THIS weekend sees a traditional village flower show celebrate its 88th year.

The Bradwell-on-Sea Flower Show and Dog Companion Show is back on Saturday, August 3, with a range of stalls for the family to enjoy.

The flower show has lots of categories to enter. 

There is also a dog show with different classes, from pedigree to novelty, including the dog with the waggiest tail and the fastest sausage eater.

There is entertainment in the form of the Silver Band, Three Strings, Mr Happy, ferret racing, scythe demonstrations, and macrame magic workshops.

There is food from Hitch and Go Catering, the Old Blue Mobile Bar, Azure Wood-Fired Pizza, Ponds Kitchen, the Cheese and Pie Man, ice creams, Bradwell WI offering tea and cakes, and a barbecue by the parent-teacher association.

Numerous stalls include chutneys, jams, cakes, jewellery, woodwork, organic vegetables, art, bird boxes, greeting cards, glassware, flowers and craft.

There are also bouncy castles, a ‘Boozy Barrow’, raffles and vintage vehicles on show.

Money raised will go to the Essex and Herts Air Ambulance.