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  • Showing in the bull class. The hairdryers are out and the shampoo is flowing at the Great Yorkshire Show, one of Britain's biggest agricultural shows. Its famous for its competitive displays of livestock. The event, established in 1837, attracts over 125 000 visitors a year and has over 10 000 entries to its pedigree competitions ranging from pigeons and rabbits to bulls and shire horses..At the heart of the show is the passion of the exhibitors who spend hundreds of hours ( and pounds)  training, preparing and grooming their animals. As one competitor put it ? I'm proud to say that the cattle are my friend, I have had cattle who have died and I have sat down and wept for them?
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  • Tom Alty, right, commentator and judge of Bartle, Lancashire, with Stan Samuels, 'Showing pigs is a performance because you don't have a halter and rope or bridle, you just have a bat [a stick] and a board. You have to have an empathy between pig and handler, but even the good pigs are not as obedient as you'd like. At one show about 15 years ago I asked my wife, who had never taken an animal in the ring, to walk round an old Large Black sow. It was a placid pig, but suddenly there was a grunt and a rush, and the pig disappeared into the horticultural tent, which housed, among other things, a display of eggs. My wife has never been to a show since. The Great Yorkshire Show, one of Britain's biggest agricultural shows, is famous for its competitive displays of livestock. The event, established in 1837, attracts over 125 000 visitors a year and has over 10 000 entries to its pedigree competitions ranging from pigeons and rabbits to bulls and shire horses.
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  • Farmer with cattle to show. The Great Yorkshire Show, one of Britain's biggest agricultural shows. Its famous for its competitive displays of livestock. The event, established in 1837, attracts over 125 000 visitors a year and has over 10 000 entries to its pedigree competitions ranging from pigeons and rabbits to bulls and shire horses. At the heart of the show is the passion of the exhibitors who spend hundreds of hours ( and pounds)  training, preparing and grooming their animals. As one competitor put it ?I'm proud to say that the cattle are my friend, I have had cattle who have died and I have sat down and wept for them?
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  • Alice with her pig. The hairdryers are out and the shampoo is flowing at the Great Yorkshire Show, one of Britain's biggest agricultural shows. Its famous for its competitive displays of livestock. The event, established in 1837, attracts over 125 000 visitors a year and has over 10 000 entries to its pedigree competitions ranging from pigeons and rabbits to bulls and shire horses. At the heart of the show is the passion of the exhibitors who spend hundreds of hours ( and pounds)  training, preparing and grooming their animals.
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  • Richard Thackery and  Chris george Foster, spectators, pose for pictures. The hairdryers are out and the shampoo is flowing at the Great Yorkshire Show, one of Britain's biggest agricultural shows. Its famous for its competitive displays of livestock. The event, established in 1837, attracts over 125 000 visitors a year and has over 10 000 entries to its pedigree competitions ranging from pigeons and rabbits to bulls and shire horses. At the heart of the show is the passion of the exhibitors who spend hundreds of hours ( and pounds)  training, preparing and grooming their animals.
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  • John Taylor, vet, from Holmfirth in West Yorkshire,  and his wife, Sharon, a veterinary nurse, have had Clydesdales for 14 years. When it comes to the preparation and showing, Taylor says, 'I do the washing and she does the plaiting and the ribbons - she is the artistic one. 'Mind you, it's not easy. Billy was clean when we brought him here, but he just lay down in something horrid while I wasn't watching. That's why I'm working late, cleaning him to get him ready for tomorrow. Billy is a family member as far as we're concerned, but I called him all the names under the sun when I saw how dirty he'd got.' The Great Yorkshire Show, one of Britain's biggest agricultural shows, is famous for its competitive displays of livestock. The event, established in 1837, attracts over 125 000 visitors a year and has over 10 000 entries to its pedigree competitions ranging from pigeons and rabbits to bulls and shire horses.
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  • Eileen Hallifield and her husband, Richard, own Dunstall Hector, a two-year-old Longhorn bull. He has had conditioner added to the last lot of water, to keep his coat from drying out. 'They come to like the grooming because it makes their coat so nice and clean,' Hallifield says. 'It would feel nice, wouldn't it? They are like one of the family, although they are not a pet like a cat or a dog because eventually they have to go,' Hallifield adds. Dunstall Hector has since been sold for breeding, but the Hallifields  will have a framed portrait of him in their living-room. The hairdryers are out and the shampoo is flowing at the Great Yorkshire Show, one of Britain's biggest agricultural shows. Its famous for its competitive displays of livestock. The event, established in 1837, attracts over 125 000 visitors a year and has over 10 000 entries to its pedigree competitions ranging from pigeons and rabbits to bulls and shire horses..At the heart of the show is the passion of the exhibitors who spend hundreds of hours ( and pounds)  training, preparing and grooming their animals.
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  • Farmer with prize winning lamb. The hairdryers are out and the shampoo is flowing at the Great Yorkshire Show, one of Britain's biggest agricultural shows. Its famous for its competitive displays of livestock. The event, established in 1837, attracts over 125 000 visitors a year and has over 10 000 entries to its pedigree competitions ranging from pigeons and rabbits to bulls and shire horses..At the heart of the show is the passion of the exhibitors who spend hundreds of hours ( and pounds)  training, preparing and grooming their animals.
