THE 128th Millom and Broughton Show – a great favourite among the area’s young farmers – went off without a hitch on a sunny day in Furness.

Renowned for its traditional agricultural events it is also gaining a popular reputation for its evening disco.

Thousands of people gathered at the show ground at West Park to watch an array of events from cattle competitions to horticulture as well as arts and crafts.

Once the competitions were over, hundreds of young farmers flocked to the disco tent.

Show director Jeffrey Maddock said: “We clear out the tent and fill it with bales of straw. There’s a burger van and everyone has a whale of a time. There were a few hundred people there. It helps keep the show going.”

There were more entrants in the cattle, sheep and poultry sections than the previous year and more younger entrants too. The supreme animal title went to the heavy horse section champion, a shire mare called Wheathead Akelda owned by Glen Dodd, of Dalton.

The reserve supreme animal title was won by nine-year-old Mollie Mae Jeffrey, of Ulverston, with her pony Doylan Chilli Pepper. Overall cattle champion was Hawthwaite Lionheart Fancywork, of Martin Cooper’s Hawthwaite Holsteins, of Broughton.

Dean Saunders, of Maidenlands Tarn, won the beef championship with British Blue Maidenlands Hugo.

“It’s a popular show with the young people,” said Jeffrey, 65, who has been on the committee since he was 18. “Hopefully it bodes well for the future. A lot of young people just want to play on their iPads but they are coming here too. And I have to thank Richard Parsons because he looks after the ground very well and makes it a lovely place for a show.”

Andrew Butcher won several awards for his Texel sheep.

“It feels very good to win, especially against a good standard of sheep,” said Andrew, 58, from Ulverston.

“The standard improves every year. There was a great atmosphere and it was very well attended.”