Looking back at the first Royal Highland

Details gleaned from the event programme show admission was £1 on the first day, then 10 shillings, 5 shillings and 3 shillings per day.

Paid admissions stood at 98,008 that year and the souvenir brochure and show guide cost just 2 shillings.

Livestock entries totalled just over 2,000 head with 796 head of cattle on show. This comprised Shorthorn, Aberdeen-Angus, Galloway, Belted Galloway, Highland, Hereford and beef cattle (the equivalent to commercial cattle). The inter-breed trophy went to the Galloway breed with the dairy inter-breed going to the Ayrshires, who were joined in the judging ring by British Friesians, Dairy Shorthorns, Red Polls and Jerseys.

There were 361 trade stands on the site and special attractions included a parade of penguins by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland and a visit on the second day of the event by The Queen and Prince Philip.

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