GARDEN TOWN

Brigg will be among a host of small towns and villages chasing honours in this year's Calor Village of the Year competition for East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire.
Entry forms were distributed in February, and now the organisers have issued a reminder to communities that they only have until April 18 to send them in.
This could include some villages in the Brigg area.
Humber and Wolds Rural Community Council’s competition organiser, Peter Hirschfeld, is urging those which have not yet entered to do so soon.
"When villagers work together to complete an entry to the competition it brings alive a community spirit in them that just can’t be replicated in any other activity," he said.
"We want as many villages as possible to benefit from this. The closing date is approaching but there is still time for villages to enter if they act now."
The competition is sponsored by Calor – the UK’s leading supplier of LPG (liquefied petroleum gas).
Later this year, one of the winning villages from East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire will have the added honour of being nominated to go forward and represent the area in the prestigious Calor Village of the Year for England competition.
This will give that village the opportunity of gaining recognition at national level as well as a share of a prize fund totalling more than £40,000.
The county’s nominee to the 2007/8 national competition, Wrawby, is now preparing for a visit from competition judges, coming up on April 22.
Entry forms for can be requested from Humber & Wolds Rural Community Council by telephoning 01377 232134 or downloaded from www.hwrcc.org.uk
Brigg has done well in the small town section in the past, and a good number of framed certificates can be seen in the meeting room of the Angel Suite, where the town council is based.
Additional planting of flowers is being funded this spring, which should improve the town's chances of gaining further success.
Judges pay visits and award marks to decide the top places.
Pictured above is the versatile Peter Hirschfield, community development officer, Humber and Wolds Rural Community Council, addressing a recent public meeting in the Angel Suite about parish plans.