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The Second Annual Show in 1899

This is the follow up of the show that was published on 1 August 1899.

This article was taken from the Herts & Beds Express paper, dated 7 Sept 1940.

At a meeting of allotment holders and gardeners held at the Stevenage Letchmore Road School on Wednesday last week, and convened by the County War Agricultural Executive Committee in conjunction with the Stevenage Urban Council it was decided to form an Allotment and Gardeners Association, and 46 members were enrolled.

Mr J. A. Marsden Popple presided and introduced Mr. E. R. Saltmarsh, the County Horticultural Superintendent, who congratulated the allotment holders of Stevenage on on the excellent way in which their plots were kept. He said that in his travels over a wide area of the County he did not think he had seen better.

He also outlined the advantages accruing from the formation of an allotment holders association. and pointed out that the Governments' scheme for the distribution of lime was only worked through allotment societies, and the fact that under the scheme lime could be obtained at 1s. 3d. per cwt. made that alone a worth while reason for forming an association.

Other speakers also addressed the meeting, and it was unanimously decided to form an association to be known as the Stevenage Allotments and Gardeners Association, with rules similar to the model rules issued by the National Allotment Association. The subscription to be 1s.3d. a year, which includes affiliation to the National Association.

Officers and committee were elected as follow: Chairman, Mr. A. Perry: hon secretary, Mr R. Danks: treasurer, Mr H. Dav: hon auditors, Messrs. F. Leonard and Mr. F. J. Antony: committee, Messrs. C. J. Aylott, W. Draper, J. Gordon, J. Marshall, L. Moules, E. Peacock, H. Smeaton, J. Winters, and P. Wheeler, the secretary being elected the representative member to the National Association.

Thanks were expressed to the chairman for presiding, and also to the school authorities for the use of the room, and it was stated that a further general meeting would be called, meanwhile new members would be welcomed.

September 2004