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  • Heather Whittaker grooming her cow for competition. The hairdryers are out and the shampoo is flowing at the Great Yorkshire Show, one of Britain's biggest agricultural shows. Its famous for its competitive displays of livestock. The event, established in 1837, attracts over 125 000 visitors a year and has over 10 000 entries to its pedigree competitions ranging from pigeons and rabbits to bulls and shire horses..At the heart of the show is the passion of the exhibitors who spend hundreds of hours ( and pounds)  training, preparing and grooming their animals. As one competitor put it ? I'm proud to say that the cattle are my friend, I have had cattle who have died and I have sat down and wept for them?
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  • A competitor takes a break in the cow shed. The hairdryers are out and the shampoo is flowing at the Great Yorkshire Show, one of Britain's biggest agricultural shows. Its famous for its competitive displays of livestock. The event, established in 1837, attracts over 125 000 visitors a year and has over 10 000 entries to its pedigree competitions ranging from pigeons and rabbits to bulls and shire horses. At the heart of the show is the passion of the exhibitors who spend hundreds of hours ( and pounds)  training, preparing and grooming their animals.
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  • Hill farmer showing his Herdwick sheep at the 150th Eskdale Show in Cumbria on 29 September 2018. Herdwick sheep are the native breed of the central and western Lake District and live on the highest of England’s mountains. They are extremely hardy and are managed in the traditional way on the Lake District fells that have been their home for generations.
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  • Hill farmer showing his Herdwick sheep at the 150th Eskdale Show in Cumbria on 29 September 2018. Herdwick sheep are the native breed of the central and western Lake District and live on the highest of England’s mountains. They are extremely hardy and are managed in the traditional way on the Lake District fells that have been their home for generations.
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  • Hill farmer showing his Swaledale sheep at Farndale Show on 28th August 2017 in North Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Farndale Show is a small traditional agricultural show in the heart of the North York Moors
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  • Hill farmer Andy Fawbert showing his Swaledale sheep at Farndale Show on 28th August 2017 in North Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Farndale Show is a small traditional agricultural show in the heart of the North York Moors photo by Tessa Bunney/In Pictures via Getty Images
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  • The judge checks the teeth of a Swaledale sheep at Farndale Show on 28th August 2017 in North Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Farndale Show is a small traditional agricultural show in the heart of the North York Moors photo by Tessa Bunney/In Pictures via Getty Images
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  • Hill farmer showing his Swaledale sheep at Farndale Show on 28th August 2017 in North Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Farndale Show is a small traditional agricultural show in the heart of the North York Moors
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  • Hill farmer with a cup of red used for colouring the fleece of Herdwicks at the 150th Eskdale Show in Cumbria on 29 September 2018. Herdwick sheep are the native breed of the central and western Lake District and live on the highest of England’s mountains. They are extremely hardy and are managed in the traditional way on the Lake District fells that have been their home for generations.
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  • Hill farmer putting red on his Herdwick lamb at the 150th Eskdale Show in Cumbria on 29 September 2018. Herdwick sheep are the native breed of the central and western Lake District and live on the highest of England’s mountains. They are extremely hardy and are managed in the traditional way on the Lake District fells that have been their home for generations.
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  • Hill farmer showing his Herdwick lamb at Borrowdale Shepherds Meet in Rosthwaite village, Cumbria on 16 September 2018. Herdwick sheep are the native breed of the central and western Lake District and live on the highest of England’s mountains. They are extremely hardy and are managed in the traditional way on the Lake District fells that have been their home for generations.
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  • Hill farmer showing his Herdwick sheep at Buttermere Shepherds Meet in Cumbria on 28 October 2018. Herdwick sheep are the native breed of the central and western Lake District and live on the highest of England’s mountains. They are extremely hardy and are managed in the traditional way on the Lake District fells that have been their home for generations.
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  • Hill farmer showing his Herdwick sheep at Buttermere Shepherds Meet in Cumbria on 28 October 2018. Herdwick sheep are the native breed of the central and western Lake District and live on the highest of England’s mountains. They are extremely hardy and are managed in the traditional way on the Lake District fells that have been their home for generations.
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  • Hillary Mattinson is the owner of Nettlesyke Kerryn, a shearling one-year-old Ryeland ewe. Nettlesyke Kerryn was named Champion Female Ryeland and has  won a couple of other classes. Her husband, Alan, a long-distance lorry driver, helps with the sheep and goes to shows with her, (they stay in their 'old dilapidated caravan'). 'I remember one year it rained the day before and the sheep were outside. We were up till 3am trying to get them dry,' Hillary says. The Great Yorkshire Show, one of Britain's biggest agricultural shows, is famous for its competitive displays of livestock. The event, established in 1837, attracts over 125 000 visitors a year and has over 10 000 entries to its pedigree competitions ranging from pigeons and rabbits to bulls and shire horses.
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  • Sign pointing to the sheep pen at Farndale Show on 28th August 2017 in North Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Farndale Show is a small traditional agricultural show in the heart of the North York Moors
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  • Herdwick sheep coloured with red at Borrowdale Shepherds Meet in Rosthwaite village, Cumbria on 16 September 2018. Herdwick sheep are the native breed of the central and western Lake District and live on the highest of England’s mountains. They are extremely hardy and are managed in the traditional way on the Lake District fells that have been their home for generations.
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  • Hill farmer showing his Herdwick lamb at Borrowdale Shepherds Meet in Rosthwaite village, Cumbria on 16 September 2018. Herdwick sheep are the native breed of the central and western Lake District and live on the highest of England’s mountains. They are extremely hardy and are managed in the traditional way on the Lake District fells that have been their home for generations.
