[6] It was hosted by the Grand International Poultry, Pigeon and Live Stock Shows, Ltd which was liquidated in 1964.
In 1860 the first Sebastopol Goose in Western Europe, imported from Crimea, were exhibited at the show by H.
[8] In 1861 the Secretary of the show was a Mr Houghton[9] In 1872 50 tons of coal were spent to heat the building and two tons of food was fed to birds exhibited over the four days of the show.
[10] The supreme prize of the show was the Sir James Blyth Cup.
[11] Numbers of birds exhibited varied wildly over the shows existence.