Probably just too small to produce flowers this year - will do so next year I expect. For instructions on pruning, type 'how to fan train a pear tree' into Google - plenty of instructions on line.

Nothing to add to Bamboo's comments except my pears (Doyenne du comice, Williams and Conference) didn't blossom until their third year. My newest, the Conference is pretty rubbish at blossoming now, its 4th year, so just stay with it. Gardening teaches you patience if nothing else.

Same here - we have 2 Abate pear trees and it took 2 and 3 years respectively for them to get going, and they were two-year old specimens to start with, but once they did, there was nothing (other than OH's efforts to kill them by felling a tree onto them) to stop them - we are expecting a bumper crop this year. Patience is the key!

Pears blossoms earlier than apples say April. Check it out if conference needs a pollinator...you can Google that detail. Take off any long extensions to within 3 leaf axils of growth point in July/ August and check over again in Feb, before any sign of regrowth, if you want to get a better shape and form. This is called summer and winter pruning. Consider grease banding the trunk. Winter moth crawls up the trunk around October and deforms pears and reduces cropping. Don't allow too many fruits in first year of cropping.

Many thanks to all who responded to my question it's great to know friendly folk still out there, Ves