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Horticultural society serve up a feast of fare at the show

Words and pictures by COLIN SMEETON

After months of hard work, green-fingered enthusiasts reaped the rewards of their labours at the well attended prizegiving ceremony at the Isle of Arran Horticultural Show last Wednesday.

All of the trophy winners at the Arran Horticultural Society summer show.
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Awarding the prizes, as well as the newest cup category, was Gill Gregory, wife of Eric Gregory, a long-standing participant at the show who passed away last November after many years of competing in the vegetable growing sections.

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