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Broadbottom Midsummer show

It was the village Midsummer show today and there were 200 hundred entries, from cross-stitch to flowers, cakes to collages. The highlight was the Scarecrow Competition with some really good entries.

We did quite well - Poppy got a 1st and 2nd for photos and a 3rd for her collage, while I got 1st, 2nd and 3rd for photos in various categories. Susie has two lovely photos entered which I really liked but didn't score. Anyway, six winners between the three of us isn't bad! And in spite of her age, Pops probably had the second best child photo overall after Christy Dowling's gem.

The average standard was far higher than the previous year - lots of people entering 6x4" snapshots didn't bother this time. The serious competion in future will be David Wrench who submitted perfectly developed black and white pictures that he printed himself. Amazing quality.

Manor Park

Had a lovely day in Manchester with Pops yesterday - after a bit of business we went on the Big Wheel then had a nice meal in a restaurant. Afterwards she had ice cream in the park then we played cards on the train home. I wonder how many five year olds really make good company for a whole day?

Last night was a bit mad - around midnight two guys tried to smash their way into a flat up the street with a spade. They got through the outer door and made quite an impression on the inner door before they left. Two police vans and two police cars turned up and got the family inside away to a place of safety. Lovely. Unfortunately this kind of thing keeps happening to the same house, all thanks to their lovely slum landlord who keeps filling it with the same kinds of people (who can be relied upon not to make a fuss about the conditions!)

Today we went to Manor Park in Glossop for a bit of a play. A nice afternoon out.