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Your StoriesYou are in: Coventry and Warwickshire > People > Your Stories > Royal Show memories  Royal Show memoriesThe last ever Royal Show has closed in Warwickshire - listen to some of the stories of participants from recent years. The much-loved annual farm event ran at Stoneleigh Park from 7-10 July (2009). The Royal Agricultural Society of England (Rase) announced in April that the Warwickshire event was no longer financially viable meaning this year’s show, the 160th in all, was the final one. Royal Show 2009 photos and videoBBC Coventry & Warwickshire broadcast live from Stoneleigh throughout the week and our reporter Moira Rawlings spoke with a number of characters who have been involved with the event over the years. Click on the links below to listen to the agricultural tales.  The chief executive of the Royal Agricultural Society of England from 1972 to 1989, John Hearth, believes it was almost an accident that he got the job. Help playing audio/video  The manager of the Animal Welfare Centre at Warwickshire College's Moreton Morrell site, Beverley Satterthwaite, talks about livestock. Help playing audio/video  Chairman of the West Midlands Allotments Association, Maurice Lander, talks about growing your own. Help playing audio/video  Chief Poultry Steward, Peter Heywood, was at the first show held at Stoneleigh more than 40 years ago and talks about his cochin chickens. Help playing audio/video  Hive talkin' - Listen to Clive Joyce from the British Beekeepers Association. Help playing audio/video  Royal Show foreman, Percy Dodd, speaks about his feelings on the last ever Royal Show. Help playing audio/video  Royal Show steward, Mike Cotton, reminisces about his time at the event. Help playing audio/video Annie Othen at The Royal ShowOne of the most memorable moments of BBC Coventry & Warwickshire's time at the last Royal Show has to be Annie Othen performing artificial insemination on a Toggenburg goat. You can listen again by clicking on the link below and Annie began by asking Christine Ball from the British Goat Society why the procedure is so important. Help playing audio/video last updated: 13/07/2009 at 10:45 Have Your SayShare your memories and stories of the Royal Show...
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