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  • Hill farmer showing his Herdwick tup ram at Borrowdale Shepherds Meet in Rosthwaite village, Cumbria on 16 September 2018. Herdwick sheep are the native breed of the central and western Lake District and live on the highest of England’s mountains. They are extremely hardy and are managed in the traditional way on the Lake District fells that have been their home for generations.
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  • Hill farmers showing their Herdwick ewes at Borrowdale Shepherds Meet in Rosthwaite village, Cumbria on 16 September 2018. Herdwick sheep are the native breed of the central and western Lake District and live on the highest of England’s mountains. They are extremely hardy and are managed in the traditional way on the Lake District fells that have been their home for generations.
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  • Hill farmer showing his Herdwick sheep at Buttermere Shepherds Meet in Cumbria on 28 October 2018. Herdwick sheep are the native breed of the central and western Lake District and live on the highest of England’s mountains. They are extremely hardy and are managed in the traditional way on the Lake District fells that have been their home for generations.
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  • A farmer wearing a white coat shows a sheep with a piece of white rope, Exford Horse Show, Exmoor, Somerset, UK
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  • Hill farmers showing their Herdwick lambs at Borrowdale Shepherds Meet in Rosthwaite village, Cumbria on 16 September 2018. Herdwick sheep are the native breed of the central and western Lake District and live on the highest of England’s mountains. They are extremely hardy and are managed in the traditional way on the Lake District fells that have been their home for generations.
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  • Herdwick sheep at Buttermere Shepherds Meet in Cumbria on 28 October 2018. Herdwick sheep are the native breed of the central and western Lake District and live on the highest of England’s mountains. They are extremely hardy and are managed in the traditional way on the Lake District fells that have been their home for generations
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  • Herdwick sheep at Buttermere Shepherds Meet in Cumbria on 28 October 2018. Herdwick sheep are the native breed of the central and western Lake District and live on the highest of England’s mountains. They are extremely hardy and are managed in the traditional way on the Lake District fells that have been their home for generations
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  • Herdwick sheep at Buttermere Shepherds Meet in Cumbria on 28 October 2018. Herdwick sheep are the native breed of the central and western Lake District and live on the highest of England’s mountains. They are extremely hardy and are managed in the traditional way on the Lake District fells that have been their home for generations
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  • Herdwick sheep at Buttermere Shepherds Meet in Cumbria on 28 October 2018. Herdwick sheep are the native breed of the central and western Lake District and live on the highest of England’s mountains. They are extremely hardy and are managed in the traditional way on the Lake District fells that have been their home for generations
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  • The judge checks the teeth of a Herdwick tup ram at Borrowdale Shepherds Meet in Rosthwaite village, Cumbria on 16 September 2018. Herdwick sheep are the native breed of the central and western Lake District and live on the highest of England’s mountains. They are extremely hardy and are managed in the traditional way on the Lake District fells that have been their home for generations.
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  • Herdwick lambs at Borrowdale Shepherds Meet in Rosthwaite village, Cumbria on 16 September 2018. Herdwick lambs are born black and over the first six months the colour changes to brown with the grey beginning to show after the first shearing and then Herdwicks become a lighter and lighter grey each year
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  • Herdwick lambs at Borrowdale Shepherds Meet in Rosthwaite village, Cumbria on 16 September 2018. Herdwick lambs are born black and over the first six months the colour changes to brown with the grey beginning to show after the first shearing and then Herdwicks become a lighter and lighter grey each year
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  • First prize rosette at Borrowdale Shepherds Meet in Rosthwaite village, Cumbria on 16 September 2018. Herdwick sheep are the native breed of the central and western Lake District and live on the highest of England’s mountains. They are extremely hardy and are managed in the traditional way on the Lake District fells that have been their home for generations.
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  • Farmers show off their prize winning heifer. The hairdryers are out and the shampoo is flowing at the Great Yorkshire Show, one of Britain's biggest agricultural shows. Its famous for its competitive displays of livestock. The event, established in 1837, attracts over 125 000 visitors a year and has over 10 000 entries to its pedigree competitions ranging from pigeons and rabbits to bulls and shire horses. At the heart of the show is the passion of the exhibitors who spend hundreds of hours ( and pounds)  training, preparing and grooming their animals. As one competitor put it ?I'm proud to say that the cattle are my friend, I have had cattle who have died and I have sat down and wept for them?
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  • Jimmy Fitton stewards in the Heifer class. The hairdryers are out and the shampoo is flowing at the Great Yorkshire Show, one of Britain's biggest agricultural shows. Its famous for its competitive displays of livestock. The event, established in 1837, attracts over 125 000 visitors a year and has over 10 000 entries to its pedigree competitions ranging from pigeons and rabbits to bulls and shire horses. At the heart of the show is the passion of the exhibitors who spend hundreds of hours ( and pounds)  training, preparing and grooming their animals.
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  • Martin Wall shows off his prize winning heifer. The hairdryers are out and the shampoo is flowing at the Great Yorkshire Show, one of Britain's biggest agricultural shows. Its famous for its competitive displays of livestock. The event, established in 1837, attracts over 125 000 visitors a year and has over 10 000 entries to its pedigree competitions ranging from pigeons and rabbits to bulls and shire horses. At the heart of the show is the passion of the exhibitors who spend hundreds of hours ( and pounds)  training, preparing and grooming their animals. As one competitor put it ?I'm proud to say that the cattle are my friend, I have had cattle who have died and I have sat down and wept for them?
