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[[File:Old Regatta Ground Bridgnorth.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Location of the showground showing the wider embankment to accommodate the siding]]
The 1896 Shropshire and West Midlands Agricultural Show was held at the Old Regatta Ground, about a mile and a half north of Bridgnorth on July 1 - 3July.
At a meeting of the show committee in January, opinions were expressed that a railway siding was essential to the success of the show. The cost would be £250, with the GWR willing to accept a contribution of half that amount from the show committee. The siding would allow the simultaneous unloading of 20 horse boxes, 20 wagons and one traction engine<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001961/18960125/095/0007 Bridgnorth Journal and South Shropshire Advertiser. - Saturday 25 January 1896 on the British Newspaper Archive]</ref>