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The Echt Show: Celebrating the return of the 168-year-old show

A young boy holding on to a wooden fence next to his favourite donkey
1986 - Ewan Russell, of Westland, Longside, taking in the show with his favourite donkey, Emily.
By Kirstin Brown

Running on the second Saturday of July since 1853, the Echt Show showcases the best quality livestock the north-east has to offer.

The show also features vintage tractors, highland games and trade stands.

To celebrate the return of the show after Covid, we have scouted our archives for photos of the Echt show through the decades.

Do you recognise anyone in the pictures below? What are your favourite memories of the show? Let us know in the comments.

A man and his bull at the Echt show
1985 – Champion Aberdeen-Angus at Echt was this rising five-year-old bull from John Walker and Sons.
Men shoveling the showground for the Echt show.
1985 – Leslie Shepherd, Bob Taylor and Ron Wilkie at work preparing the showground.
Two young sisters with their calves at the Echt show.
1993 – Karen and Hazel, daughters of Echt Show president Ian Watt, with their Hereford cross Friesian calves.
A young girl in a raincoat holding a large umbrella, ready for the echt show
1987 – Echt’s Kimberley Smart makes sure she is well prepared to deal with the elements.
A girl and her horse at the echt show
1982 – Show first-timer Kim Harrison, from Cults, and her seven-year-old Welsh pony Coral Bay.
A girl and her dog under an umbrella at the echt show.
1981 – Aberdeen’s Catriona Wilkinson and her Jack Russell, Cindy, shelter under a brolly and watch the rain pour down.
A woman and her horse at the echt show.
1987 – Show success for Ailsa Clark, Kincardine, Boat of Garten, with her hunter.
A man and his lamb at the echt show.
1982 – Proudly showing the champion Suffolk tup lamb, Tillyboy Supermix, is James Young, of Easter Tulloch, Midmar.
A man and his horse at the echt show.
1988 – Sandy Anderson, Colliehill Farm, Peterhead, puts overall horse champion Menia Angharrad through her paces.
A mother and her son with their prize-winning calf at the Echt show.
1989 – Barry Paterson and his mum Michelle with their special prize-winning cross-Charolais calf.
A woman and her ram at the Echt show.
1987 – For the second week running, Kathleen Dick, Newton of Saphock, Oldmeldrum, has the Jacob champion.
A man and his daughter preparing their bull for the Echt show.
1983 – Allan Yule, of Bellfield, Kinneff, and his daughter Sheena prepare Limousin bull Tangent for the show ring.
A boy and his winning calf with feed in his hand.
1982 – Peter Kemp, of Cairdhillock, Kingwells, gives Gertrude a celebratory treat after winning the children’s calves section.

 

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