Christmas Window Competition
Published: 02 January 2019
Our thanks to all the Loughton
businesses that decorated their windows and joined in the town’s festive celebrations
in this year’s Christmas Window Competition. All Christmas-themed shop windows were
automatically eligible for the competition and split into three classes of
entry – local/independent businesses, multiples/chain stores and charity shops.
The judges this year were town
mayor, Stephen Murray, along with councillors Tessa Cochrane and Judy Jennings. The winners chosen were Hazelwood Interiors
for its “sophisticated visual impact”; Magnet for its “artistic merit and
inventive use of materials”; and St Clare Hospice, Debden branch, for its “use
of recycled items”.
Congratulations to the winners
who received an engraved silver cup and a laminated certificate.
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Class
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Winning businesses
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£100 donation made to
nominated charity by the Town Council
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LOCAL/INDEPENDENT
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Winner
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Hazelwood Interiors, 4
Valley Hill, IG10 3AA
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Little Princess
Trust,
Broadway House,
32-35 Broad Street, Hereford HR4 9AR.
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Runners-up
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Cafelicious, 57
The Broadway, IG10 3SP
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Runners-up
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Classic Travel,
152 High Road, IG10 4BE
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Highly
commended
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Bababoom, 255
High Road, IG10 1AD
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Highly
commended
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Bizara, 3 Lower
Road, IG10 2RS
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Highly
commended
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Molens, 209d High
Road, IG10 1BB
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Highly
commended
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Zest, 194 High
Road, IG10 1DN
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MULTIPLE/CHAIN
STORE
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Winner
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Magnet, 215 High Road,
IG10 1BB
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National
Autistic Society, 393 City Road, London EC1V 1NG.
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Runner-up
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Woodbury Homes, 244 High Road, IG10 1RB
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Highly
commended
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Strawberry Glow, 289 High Road, IG10 1AH.
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CHARITY
SHOPS
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Winner
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St Clare Hospice Debden
72 The Broadway,
Loughton IG10 3SY
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St Clare Hospice
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Runner-up
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St Clare Hospice, 271 High Road, IG10 1AH
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Highly
commended
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Haven House, High Road, IG10 1DN
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The national charities chosen by
the category winners will each receive a £100 donation from the town council and
this year they are:
Little Princess Trust provides real hair
wigs free of charge to children and young adults up to the age of 24, who have
sadly lost their own hair due to cancer.
The National Autistic Society, the leading UK charity for autistic
people (including those with Asperger syndrome) and their families. Providing information,
support and pioneering services, and campaign for a better world
for autistic people.
Photo and credits: The Town Mayor, Cllr Stephen Murray presenting
the awards
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Local / independent
class winner
Hazelwood Interiors
(L to R) Cllrs Judy
Jennings, Tessa Cochrane, Town Mayor Cllr Stephen Murray, Antonia and Milly
who dressed the window
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Multiple /chain
store class winner
Magnet
(L to R): Manager,
Kevin Fernandes, Town Mayor Cllr Stephen Murray, Cllr Judy Jennings and Lee
who created, by hand, everything Christmassy!
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Charity shop class
winner
St Clare Hospice
Manager Paula
Smith, with Mark Silverman and Judy Lovell, Chairman of the Broadway
Partnership with Town Mayor Cllr Stephen Murray and Cllr Tessa Cochrane
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