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  • A young girl grooms one of her pigs prior to showing. The hairdryers are out and the shampoo is flowing at the Great Yorkshire Show, one of Britain's biggest agricultural shows. Its famous for its competitive displays of livestock. The event, established in 1837, attracts over 125 000 visitors a year and has over 10 000 entries to its pedigree competitions ranging from pigeons and rabbits to bulls and shire horses. At the heart of the show is the passion of the exhibitors who spend hundreds of hours ( and pounds)  training, preparing and grooming their animals.
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  • Calumn Smith shows off his bull.  The hairdryers are out and the shampoo is flowing at the Great Yorkshire Show, one of Britain's biggest agricultural shows. Its famous for its competitive displays of livestock. The event, established in 1837, attracts over 125 000 visitors a year and has over 10 000 entries to its pedigree competitions ranging from pigeons and rabbits to bulls and shire horses..At the heart of the show is the passion of the exhibitors who spend hundreds of hours ( and pounds)  training, preparing and grooming their animals. As one competitor put it ? I'm proud to say that the cattle are my friend, I have had cattle who have died and I have sat down and wept for them?
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  • Eileen Hallifield and her husband, Richard, own Dunstall Hector, a two-year-old Longhorn bull. He has had conditioner added to the last lot of water, to keep his coat from drying out. 'They come to like the grooming because it makes their coat so nice and clean,' Hallifield says. 'It would feel nice, wouldn't it? They are like one of the family, although they are not a pet like a cat or a dog because eventually they have to go,' Hallifield adds. Dunstall Hector has since been sold for breeding, but the Hallifields  will have a framed portrait of him in their living-room. The hairdryers are out and the shampoo is flowing at the Great Yorkshire Show, one of Britain's biggest agricultural shows. Its famous for its competitive displays of livestock. The event, established in 1837, attracts over 125 000 visitors a year and has over 10 000 entries to its pedigree competitions ranging from pigeons and rabbits to bulls and shire horses. At the heart of the show is the passion of the exhibitors who spend hundreds of hours ( and pounds)  training, preparing and grooming their animals.
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  • Preparation for showing in the bull class. The hairdryers are out and the shampoo is flowing at the Great Yorkshire Show, one of Britain's biggest agricultural shows. Its famous for its competitive displays of livestock. The event, established in 1837, attracts over 125 000 visitors a year and has over 10 000 entries to its pedigree competitions ranging from pigeons and rabbits to bulls and shire horses..At the heart of the show is the passion of the exhibitors who spend hundreds of hours ( and pounds)  training, preparing and grooming their animals. As one competitor put it ? I'm proud to say that the cattle are my friend, I have had cattle who have died and I have sat down and wept for them?
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  • Preparation for showing in the bull class. The hairdryers are out and the shampoo is flowing at the Great Yorkshire Show, one of Britain's biggest agricultural shows. Its famous for its competitive displays of livestock. The event, established in 1837, attracts over 125 000 visitors a year and has over 10 000 entries to its pedigree competitions ranging from pigeons and rabbits to bulls and shire horses..At the heart of the show is the passion of the exhibitors who spend hundreds of hours ( and pounds)  training, preparing and grooming their animals. As one competitor put it ? I'm proud to say that the cattle are my friend, I have had cattle who have died and I have sat down and wept for them?
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  • Showing in the bull class. The hairdryers are out and the shampoo is flowing at the Great Yorkshire Show, one of Britain's biggest agricultural shows. Its famous for its competitive displays of livestock. The event, established in 1837, attracts over 125 000 visitors a year and has over 10 000 entries to its pedigree competitions ranging from pigeons and rabbits to bulls and shire horses..At the heart of the show is the passion of the exhibitors who spend hundreds of hours ( and pounds)  training, preparing and grooming their animals. As one competitor put it ? I'm proud to say that the cattle are my friend, I have had cattle who have died and I have sat down and wept for them?
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  • Showing in the bull class. The hairdryers are out and the shampoo is flowing at the Great Yorkshire Show, one of Britain's biggest agricultural shows. Its famous for its competitive displays of livestock. The event, established in 1837, attracts over 125 000 visitors a year and has over 10 000 entries to its pedigree competitions ranging from pigeons and rabbits to bulls and shire horses..At the heart of the show is the passion of the exhibitors who spend hundreds of hours ( and pounds)  training, preparing and grooming their animals. As one competitor put it ? I'm proud to say that the cattle are my friend, I have had cattle who have died and I have sat down and wept for them?
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  • Imogen Sutcliffe with saddle back. The hairdryers are out and the shampoo is flowing at the Great Yorkshire Show, one of Britain's biggest agricultural shows. Its famous for its competitive displays of livestock. The event, established in 1837, attracts over 125 000 visitors a year and has over 10 000 entries to its pedigree competitions ranging from pigeons and rabbits to bulls and shire horses. At the heart of the show is the passion of the exhibitors who spend hundreds of hours ( and pounds)  training, preparing and grooming their animals.
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  • Anna with a seven month old Holstein Heifer called Wiske Manor Outside Pansy. The hairdryers are out and the shampoo is flowing at the Great Yorkshire Show, one of Britain's biggest agricultural shows. Its famous for its competitive displays of livestock. The event, established in 1837, attracts over 125 000 visitors a year and has over 10 000 entries to its pedigree competitions ranging from pigeons and rabbits to bulls and shire horses..At the heart of the show is the passion of the exhibitors who spend hundreds of hours ( and pounds)  training, preparing and grooming their animals.
