A memorable incident in the years at the Corn Marsh was "The Whirlwind", 'It happened at about 1 o'clock, before the show proper, and lasted about a quarter of an hour, it wreaked havoc,' says Jean Kent. Jim and Mary Hewer remember it too, 'We heard this crashing noise coming and we looked out. Les Thompson was in the tent with me because he was running the horses. All our papers in our tent disappeared, it turned over a horse box. It went straight down the middle of the show and down Horpit to Watchfield way, made

a hell of a mess.' Mary says, 'I had a little Standard van by the refreshment tent and it ripped the door off.'

Attractions at the Shows on the Corn Marsh in the 60's included also included the perennial favourites the fancy dress and tug- of-war, as well as displays of vintage cars, miniature railway rides, children's sports organised by the teacher, Mrs Adams, demonstrations by local thatcher Ted Anger, and by the Fire Brigade, though their display didn't always go smoothly, as Pam Smith remembers, 'It was in one comer of the field because they had to keep it away from the horses and they squirted this lovely white foam. It was when it was first introduced to put out fires in road accidents. Suddenly something went wrong and it caught on fire. I thought afterwards, maybe it was meant to go on fire, but couldn't have been because it was supposed to put things out.'