A Brief History of the Flower Show

Rhodes Minnis has staged a Flower Show continuously since 1970. Before then, the Womens Institute were holding Shows in their W.I, Hut (which sadly now is demolished and built on) at the top of Longage Hill.

The Rhodes Minnis Sports Club (later changing it's name to the Rhodes Minnis Sports & Social Club) then ran them in their hall in Whitehorse Lane until 1988 when this also was demolished as the new village hall had been built along Chapel Lane. The village hall management committee have run the Flower Shows ever since and although there have been some years when the entries have been low, on the whole they are proving very popular. This year was by far the best we have had for several years. The total entries of 271 were submitted by 38 people, this was in comparison to 191 in 2002

We have always had a vegetable, flower, cooking, floral art children's classes but we have added to these over the years. We now have a photographic, a craft and a miscellaneous section as well.

There are many cups to be won, all of which have been donated by people who have had some connection with the Sports Club/Village hall. These go back over many years and sadly, 8 of those people are no longer with us but their memories live on.

We have never held a Spring Show but we have decided that we would give it a try for next year as we think the support is there. So watch this space for more details on that.