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  • Anna grooming a seven month old Holstein Heifer called Wiske Manor Outside Pansy..The hairdryers are out and the shampoo is flowing at the Great Yorkshire Show, one of Britain's biggest agricultural shows. Its famous for its competitive displays of livestock. The event, established in 1837, attracts over 125 000 visitors a year and has over 10 000 entries to its pedigree competitions ranging from pigeons and rabbits to bulls and shire horses. At the heart of the show is the passion of the exhibitors who spend hundreds of hours ( and pounds)  training, preparing and grooming their animals.
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  • A young girl shows in the heifer class. The hairdryers are out and the shampoo is flowing at the Great Yorkshire Show, one of Britain's biggest agricultural shows. Its famous for its competitive displays of livestock. The event, established in 1837, attracts over 125 000 visitors a year and has over 10 000 entries to its pedigree competitions ranging from pigeons and rabbits to bulls and shire horses. At the heart of the show is the passion of the exhibitors who spend hundreds of hours ( and pounds)  training, preparing and grooming their animals. As one competitor put it ?I'm proud to say that the cattle are my friend, I have had cattle who have died and I have sat down and wept for them?
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  • A young girl preparing for the heifer class. The hairdryers are out and the shampoo is flowing at the Great Yorkshire Show, one of Britain's biggest agricultural shows. Its famous for its competitive displays of livestock. The event, established in 1837, attracts over 125 000 visitors a year and has over 10 000 entries to its pedigree competitions ranging from pigeons and rabbits to bulls and shire horses. At the heart of the show is the passion of the exhibitors who spend hundreds of hours ( and pounds)  training, preparing and grooming their animals. As one competitor put it ?I'm proud to say that the cattle are my friend, I have had cattle who have died and I have sat down and wept for them?
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  • A champion Bull. The hairdryers are out and the shampoo is flowing at the Great Yorkshire Show, one of Britain's biggest agricultural shows. Its famous for its competitive displays of livestock. The event, established in 1837, attracts over 125 000 visitors a year and has over 10 000 entries to its pedigree competitions ranging from pigeons and rabbits to bulls and shire horses. At the heart of the show is the passion of the exhibitors who spend hundreds of hours ( and pounds)  training, preparing and grooming their animals.
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  • Showing in the bull class. The hairdryers are out and the shampoo is flowing at the Great Yorkshire Show, one of Britain's biggest agricultural shows. Its famous for its competitive displays of livestock. The event, established in 1837, attracts over 125 000 visitors a year and has over 10 000 entries to its pedigree competitions ranging from pigeons and rabbits to bulls and shire horses. At the heart of the show is the passion of the exhibitors who spend hundreds of hours ( and pounds)  training, preparing and grooming their animals.
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  • Prize winning bulls are prepared for the next class. The hairdryers are out and the shampoo is flowing at the Great Yorkshire Show, one of Britain's biggest agricultural shows. Its famous for its competitive displays of livestock. The event, established in 1837, attracts over 125 000 visitors a year and has over 10 000 entries to its pedigree competitions ranging from pigeons and rabbits to bulls and shire horses. At the heart of the show is the passion of the exhibitors who spend hundreds of hours ( and pounds)  training, preparing and grooming their animals.
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  • Paul Harrison with a South Devon bull. The hairdryers are out and the shampoo is flowing at the Great Yorkshire Show, one of Britain's biggest agricultural shows. Its famous for its competitive displays of livestock. The event, established in 1837, attracts over 125 000 visitors a year and has over 10 000 entries to its pedigree competitions ranging from pigeons and rabbits to bulls and shire horses..At the heart of the show is the passion of the exhibitors who spend hundreds of hours ( and pounds)  training, preparing and grooming their animals. As one competitor put it ? I'm proud to say that the cattle are my friend, I have had cattle who have died and I have sat down and wept for them?
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  • Calumn Smith shows off his bull.  The hairdryers are out and the shampoo is flowing at the Great Yorkshire Show, one of Britain's biggest agricultural shows. Its famous for its competitive displays of livestock. The event, established in 1837, attracts over 125 000 visitors a year and has over 10 000 entries to its pedigree competitions ranging from pigeons and rabbits to bulls and shire horses..At the heart of the show is the passion of the exhibitors who spend hundreds of hours ( and pounds)  training, preparing and grooming their animals. As one competitor put it ? I'm proud to say that the cattle are my friend, I have had cattle who have died and I have sat down and wept for them?
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  • David Cormack is something of a celebrity in the cattle-breeding world, not only by dint of his family (his father was stockman to Lord Elgin), but also because in 2007 Cormack took an unprecedented five prizes with a four-year-old Limousin cow, Newstart Upsydaisy, at the Royal Show. Roughly the equivalent of a football club winning five major cups in a season, this raised the cow's value from about £10,000 to £41,000 when she was sold. The Great Yorkshire Show, one of Britain's biggest agricultural shows. Its famous for its competitive displays of livestock. The event, established in 1837, attracts over 125 000 visitors a year and has over 10 000 entries to its pedigree competitions ranging from pigeons and rabbits to bulls and shire horses.
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  • Showing in the bull class. The hairdryers are out and the shampoo is flowing at the Great Yorkshire Show, one of Britain's biggest agricultural shows. Its famous for its competitive displays of livestock. The event, established in 1837, attracts over 125 000 visitors a year and has over 10 000 entries to its pedigree competitions ranging from pigeons and rabbits to bulls and shire horses. At the heart of the show is the passion of the exhibitors who spend hundreds of hours ( and pounds)  training, preparing and grooming their animals.
