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BARLEY SATURDAY
Held in Cardigan Town the Saturday after Lampeter Stallion Show.
From the Show programme;
"The show began as far back as 1871. By 1877 there are records of
hundreds of horses parading around Pensarnau Pool (now Victoria
Gardens). When the pool was filled in in 1877 the Show was held in
nearby streets. It was a celebration of the end of the spring sowing
season, barley being the last cereal to be sown after wheat and oats. It
had a two-fold role as a half-yearly hiring fiar of farm staff and as
an opportunity for the owners of stallions at stud to display their
animals.Bookings would be taken and arrangements made for the
chosen stud to meet the mares on regular tours of the adjoining
countryside. The Show was disbanded during the war years and
re-established in 1961"
Below is a slide show of the 2006 Barley Saturday
