July 1939: Engineering highlights from The Royal Show
The Royal Show’s centenary saw familiar names displaying their wares.
Jul 1939 The Royal Agricultural Society of England (RASE) was established in 1839 to practise and promote the application of science and technology in agriculture and forestry.
The Royal Show, the organisation’s annual trade show, ran until 2009 with interruptions in 1866 due to cattle disease and for the last two years of WWI. A more serious hiatus was imminent with the UK entering WWII in September 1939, but in July The Engineer – ‘by special invitation of His Majesty the King’ - headed to the Great Park at Windsor to help celebrate the Royal Show’s centenary and report on agritech displayed – directly or indirectly- by some very familiar companies.
One such entity, The General Electric Company, did more than bring its latest innovations to the show by providing equipment for the show’s ‘electric farm’ and a lot of heavy cooking equipment for the restaurant services connected with the show.
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