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100,000 at 2004 county show

By: KentOnline reporter multimediadesk@thekmgroup.co.uk

Published: 16:51, 19 July 2004

A view of the showground from the air. Picture: BARRY DUFFIELD
Artist Christopher Jarvis, from Rochester, works away in the Kent Pavilion
As usual the steam engines were a big attraction. Picture: MATT WALKER
Butchers and piemakers Chris Barkaway and Aurea Sinden. Picture: DAN IRWIN
Courtney Crump, four, from Faversham, with a new found friend. Picture: MATT WALKER
Elizabeth Fletcher and Jessica Brooke make friends with a cuddly pig. Picture: MATT WALKER
Hadlow College won a prize for garden design. Left to right Mark Lumsdon-Taylor, Sarah Calcutt, Annie Evans and Keith Mexter. Picture: ANDY PAYTON
KM-fm radio were offering manicures by The Pamper Party. Picture: ANDY PAYTON
Llamas were back this year and were a big attraction. Picture: ANDY PAYTON
Lynn Harkess, from Tunbridge Wells, watering the plants on the Hadlow College garden stand she designed. Picture: ANDY PAYTON
Nick Pearce, owner of The Bonsai Shop in Whitstable, was awarded Top Gold prize for his bonsai tree display. Picture: DAN IRWIN
Nicked! John Endicott (Police Museum curator) as PC 49 (c 1894-97) apprehends "swagman" Shane Monaghan
Premier award winners in the floral display, Derrick and Stephen Norris of Farthing Common Plant Centre, near Lyminge. Picture: ANDY PAYTON
Ryan Heerey, eight, meets a potato from the British Potato Council (aka Carolyn Fry from Loose, Maidstone). Picture: ANDY PAYTON
Senior officer John Coccia, of Swaleside Prison at Eastchurch, "fights off" 11-year-old schoolboy Alex Newman. Picture: ANDY PAYTON
Visitors to the show on Saturday had to contend with some wet weather. Picture: MATT WALKER

The annual celebration of all things Kentish attracted more than 100,000 visitors to the 2004 Kent County Show at Detling.

The show celebrated its 75th year and the Duke of Kent was guest of honour.

All the photographs in this special gallery, and those published in KM Group titles, can be purchased from KM Group offices around the county or by calling our photo sales department on 01622 794583. You must quote the PD number in the caption accompanying the picture you require.

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