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  • Preparation for showing in the bull class. The hairdryers are out and the shampoo is flowing at the Great Yorkshire Show, one of Britain's biggest agricultural shows. Its famous for its competitive displays of livestock. The event, established in 1837, attracts over 125 000 visitors a year and has over 10 000 entries to its pedigree competitions ranging from pigeons and rabbits to bulls and shire horses..At the heart of the show is the passion of the exhibitors who spend hundreds of hours ( and pounds)  training, preparing and grooming their animals. As one competitor put it ? I'm proud to say that the cattle are my friend, I have had cattle who have died and I have sat down and wept for them?
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  • Preparation for showing in the bull class. The hairdryers are out and the shampoo is flowing at the Great Yorkshire Show, one of Britain's biggest agricultural shows. Its famous for its competitive displays of livestock. The event, established in 1837, attracts over 125 000 visitors a year and has over 10 000 entries to its pedigree competitions ranging from pigeons and rabbits to bulls and shire horses..At the heart of the show is the passion of the exhibitors who spend hundreds of hours ( and pounds)  training, preparing and grooming their animals. As one competitor put it ? I'm proud to say that the cattle are my friend, I have had cattle who have died and I have sat down and wept for them?
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  • Preparation for showing in the bull class. The hairdryers are out and the shampoo is flowing at the Great Yorkshire Show, one of Britain's biggest agricultural shows. Its famous for its competitive displays of livestock. The event, established in 1837, attracts over 125 000 visitors a year and has over 10 000 entries to its pedigree competitions ranging from pigeons and rabbits to bulls and shire horses. At the heart of the show is the passion of the exhibitors who spend hundreds of hours ( and pounds)  training, preparing and grooming their animals. As one competitor put it ? I'm proud to say that the cattle are my friend, I have had cattle who have died and I have sat down and wept for them?
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  • Showing in the bull class. The hairdryers are out and the shampoo is flowing at the Great Yorkshire Show, one of Britain's biggest agricultural shows. Its famous for its competitive displays of livestock. The event, established in 1837, attracts over 125 000 visitors a year and has over 10 000 entries to its pedigree competitions ranging from pigeons and rabbits to bulls and shire horses..At the heart of the show is the passion of the exhibitors who spend hundreds of hours ( and pounds)  training, preparing and grooming their animals. As one competitor put it ? I'm proud to say that the cattle are my friend, I have had cattle who have died and I have sat down and wept for them?
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  • Judging heifers. The hairdryers are out and the shampoo is flowing at the Great Yorkshire Show, one of Britain's biggest agricultural shows. Its famous for its competitive displays of livestock. The event, established in 1837, attracts over 125 000 visitors a year and has over 10 000 entries to its pedigree competitions ranging from pigeons and rabbits to bulls and shire horses..At the heart of the show is the passion of the exhibitors who spend hundreds of hours ( and pounds)  training, preparing and grooming their animals. As one competitor put it ? I'm proud to say that the cattle are my friend, I have had cattle who have died and I have sat down and wept for them?
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  • Showing in the bull class. The hairdryers are out and the shampoo is flowing at the Great Yorkshire Show, one of Britain's biggest agricultural shows. Its famous for its competitive displays of livestock. The event, established in 1837, attracts over 125 000 visitors a year and has over 10 000 entries to its pedigree competitions ranging from pigeons and rabbits to bulls and shire horses..At the heart of the show is the passion of the exhibitors who spend hundreds of hours ( and pounds)  training, preparing and grooming their animals. As one competitor put it ? I'm proud to say that the cattle are my friend, I have had cattle who have died and I have sat down and wept for them?
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  • Preapring a cow for showing in the heifer class. The hairdryers are out and the shampoo is flowing at the Great Yorkshire Show, one of Britain's biggest agricultural shows. Its famous for its competitive displays of livestock. The event, established in 1837, attracts over 125 000 visitors a year and has over 10 000 entries to its pedigree competitions ranging from pigeons and rabbits to bulls and shire horses..At the heart of the show is the passion of the exhibitors who spend hundreds of hours ( and pounds)  training, preparing and grooming their animals. As one competitor put it ? I'm proud to say that the cattle are my friend, I have had cattle who have died and I have sat down and wept for them?
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  • Robin & Val,  spectators,  take their grooming seriously as do some of the contestants. The hairdryers are out and the shampoo is flowing at the Great Yorkshire Show, one of Britain's biggest agricultural shows.   Its famous for its competitive displays of livestock. The event, established in 1837, attracts over 125 000 visitors a year and has over 10 000 entries to its pedigree competitions ranging from pigeons and rabbits to bulls and shire horses. At the heart of the show is the passion of the exhibitors who spend hundreds of hours ( and pounds)  training, preparing and grooming their animals.
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  • Spectators take a break between the many, many activities on offer.  The hairdryers are out and the shampoo is flowing at the Great Yorkshire Show, one of Britain's biggest agricultural shows. Its famous for its competitive displays of livestock. The event, established in 1837, attracts over 125 000 visitors a year and has over 10 000 entries to its pedigree competitions ranging from pigeons and rabbits to bulls and shire horses. At the heart of the show is the passion of the exhibitors who spend hundreds of hours ( and pounds)  training, preparing and grooming their animals.
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  • Guy Cowling, judging  a bull class along with spectators. The hairdryers are out and the shampoo is flowing at the Great Yorkshire Show, one of Britain's biggest agricultural shows. Its famous for its competitive displays of livestock. The event, established in 1837, attracts over 125 000 visitors a year and has over 10 000 entries to its pedigree competitions ranging from pigeons and rabbits to bulls and shire horses. At the heart of the show is the passion of the exhibitors who spend hundreds of hours ( and pounds)  training, preparing and grooming their animals.
