THE 38th annual Lifton Cottage Garden Society and WI Village Show was held on the first Saturday in August.

This year the show was held in a new venue, the Community Centre, which proved very successful giving more room to display the exhibits.

Forty-two exhibitors entered approximately 250 entries, a slight drop on the previous year but this was more than made up by the 130 entries by the children making a total of 380. This gave plenty of interest for the viewing public.

During the afternoon a good crowd gathered to see the exhibits and to see the cups presented. Mr Anthony Philips, the president, thanked Mrs Valerie Kneebone who was retiring after serving as show secretary for many years.

She was presented with a plant and chocolates on behalf of the committee and was thanked for her work and commitment in helping to keep the show going.

Mr Philips then introduced Rosa Watkinson, a local author who was to present the cups to class winners, who was presented with a buttonhole by Jessica and Katie Maynard.