East Preston rose show successes for Patrick, without the roses

He took home the blue rosette for best fuchsias, the Butterfill Cup for sweet peas, the Helen Cryer Memorial Bowl for most points in the show and the Springett Cup for best specimen sweet pea.

Dee Chamberlain won the Pryor Cup for best rose and also the Lilian Hoskins Bowl for best bowl of roses. The Renée Lawrence Bowl for best specimen rose went to Norman Brown.

Poor weather led to a small drop in entries, but no reduction in quality at the Conservative Hall for the good number of visitors to enjoy, and to browse the cake and plant stalls. This year’s rose show was held separately from the East Preston Festival – normally it falls on the last Saturday of festival week.

Other first prize winners were: Peter Sprake, Joy Newman-Rice, Samantha McKenzie, Christina Goodwin, Primrose Buckley, Fred Spanton, Jocelyn Silk, Doug Medhurst, Colin Crane, Celia Buckley.