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  • Paul Harrison with a South Devon bull. The hairdryers are out and the shampoo is flowing at the Great Yorkshire Show, one of Britain's biggest agricultural shows. Its famous for its competitive displays of livestock. The event, established in 1837, attracts over 125 000 visitors a year and has over 10 000 entries to its pedigree competitions ranging from pigeons and rabbits to bulls and shire horses..At the heart of the show is the passion of the exhibitors who spend hundreds of hours ( and pounds)  training, preparing and grooming their animals. As one competitor put it ? I'm proud to say that the cattle are my friend, I have had cattle who have died and I have sat down and wept for them?
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  • A reluctant contestant is drawn towards the showing ring. The hairdryers are out and the shampoo is flowing at the Great Yorkshire Show, one of Britain's biggest agricultural shows. Its famous for its competitive displays of livestock. The event, established in 1837, attracts over 125 000 visitors a year and has over 10 000 entries to its pedigree competitions ranging from pigeons and rabbits to bulls and shire horses. At the heart of the show is the passion of the exhibitors who spend hundreds of hours ( and pounds)  training, preparing and grooming their animals.
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  • Preparation for showing in the bull class. The hairdryers are out and the shampoo is flowing at the Great Yorkshire Show, one of Britain's biggest agricultural shows. Its famous for its competitive displays of livestock. The event, established in 1837, attracts over 125 000 visitors a year and has over 10 000 entries to its pedigree competitions ranging from pigeons and rabbits to bulls and shire horses..At the heart of the show is the passion of the exhibitors who spend hundreds of hours ( and pounds)  training, preparing and grooming their animals. As one competitor put it ? I'm proud to say that the cattle are my friend, I have had cattle who have died and I have sat down and wept for them?
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  • John Taylor, ferret handler, surprisingly there is a living to be made with ferrets for experts like John..The Great Yorkshire Show, one of Britain's biggest agricultural shows, is famous for its competitive displays of livestock. The event, established in 1837, attracts over 125 000 visitors a year and has over 10 000 entries to its pedigree competitions ranging from pigeons and rabbits to bulls and shire horses. At the heart of the show is the passion of the exhibitors who spend hundreds of hours ( and pounds)  training, preparing and grooming their animals.
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  • Bill House a judge in the saddle back class. The hairdryers are out and the shampoo is flowing at the Great Yorkshire Show, one of Britain's biggest agricultural shows. Its famous for its competitive displays of livestock. The event, established in 1837, attracts over 125 000 visitors a year and has over 10 000 entries to its pedigree competitions ranging from pigeons and rabbits to bulls and shire horses. At the heart of the show is the passion of the exhibitors who spend hundreds of hours ( and pounds)  training, preparing and grooming their animals.
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  • Two young girls stroke and pat a white horse in its stall. The hairdryers are out and the shampoo is flowing at the Great Yorkshire Show, one of Britain's biggest agricultural shows. Its famous for its competitive displays of livestock. The event, established in 1837, attracts over 125 000 visitors a year and has over 10 000 entries to its pedigree competitions ranging from pigeons and rabbits to bulls and shire horses. At the heart of the show is the passion of the exhibitors who spend hundreds of hours ( and pounds)  training, preparing and grooming their animals. As one competitor put it ? I'm proud to say that the cattle are my friend, I have had cattle who have died and I have sat down and wept for them?
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  • Tom Alty, commentator and judge of Bartle, Lancashire chats about the quality of the pigs with a fellow judge, Stan Samuels. 'Showing pigs is a performance because you don't have a halter and rope or bridle, you just have a bat [a stick] and a board. You have to have an empathy between pig and handler, but even the good pigs are not as obedient as you'd like. At one show about 15 years ago I asked my wife, who had never taken an animal in the ring, to walk round an old Large Black sow. It was a placid pig, but suddenly there was a grunt and a rush, and the pig disappeared into the horticultural tent, which housed, among other things, a display of eggs. My wife has never been to a show since.'
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  • Contestants in the Saddle back pig class. The hairdryers are out and the shampoo is flowing at the Great Yorkshire Show, one of Britain's biggest agricultural shows. Its famous for its competitive displays of livestock. The event, established in 1837, attracts over 125 000 visitors a year and has over 10 000 entries to its pedigree competitions ranging from pigeons and rabbits to bulls and shire horses. At the heart of the show is the passion of the exhibitors who spend hundreds of hours ( and pounds)  training, preparing and grooming their animals.
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  • Brian Brock, accident damage assessor, pigeon fancier and judge from Leeds.A former president of the National Pigeon Association, Brian Brock has been keeping pigeons since 1946, when his sister bought him a pair from Leeds market for his sixth birthday. Today he owns more than 70. There are hundreds of different kinds of pigeon, though they can be categorised into racing and fancy breeds. Judges assess them on such attributes as eye colour, feather composition, firmness of body and presentation. 'The flat-cap image of pigeon breeding has long gone,' Brock says. 'There are all sorts of people in the pigeon world - managing directors, owners of some of the biggest stores in the country.' He concedes, however, that as a pastime it is declining in popularity, partly because of electronic entertainment. 'I think kids might well be getting out of an Xbox what I used to get out of pigeons; they live by it, just as I lived by my birds. 'For me, the pigeons are a way of closing off from things. I sometimes sit for four or five hours, just watching my birds. I have a relationship with the individual birds, and you learn to read a pigeon's temperament. They are like athletes, you see, they have off days.'
