THE sights and sounds of 1950s England returned to Owslebury on Saturday for its revived horticultural show.

Nostalgia ruled the day on Saturday as hundreds of people enjoyed cream teas and produce, echoing the traditions of many Hampshire villages.

Brass band music rang across the Glebe Field while women walked the grounds in period dress.

Nigel and Jennifer White resurrected the show in 2013 to restore what has become a lost tradition in many villages. Before then, the event, in the grounds of the historic St Andrew's Church, had not occurred for some 40 years.

Mr White, 59, pictured below, who runs a local vehicle recovery firm, said: "The point about the show is as a recreation of the show as it was when I was a little boy - the brass band, the white marquees - and we've put a lot of effort into recreating that 1950s horticultural show feeling."

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Nigel White (centre) with Janet and Barney Dunford

Music came from the New Forest Training Brass Band and Winchester-based Wessex Chordsmen barber shop ensemble, while farmers and schoolchildren competed for 21 trophies in plants, preserves, cakes, paintings and more.

Villagers embraced the day in greater numbers than previous years, with nearly 1,000 people visiting over the course of the day.

And that wasn't all. After the prizegiving and auction of produce - essential to covering the show's costs of around £5,000 - the village celebrated at what was hoped would be its largest ever evening party. Late entertainment included a live band, bar and barbecue, while non-churchgoers were drawn to services on Thursday and Sunday featuring the Covenant Life Gospel Choir.

Mr White added: "The sun is shining, the cream teas are being eaten, the brass band is playing, the Wessex Chordsmen choir is singing!"

And, for the first time, Mr White was preaching. The evangelist rounded off three days of events on Sunday evening with a talk under the marquee, opposite the church where he and Jennifer married on the weekend of the first show.