Next month’s Great Yorkshire Show is set to be a bitter-sweet affair...
yes, there will be all the usual attractions, but it will be the final one for the current director Charles Mills. This will be his ninth show, and he admitted: “When I was a young boy in short corduroy trousers sitting in the grandstand, never in my wildest dreams did I think I would get the honour of one day becoming the show director of the Great Yorkshire Show. It is a wonderful organisation and getting the opportunity to meet and work with so many dedicated people will stay with me for the rest of my life.
” Charles was director during one of the most challenging shows, which was organised as the UK came through Covid in 2021. “We were one of the only agricultural shows to go ahead that year, and it was such a pleasure to host King Charles III and Queen Camilla who supported us at that show and spent a whole day meeting exhibitors, stewards and the public,” said Charles. “I have also thoroughly enjoyed hosting other members of the Royal family, including Princess Anne who visited twice during my tenure and is very highly respected among the farming community.
The job of show director has been a wonderful experience and one that I will never forget.” Since taking over the role in 2016, Charles has been part of the team behind changing the structure of the event, which moved from three days to four days since Covid in 2021. Tickets are now sold in advance only with visitor numbers capped a.