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  • The refreshments tent at Borrowdale Shepherds Meet in Rosthwaite village, Cumbria on 16 September 2018
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  • Zwartbles (Dutch milk sheep) taking part in the sheep competition. ‘Pateley Show’, as the Nidderdale Show is affectionately known, is a traditional Dales agricultural show for the finest livestock, produce and crafts in the Yorkshire Dales. Held in the picturesque surrounds of Bewerley Park, Pateley Bridge, is one of the county’s foremost shows. It regularly attracts crowds of 17,000 and traditionally marks the end of the agricultural show season.
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  • Zwartbles (Dutch milk sheep) taking part in the sheep competition. ‘Pateley Show’, as the Nidderdale Show is affectionately known, is a traditional Dales agricultural show for the finest livestock, produce and crafts in the Yorkshire Dales. Held in the picturesque surrounds of Bewerley Park, Pateley Bridge, is one of the county’s foremost shows. It regularly attracts crowds of 17,000 and traditionally marks the end of the agricultural show season.
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  • Zwartbles (Dutch milk sheep) taking part in the sheep competition. ‘Pateley Show’, as the Nidderdale Show is affectionately known, is a traditional Dales agricultural show for the finest livestock, produce and crafts in the Yorkshire Dales. Held in the picturesque surrounds of Bewerley Park, Pateley Bridge, is one of the county’s foremost shows. It regularly attracts crowds of 17,000 and traditionally marks the end of the agricultural show season.
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  • Sheep competition. ‘Pateley Show’, as the Nidderdale Show is affectionately known, is a traditional Dales agricultural show for the finest livestock, produce and crafts in the Yorkshire Dales. Held in the picturesque surrounds of Bewerley Park, Pateley Bridge, is one of the county’s foremost shows. It regularly attracts crowds of 17,000 and traditionally marks the end of the agricultural show season.
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  • The Grand Parade at the annual Suffolk Show at the Suffolk Show Ground on the 29th May 2019 in Ipswich in the United Kingdom. The Suffolk Show is an annual show that takes place in Trinity Park, Ipswich in the English county of Suffolk. It is organised by the Suffolk Agricultural Association.
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  • Hill farmer, Tim Dunn washes his Swaledale sheep (in preparation for showing at a local agricultural show) at Breck House (farm), Bransdale, North York Moor, North Yorkshire, UK
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  • The Grand Parade at the annual Suffolk Show at the Suffolk Show Ground on the 29th May 2019 in Ipswich in the United Kingdom. The Suffolk Show is an annual show that takes place in Trinity Park, Ipswich in the English county of Suffolk. It is organised by the Suffolk Agricultural Association.
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  • A North York Moors hill farmer shows his Swaledale tup (ram) at Farndale Show, North Yorkshire, UK
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  • Tim Dunn a North York Moors hill farmer shows his Swaledale tup (ram) at Farndale Show, North Yorkshire, UK
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  • Tim Dunn a North York Moors hill farmer shows his Swaledale tup (ram) at Farndale Show, North Yorkshire, UK
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  • Hill farmer, Derek Dowkes shows a Swaledale tup (ram) at Farndale Show, North York Moors, North Yorkshire, UK
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  • Wearing traditional tweed jacket and flat cap, a judge examines a Swaledale Lamb at Danby Show, North York Moors National Park, North Yorkshire, UK.
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  • A hill farmers hands after preparing her sheep for showing by applying a mixture of ingredients including peat onto the fleece, Nidderdale, North Yorkshire, UK
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  • We are looking down from above to office and business workers who are lying down and relaxing in the grass in their lunch break at Finsbury Circus, a circular green park space in the heart of London's financial district, the City of London. Surrounding them is an art instillation of steel sheep that are incongruously grazing among the assorted people, much like they once did when London was a home to livestock en-route to market and other animals used for transport. It is a warm afternoon and in the foreground, a man wearing a dark suit has taken off his polished shoes and is lying his head on his jacket in the warm afternoon, loosening his tight tie and stretching his neck. Elsewhere, a lady is sitting eating a packed lunch with the Sun newspaper and a man a little further behind is in jeans and plimsoll shoes. The City of London has a resident population of under 10,000 but a daily working population of 311,000. The City of London is a geographically-small City within Greater London, England. The City as it is known, is the historic core of London from which, along with Westminster, the modern conurbation grew. The City's boundaries have remained constant since the Middle Ages but  it is now only a tiny part of Greater London. The City of London is a major financial centre, often referred to as just the City or as the Square Mile, as it is approximately one square mile (2.6 km) in area. London Bridge's history stretches back to the first crossing over Roman Londinium, close to this site and subsequent wooden and stone bridges have helped modern London become a financial success.
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  • Rosettes and sheep competition mementoes adorn the wall and mantlepiece of champion breeder Vic Bull's crofting bungalow home overlooking Loch Bay, Waternish, Isle of Skye Scotland. Afternoon sunlight pours through a front window into his living room which serves as a shrine to the Sheep. Having already refused a half million Pounds for his house and spectacular view high up on a hill, he prefers to breed his beloved Blackface sheep which he shows only twice a year at local competitions in the Dunvegan area and the prizes and awards are proof of his success. Vic now lives alone rearing his livestock with four sheepdogs for training and company. Image taken for the 'UK at Home' book project published 2008.
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