ORGANISERS of an agricultural show fear for its long-term future after this year's event lost an estimated £10,000.

Trawden Agricultural show, which has been running since 1925, made the loss after experiencing one of its lowest ever turnout when 1,500 attended on Sunday August 12.

A final decision on whether organisers have sufficient funds to put on a show next year will be made at the group's annual general meeting in October.

Bob Glozier, the vice chairman of the show, said that it was not yet known the full extent of their losses.

He said: "Unfortunately there was a much lower turnout than usual on the day of the show that meant we were have made a loss of profits.

"We spend £10,000 alone on just the marquee so we need to get a high turnout to make a profit.

"On a good year we will make £1,000 profit. It takes a few years to save it up but only one to lose it. We had a £20,000 safety fund but we have lost about £10,000 of that this year."

He added: "We will hold our Annual General Meeting of committee members in October and we will know then for definite whether we have sufficient funds to carry on running the show.

"But we are hopeful that we can find enough money. If not we will be looking to various sources to secure a grant and get advice to point us in the right direction to ensure we can continue.

"It would be a real shame if everyone's hard work over the past years were to go to waste."

The show, organised by Trawden and District Agricultural Society, is held on fields off Keighley Road, high above the village.

Organisers had feared that the loss of the Sheep and Cattle sections this year, because of the ban on the movement of livestock due to the foot and mouth outbreak, may reduce the turnout for the show.

And the bad spate of weather, which caused the cancellation of a number of East Lancashire events, further hit attendances, which have reached 6,000 in previous years.