The Witton Feast

Saturday 25th & Sunday 26th August 2012

West Witton, nr Leyburn, North Yorkshire

The Witton Feast Cottage Show

Saturday 25th August 2011

The Cottage Show takes place in West Witton Village Hall from 9am on Saturday. Entries are accepted from 9:00am - 10:30am at the hall with viewing from 1.30pm - 3:30pm. Entries are 25p for adults, 10p for children.

There are trophies for overall winners (adults and children) and section trophies for produce & floral, baking, handicraft and photography.

Adult competitions

    Baking and preserves

  1. Chutney
  2. Marmalade
  3. Jam
  4. Jelly
  5. Two savoury pasties
  6. Victoria sandwich cake (approx 8", not decorated)
  7. Cupcake / muffin, Jubilee-themed
  8. Four flap-jacks
  9. Four fruit scones
  10. Chocolate cake
  11. Fruit cake (7-8in round tin) made with the following ingredients:
    5oz butter, 5oz caster sugar, 3 large eggs, 8oz plain flour, 1tsp baking powder, 6oz currants, 6oz sultanas, 2oz glace cherries, 2oz mixed peel, 2tbsps ground almonds, grated rinds of 1 small orange and 1 lemon, 1-2 tbsps milk (if necessary).
  12. Shortbread
  13. Fruit pie
  14. Four savoury scones
  15. Homemade sweets (fudge, truffles etc. Six in number.)
  16. Cake made by a man only
  17. Sloe gin

    18. Flowers

  18. Floral arrangement miniature (no bigger than 6 inches overall)
  19. A lady's spray or a gentleman's buttonhole
  20. Three stems of Floribunda Rose
  21. Six sweet peas
  22. Geranium in a pot
  23. A single rose
  24. Vase of mixed garden flowers - minimum of 6 varieties
  25. Any herbaceous flowers - 3 stems of one variety
  26. Pot plant, house - foliage
  27. Pot plant, house - flowering

    28. Vegetables and fruit

  28. Four tomatoes
  29. Cabbage
  30. Three sticks of rhubarb
  31. Four potatoes
  32. Three onions - kitchen
  33. Six runner beans
  34. Six dessert apples
  35. Any other vegetable
  36. Four fresh herbs
  37. Four fresh hen eggs (one egg will be broken by the judges)
  38. Four plums (one variety)
  39. A bale of hay

    40. Handicraft

  40. Hard handicraft, made by exhibitor (woodwork, jewellery, pottery, etc.)
  41. Soft handicraft, made by exhibitor (needlework, embroidery, cross-stitch, etc.)
  42. Knitted garment
  43. Illuminated letter
  44. Painting (any medium)
  45. Greetings card

    46. Photography (size not to exceed 5" by 7")

  46. Photograph (People)
  47. Photograph (Dales scenery)
  48. Photograph (Suitable to be captioned "Oops!")
  49. Photograph (Four-legged friend)
  50. Photograph (Man and machine/woman at work)
  51. Photograph (Nature's glory)
  52. West Witton Feast (any year)

    53. A limit of three photographs per person, per class.

    Childrens' competitions

    Age of child to be put on each exhibit. No adult assistance beyond safety!


    Baking

  53. Large decorated cake
  54. 4 homemade biscuits
  55. 4 cupcakes/muffins

    56. Natural environment

  56. Collage using natural materials
  57. Object made from recycled materials

    58. Writing

  58. Short story starting "Once upon a time in West Witton..."
  59. Poem
  60. Handwriting - set piece - The Story of Bartle* (see below)

    61. Art and handicraft

  61. Decorated egg
  62. Greetings card
  63. Poster designed on a computer
  64. Soft handicraft
  65. Puppet
  66. Jewelry - homemade
  67. Scene in shoe box

    68. Pictures (any medium, not computer)

  68. Burning of Bartle
  69. London Olympics
  70. West Witton Dog Show

*THE STORY OF BARTLE
On Penhill Crags he tore his rags,
At Hunter's Thorn he blew his horn,
At Capple Bank Stee he brake his knee,
At Grassgill Beck he brake his neck,
At Wadham's End he couldn't fend,
At Grassgill End he made his end.