Katikati A&P dates back to 1913

The Katikati A&P Show Society memorabilia on display at the Western Bay Museum.

Roll up and make a picnic day of it at the shady Katikati Domain - that's how the Katikati A&P Show was promoted in 1957.

The Western Bay Museum has included memorabilia from the A&P Show in its Summer Harvest exhibition which is open now to the public.

The show display features ribbons from 1914 and 1915 along with a first prize silver cup won by Mrs Blomquist for her collection of vegetables in 1915.

In the same year Mary Pritt won first prize for her seed cake and her sister, Agnes Pritt, won a first for her jam sandwich.

Katikati held its first annual Agricultural and Pastoral Show on March 13, 1913, in the domain showgrounds.

It was and still is one of the highlights of rural life in Katikati involving livestock, axemen and horse riding.

Exhibits of cooking, needlework and flowers were admired and appraised.

Preserves and vegetables grown were also judged. There is a basket on display that was bought for five shillings at the first show.

Today the Home Industries section includes produce, jams, pickles and preserves, baking, flowers (and champion bloom) and handcrafts with a range of sections for children to enter from under five to 16 years, with adults from 17 and upwards.

Be sure to call into the Western Bay Museum and see this snippet of A & P Show history.