CROWDS packed into Ramsbottom for the annual summer horticultural show at the Civic Hall.

Secretary Ronald Smith said: "The weather this summer hasn't been kind to us which has affected the number of entries but the standard was as high as usual."

The show included classes for flowers, vegetables, confectionery and a section for juniors.

The trophy and prize winners were as follows:

J Isherwood Cup for best exhibit in show, D Pinnock; Premier Cups: 1, K Capper; 2, A Bracegirdle; 3, C Grundy.

Millennium Class Flowers silver tray, A J Bracegirdle; Master Gardener Trophy, K McCarron; Wilf Taylor Memorial Class, T Morris; Blue Ribbon and BGS Silver Medal, N Roscow.

Derek Taylor Cup, T Morris; Neville Roscow Tankard, N Roscow; Yorkshire Gladioli Society Rosette, N Roscow.

Championship Class, D Pinnock; National Dahlia Society (NDS) Silver Medal, D Pinnock.

NDS Bronze Medal, I Sutherland; Special Prize (decorative dahlias), D Pinnock;.

Special Prize (best cactus dahlia), I Sutherland; Fred Greenhalgh Trophy, I Sutherland.

RNRS Bronze Medal, M Chaplin; Bracegirdle Cup, A Bracegirdle; RHS Trophy, A J Bracegirdle.

Wilf Taylor Trophy, A J Bracegirdle.

Tom Randall Haworth Cup, D Holt; Special Prize (highest points in carnations), D Holt; Wilf Taylor Trophy (sweet peas), P King.

Highest points general flowers ), C Tweedale; Special Prize (best general flowers exhibit), R Barlow.

Derrick Dennison Trophy, I Sutherland; Special Prize (pot plants), K Capper' Keith Capper Trophy, K Capper; Special Prize (cacti), A Bracegirdle.

Millennium Class Vegetables, C Grundy; National Vegetable Society Silver Medal, C Grundy; Derek Roscow Trophy, K McCarron; Ernie Rothwell Trophy, D Davies.

Special Prize (beans), K McCarron; Special Prize (carrots), K Ellis; Special Prize (leeks), K McCarron; Special Prize (potatoes), K McCarron; Special Prize (onions), C Grundy; Special Prize (heaviest cabbage), E Chaplin.

Procter Trophy, C Grundy; William Fenwick Cup, C Grundy; John Wood Armstrong Cup, I Sutherland; Noblett Trophy, A J Bracegirdle.

Wilf Taylor Rose Bowl, S Tattersall; East Ward Challenge Cup, G Pemberton; Wilf Taylor Trophy (flower arrangement), A Candler.

Special Prize (highest points flower arranging), G Pemberton; Parkinson Cup, D Ellis; Gordon John Lyons Trophy, N Williams; George Crawshaw Cup, D Marno. WOW! Eight-year-old Gemma Moore admires a prize-winning onion at Ramsbottom horticultural show