FOR this week’s edition of Nostalgia, we had a look through our archives and discovered an oddly large number of leeks?!

A slightly different type of nostalgia for the week but it seems that Cumbria’s most loved vegetable must be the humble leek.

Our archive search produces a huge amount of picture from throughout the decades of leek contests.

A tradition we see a lot less nowadays, but it must have been all the rage in the earlier days. It isn’t just leeks that were judged, but there were certainly the most popular.

I must say, there are some impressive leeks amongst the pictures.

One shows the variety in the entries for the Leek Club show at the Shoulder of Mutton, Brampton in 1978. Pictured is John Snowden with leeks, Arthur Potts with onions and Tony Hind with a marrow.

The Stapleton Flower Show in 1967 and the Carlisle's Market Hall Flower Show in 1965 produced some great-looking leeks.

Other Leek Shows pictured include the 1981 show at the George in Warwick, the Dalston leek show in 1982 where Bluebell is pictured, and the Brampton leek show in 1966 where we see the Barley Stack.

Another shows Anne Richardson, Raymond Dryden, Ken Coulthard, Ralph Bevington and Bill White looking at some of the exhibits at the Laversdale leek club show in 1981.

Did you ever get involved in leek shows? Be sure to send us your pictures and let us know!