend(can’t believe it’s a week ago already!!!!)
Looking at the car-park and crowds,it would appear to have been a resoundingly successful day,and at this point it is worth mentioning that Abingdon Air & Country Show is NOT run by a full-time Events Management Company,but a 6-person all-volunteer Organising Committee,led by Neil Porter who put the show together in their spare time from work(for example we have grounds maintenance,bus driver and postie among the Organising Committee).We all sacrifice much time over a 9-month period to bring this show to you and also sacrifice a weeks Annual Leave to put the showground and car-park together in the days leading up to the show and return it to a fit state on the Bank Holiday Monday before handing the airfield back to the Army on Tuesday after the show
The show is pretty much self-financing costing us in excess of £70k to put together and don’t forget that after our bills have been paid and a little set aside to kick-start next years show,we make a healthy donation to the local Thames Valley & Chiltern Air Ambulance Trust…an Charity based vital asset to the local emergency services that all-too often is mentioned in the Press as attending an incident and Heaven forbid any one of us could need it at any time anywhere in any situation
Thanks again for your support and look forward to seeing you all again next year 🙂