Review of Devon County Show at Westpoint Arena in Exeter midweekherald.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from midweekherald.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The 22nd Baron Clinton, who has died aged 89, was a popular figure in his native West Country and far beyond, as a landowner, farmer, yachtsman, shot and countryman.
Sir Simon Day, who has died aged 88, was a highly influential figure in the West of England as, among many other things, Conservative leader of Devon County Council; he also headed the West Country Television consortium which in 1980 bid to replace Westward TV, which had been crippled by boardroom infighting.
As many of you know by now, I love the history of this grand sport of harness racing. From the Narragansett Pacers of the 1700’s to the arrival of Messenger in 1788 to the first 3:00 mile recorded by Yankee in 1806 to Conquerer’s epic 100-mile world recorded in 1853 (in eight hours, 55 minutes
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