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Aug 22, 2002
A garden at the Cricketers Arms, in Barnard Castle,now dedicated to a popular customer who died of cancer earlier this year, won the shops, offices and businesses section of the Barnard Castle Garden Competition 2002.
The pub’s rear patio garden – a profusion of colour with its countless hanging baskets and tubs – is dedicated to Staindrop man Trevor Mott, who died in April, aged 44.
It was the third win for publican Malcolm Nixon, who spends an hour a day watering and dead-heading his plants. “I’m a bit disappointed this year because of the torrential rain,” said Malcolm, as the judge, Steve Robinson and his team, visited on Monday.
“I’m changing it all again for next year. Hopefully, you will think you are abroad when you see it then.”
Second was Andy Beck’s Newgate Gallery, and in third place was Kim Gulliver with The Shop at Greta Road.
The town council, who organised the competition, was disappointed that there had been only six entries in the business section.
“More businesses should have supported us,” said mayor, Coun Margaret Hamilton. “This competition is all about getting people to take pride in the town and to brighten the place up, and they could at least have put a few hanging baskets up on their buildings even if they hadn’t wanted to enter the competition.”
Cynthia Langstaff’s garden at Flatts Road won the ordinary-sized gardens section, with Sandra Worley, of Woodside, second and Diane and Richard Kent’s rear garden in third place.
George and Winn Forrest’s tiny but beautiful rear patio in Marshall Street, won the small gardens/patio section, with Mrs Thompson of Queen Street in second place and Dorothy Mitcheson and Dorothy Considine, of Watson Court, in third place.