Lifton Cottage Garden Society and WIs 29th annual horticultural show was held on the first Thursday in August, at the villages church hall.

Approximately 350 exhibits made a colourful display, Vegetable, fruit and flower classes along with floral art, cookery, handicraft and photography classes were of an excellent standard.

Great interest was shown in the childrens section of birthday cards, painted pictures of football teams on paper plates and jam tarts, along with secondary pupils classes of handicrafts, design for a CD sleeve and muffins.

A good crowd gathered for the presentation of cups. Chairman Mrs Jean Greenhalgh introduced the president, Anthony Phillips, who thanked all who had entered.

Michael Wevill was presented with a buttonhole by Miss Molly Wilby. Mr Wevill said he enjoyed viewing the exhibits and much work must have gone into producing them. He presented cups to the winners:

James Oke Memorial Cup for exhibitor not living in Lifton parish: Peter Locke; Wyatt Hatch Challenge Cup, awarded to exhibitor living in parish, Donald Horn; P W Hart Memorial Cup (vegetables), John Andrew; C Parsons Perpetual Cup (fruit), May Williams; Bringinshaw Open Perpetual Cup (flowers), F Downing; William Parnell Memorial Cup (flowers), Ken Jones; C Parsons Open Perpetual Floral Art Cup, Elizabeth Brown; Tregonning Cup, best exhibit in floral art classes, Elizabeth Brown; Childrens Cup for primary school age child, The Methodist Holiday Club children; F F Hicks Perpetual Cup for secondary school children, Charlotte Kempster; Lifton WI Perpetual Cookery Cup, May Williams; Mr and Mrs Russell Perpetual Cup, Heather Horn, Open Perpetual Cup for photography, Heather De Pol; Lifton WI Perpetual Cup, most points in show, John Andrew; Sylvia Dennis Memorial Rose Bowl, member of Lifton WI, Elizabeth Brown, William Kent Perpetual Challenge Cup, best exhibit in childrens classes, Charlotte Kempster; John Mounce Memorial Rose Bowl for member of Lifton WI best exhibit in show, Heather Horn; Fred and Marion Parsons Memorial Rose Bowl, best exhibit in cookery, Ann Shopland; C H Walters Memorial Cup, best exhibit in horticultural classes, Peter Locke.

Winners of vegetables Open: Collection of four kinds of vegetables, Peter Locke; potatoes, kidney or oval, five tubers, Peter Locke; potatoes round, five tubers, Peter Locke; beet, globe, three, Joan Luxton; bunch of mixed herds in a jam jar, Amanda Greenhalgh; carrots, long or intermediate, Peter Locke; leeks, John Andrew; parsnips, Peter Locke; runner beans, six, Peter Locke; peas, six pods, Joan Luxton; cabbages two, Peter Locke; cauliflowers two, Anthony Phillips; onions, spring sown, three not trimmed, Donald Horn; onions grown from sets, trimmed three, Donald Horn, Tomatoes dish of five, Valerie Kneebone, shallots, any variety, bunch as grown, displayed on a plate, Donald Horn and John Andrew, collection of three vegetables, one of each, Peter Locke; Marrows, best pair, John Andrew; rhubard four sticks, Peter Locke; Cucumbers, greenhouse one brace, John Andrew; lettuce, cabbage, two, Donald Horn; corgettes two, John Pengelly; heaviest onion, Donald Horn; longest runner bean, Donald Horn.

Vegetables Local: Potatoes, round, five tubers, Donald Horn; potatoes, kidney or oval, five tubers of either, John Andrew; Beet, globe, three, Anthony Phillips; carrots, stump rooted three, Donald Horn; turnips three, John Andrew, runner beans six, John Andrew; peas six pods, Joan Luxton; cabbages, John Andrew; Onion, grown from sets, trimmed three, John Andrew; shallots, any variety Donald Horn, Lettuce cabbage two, Donald Horn; Tomatoes, dish of five, Valerie Kneebone, broad beans, six pods, John Andrew; collection of four kinds of vegetables, John Andrew.

Fruit Open: Raspberries, 12 berries with stems, Peter Locke; loganberries 12 berries with stems, Donald Horn; cultivated blackberries, 12 berries with stems, May Williams; four apples any variety, John Pengelly.

Flower Open: Sweet peas, three varieties, five stems of each in three vases, Ken Jones; sweet peas, decorative bowl of mixed, with own foliage, bowl not exceed 9ins diameter, Ken Jones; asters, vase of six blooms, one variety, Mrs Fan Downing; one flowering plant in pot, pot not to exceed 9ins diameter, Peter Locke; antirrhinums, three spikes, Joan Luxton; foliage plant, pot not to exceed 9ins diameter, Ken Jones; pansies, on a board, six, Mrs Fan Downing; dahlias, pompom, three not more than 2ins across, Peter Lock; dahlias, Ball, three, over 2ins, Peter Lock; dahlias, cactus, three, Gerald Brown; dahlias, decorative three, 6ins and under, Mrs Fan Downing; Roses, Bush, three blooms, any colour, Peter Locke; one specimen bloom or stem (grown outdoors), Peter Locke; perennials, three kinds, three spikes of each in vase, Gill Whitford; phlox, three stems, Mrs Fan Downing; French marigolds, six, Mrs Fan Downing; six fuschia blooms on board, Mrs Fan Downing.

Floral Art Open: Exhibit in handbag, Heather Horn; arrangement in a shell, Heather Horn; arrangement in green and white, 12ins space, Cyril Blatchford; exhibit for hall 15ins, Elizabeth Brown; exhibit for table centre, 15ins, Elizabeth Brown; exhibit in shades of one colour with foliage 12ins, Elizabeth Brown; exhibit to depict a piece of music, not more than 24ins, Elizabeth Brown.

Primary school childrens classes Painted paper plate depicticting a football team, 1, Tamsin Harvey, 2, Eleanor Larth, 3, Annie Larthe and James Russell; birthday card, 8-11years, James Law, Jack Baker, Cisne McLellan-Hayes; birthday card 7 and under, Jack Ackary, Grace Muir, Jessica Harvey; jam tarts, Molly Wilby, Daisy Wilby.

Secondary school childrens classes: Any handicraft, 1, Charlotte Kempster, 2, Mary Bray; Design a CD sleeve, Charlotte Kempster; three muffins any variety, Charlotte Kempster.

Cookery Open: homemade pate for one, Kay Bray; sweet in a sundae glass, Mary Bray; favourite chocolate cake, Kay Bray; sultana cake, set recipe, Anne Shopland; three fruit scones, Penny Morris; three meringues, Mary Horn; three decorated cup cakes, May Williams; pizza, topping only to be judged, Gill Whitford; machine-made loaf of bread, Kay Bray; pot of marmalade, May Williams; pot of Jam, Amanda Greenhalgh; pot of chutney, May Williams; pot of curd, any variety, Elizabeth Hughes.

Handicrafts Open; knitted article, Irene Walters; get-well card, any medium, Heather Horn; sewn item, Shirley Amiss; rag-work item, Elizabeth Hughes; painting, Lucinda Wilby; picture, any other medium (not photography or painting), Graham Schofield; handicraft not covered by above classes, Heather Horn.

Photography Open: country scene, Lucinda Wilby; shadows, Cliff Best; winter scene, Heather De Pol; sunset, Elizabeth Brown; historical building, Cliff Best; procession, Elizabeth Brown.