LATE summer sunshine ensured Tottington and District Horticultural Society’s September show was a success, with entries up on last year.

Craft works, homemade cakes and jams, and glorious blooms were on display at Greenmount Old School. Society secretary Dorothy Heaton thanked exhibitors and judges, and Dorothy Maden, who presented the prizes. Mrs Heaton said: “It was the most colourful sight that met the visitors as they arrived.”

Winners included: national vegetable silver medal, D Roscow; royal national rose bronze medal, A M Rudkin; national dahlia bronze and silver medal, I Sutherland; national chrysanthemum bronze and silver medal, D Brooks; gladioli society bronze and silver medal, D Roscow; most firsts in show and president’s cup, D Brooks; Jack Collinge cup, R. Later; Alderman Evans cup, D Roscow; Elsie Highton trophy, I Sutherland; Mrs Hardman cup, D Brooks; Mrs Kenyon Bowl, A M Rudkin; George Pritchard cup, D Roscow; Poval Candelabra trophy, R Later; Walter Lea memorial trophy, P. Smith; George Rand memorial cup, K Linney; Bob Pritchard tray, D Maden; Mrs Clegg cup, . Brooks; Mrs Pritchard cup, L Ewens; Roberts cup, L Morley; Dutson wine trophy, R Later; Hawkshaw flower group trophy, W Wood; Mrs Walker trophy, L Longworth.

In the junior section: Mr Pritchard cup, L Morley; Lea Shield, H Morley; Fred Sanderson THS goblet, L Morley.