Page 46 - ALG Issue 4 2020

North West
Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Cheshire
Westend and Heysham North Allotment Association
Our plotholders are very busy with growing their vegetables etc. and getting near to picking them. The photos show the plots looking
good at present. Also, some photos show the groundwork for our new Community Centre.
Mr L Croombs
King George V 58th (Virtual) Allotment show
Our site in Tameside held a virtual show this year with two classes or minimum 5 veg and 3 flowers. The winners of our 2020 show are:
• 1st place for vegetables: Peter Shackleton and also Best in Show
• 1st place for flowers: Michelle Blezard
• 2nd place for vegetables: Jayne Livesey
• 2nd place for flowers: Maria Reda- Jones
• 3rd place for vegetables: Scott Hadfield
• 3rd place for flowers: Jayne Livesey
Message from Sean James Cameron (Vlogger and Youtuber) who kindly judged:“An excellent display of vegetables, clean and all disease free. A credit to the grower.”
Overall: “What a great show. It’s a pleasure to see that, despite what the world has thrown us this year, gardeners are pulling together to put a smile on our faces. Well done to everyone who entered and here is to a great 2021 both on and off the allotment.” #CultivateAgainstCovid
Tallest Sunflower competition prizes go to ...
• 1st place is The Hills with a whopping 114 3/4 inches
• 2nd place is Jackie Birch with 113 1/4 inches
• 3rd place is John Irwin with 111 1/4 inches
This was remarkably close with at least 8 plots over 100 inches! Thanks to John and his very technical measuring stick. Well done everyone for brightening
up the allotments with your gorgeous flowers.
Rachael Hill
46 Allotment and Leisure Gardener