THE granddaughter of a celebrated musician returned to Colne to donate a new trophy for a music festival named in his honour.

And Luther Greenwood's grandaughter, Pat Stephenson. of Dunsfold, Surrey, donated a number of photographs and memorabilia to the Luther Greenwood Memorial Festival of Music, Dance, Speech and Drama.

Mrs Stephenson, revisited the childhood places when she came to Colne to see her grandfather's face on a large town centre mural off Market Street, depicting prominent people and events from Colne's past.

She presented the new trophy to Mrs Mildred Wightman, vice-chairman of the festival, which, since 1947, has been named after its longest serving and best known conductor.

Mrs Stephenson said: "It was wonderful to know my grandfather is still remembered in Colne.

"He lived for his music, and the musical tradition of Colne is obviously still going strong."

The festival, which runs on Saturday, November 24, and December 1, is running a competition to put new words to a tune that Luther wrote for Colne Orpheus, to greet King George V and Queen Mary on a royal visit in 1913. The new words will be sung on December 1 at one of two celebration concerts, and the winner will get £200 and the trophy for a year.

It will then become a memorial prize in the annual music festival.

Mrs Stephenson's father, the late Dr W.E. Jack' Greenwood, left Colne in the 1930s and became a medical officer of health in Surrey, but still followed the fortunes of the festival named after his father.

After he died last year aged 90, Mrs Stephenson found some old photographs and other material connected with Luther Greenwood and the festival, and has donated them to the festival.

The deadine for entries in the songwriting competition has ben eextended to July 7.