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Examiner Garden of the Year 2008 winner: Liz Philpot Jul 23 2008

BUBBLY Liz Philpot has gardening in her blood. And the skills that she learned as a child working in gardens alongside her grandfather and then her dad have helped her create this year’s Examiner Garden of the Year.Read

M-way madness Jul 23 2008

HANDS up who likes a traffic jam.Read

Small and container gardens: 2 Leisha Kinnear Jul 23 2008

LEISHA Kinnear is a bright young mum with two sons and a busy family life.Read

Small and container gardens: 3 Diane Gibson Jul 23 2008

DIANE Gibson continues to put the wow into window boxes.Read

Medium sized gardens: 2 Denise Yeadon Jul 23 2008

DENISE Yeadon could give lessons in just how to get the most out of a modestly sized garden.Read

Large gardens: 3 Andrew Lindley Jul 23 2008

THE first that Andrew Lindley knew about the Garden of the Year competition was when he received a letter telling him he was one of our 15 finalists.Read

SHEILA Thompson’s garden is another of those little gems tucked away where only family and visitors get to enjoy it.

Medium sized gardens: 3 Sheila Thompson Jul 23 2008

The neat front garden at Sheila’s home in Mount gives just a taste of what is hidden behind the house, a more spacious plot bursting with colour, flowers and memories.Read

HERE are the prizes that this year’s winners received: Jul 23 2008

Overall winner Elizabeth Philpot was presented with the crystal Garden of the Year trophy which she gets to keep for a year.Read

Large gardens: 2 Pat Nelson Jul 23 2008

PAT Nelson is a plantswoman to her fingertips.Read

Queensgate Market: it’s another Acropolis says student ... and he’s Greek! Jul 23 2008

Huddersfield’s Queensgate Market Hall stands comparison to the Parthenon in Athens says a Greek student of interior design ... who believes it could become a major tourist attraction. ANDREW BALDWIN reportsRead

Very special programme Jul 23 2008

I’VE been watching a lot of The World at War recently, mostly because it happens to be on UKTV History when I’m making my dinner.Read

Spencer Tilbrook's chess column Jul 23 2008

IN the previous two columns we have looked at matches played by former British champion H E ‘Tommy’ Atkins, who resided in the town during his time as principal of Huddersfield College.Read

Our Town Hall is so hidden-away Jul 23 2008

I WILL be off to Dewsbury this evening to report on the bun-fight that is the monthly meeting of Kirklees Council.Read

So now it’s only three miles to your ‘local’ post office Jul 23 2008

WHAT a surprise.Read

Famous five in our latest literary feast Jul 23 2008

This year’s Examiner Literary Luncheon, on Tuesday, October 7, promises to be a sumptuous feast with five speakers, including Huddersfield’s own internationally-recognised poet and author Simon Armitage.Read

Welcome return for writer Simon Jul 23 2008

SIMON ARMITAGE, who was born and raised in Marsden, is widely acclaimed as a poet, novelist, playwright and television dramatist.Read

Journo Jane’s coming to talk Jul 23 2008

JANE WOLSTENHOLME is a former journalist and now works in PR.Read

Biographer Bill on his way! Jul 23 2008

BILL MITCHELL has been a Dales country journalist for more than 60 years and in retirement has written many books about Yorkshire and its people.Read

Stephanie and her Confessions Jul 23 2008

STEPHANIE CALMAN is best known for her website www.badmothersclub.co.uk and her best-selling books Confessions of a Bad Mother and Confessions of a Failed Grown-up.Read

Focus on the Mouseman Jul 23 2008

DAVID JOY is co-author (with Patricia Lennon) of a newly-published picture biography of furniture maker Robert Thompson, who became known as the Mouseman of Kilburn because his work was ‘signed’ with a carved mouse.Read