27 Dec Something for the millennium.

In 1999, Knowsley Council wanted events to celebrate the millennium. Some members of Whiston Gardening Club thought it would be good to have a Knowsley Show. But the Council had no expertise in setting up or running a competitive growing show. They needed gardening people, so they got in touch with allotment holders – Whiston and also Roby Horticultural Society members. The council had gardeners and growers for its own parks, gardens and greenhouses, but it didn’t have a list of exhibitors, like Whiston Show did. They didn’t have the expertise.