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Updated: Sunday, 13th July, 2003,
Poems & stories competition

BBCi Northamptonshire has teamed up with Wicksteed Park and Northamptonshire County Council Library service to hold a poems and short story competition.

Click on the links below to read all the entries. View a photo gallery of the day.


Poems


Love collection by Ahmed Everlasting love by Willard J Baker Jr WINNER BEST OVERSEAS ENTRY Summer Sounds by Grahame Blanchard Dream by Olivia A E Brown Pure White Dove by Olivia A E Brown Kettering Church Walk by Joyce Buksh A Proper Winter by E L Butler Grandpa Vials by E L Butler Nene Way...Walk 2 by E L Butler WINNER BEST POEM ABOUT NORTHANTS Rambling Thoughts by E L Butler Song for the Escape of Thomas A Becket, 1164 by E L Butler Abington Park at Dusk by John Casson Winebarworld by John Casson False Witness by Geoff Crowther Life in Northamptonshire by Jenny Cunningham Across a Field by Tim French Home win by Tim French WINNER BEST POEM Last Orders by Tim French Rose of the Shires by David Garrett Wicksteed Park by Wendy Henley Fairies by Annette Hollowell Nature's Beauty by Annette Hollowell Our Garden Annette Hollowell Our Seasons by Annette Hollowell Lament Of An Ar Tarn Lad 40 Years On by Peter Lee Ar Tarn Memories by Peter Lee Ar Tarn's Who's Who by Peter Lee Ar Tarns Top O' The Shops by Peter Lee Ar Tarn (The Final Lament) by Peter Lee Abington by J R Lock Delapre Abbey by J R Lock Live and Learn by Carl Mason Progress by Mair Lynne Pratchett It's One of the Shires by I Redman Northamptonshire is the Place to Be by A E Riches Weeping Willow by Sheila Rotherham Traffic is Heavy by Wendy Turner Ket'rin me 'ome by J Tyler The Last Last At Last by Nigel Wheatley The Wonders Of Weetabix by Nigel Wheatley My Wife Said: "It's Time You Went Shopping" by Peter Wyllie WINNER BEST LAUGH The Great Bath Disaster of 2001 by Peter Wyllie The Parable of the Two Toys by Peter Wyllie Flore Limericks by Peter Wyllie Our Bathroom by Betty Waples Kettering General by Betty Waples Little Steps by Betty Waples

Short stories & prose


Nonetheless by Francis C Abrahams When 'skiving' meant hard work by Joyce Buksh Surprise Package by Geoff Crowther Marjorie: A Biographical Glimpse Of A Friend by Jane Duram I Remember by Brenda M Panter Chancing Charlie's Arm by Barry Richards The Last Of The Navvies by Liam Smith WINNER BEST PROSE ABOUT NORTHANTS A Down to Earth Story by Wendy Turner WINNER BEST PROSE Wellingborough as you were by E.A Waples

Under 16s


Rah! Rah! Rah! by Alex Football Star by George Barrett Imran and the Quickgrow by Lewis Baxter Life in Tiffield by Nicola Bradley A Day at School by Mark Brittain The Nurse by Charlotte A Day Of Disasters by George A Dog by Harry A Cat by Shaun Henry On My Motor Bike by James Ireland Letter from the First World War by Luke Jenkin The Human Zoo Jessica Low All About Princess Lucy by Bethan Morson The Baby Seal by Bethan Morson Widow by Natalie Musson WINNER 12-16 YEAR OLDS Sad I Am by Emily Nolan The Pilot by Ryan Oakley Life Of Me by Olivia I Wish by Alex O'Brien Playing Rugby by Ben Oddy I Love the Scorching Summer Sun by Chantelle Osili Ket'rin Girl by Chantelle Osili Paige And The Quickgrow by Paige Where Are We Going To? by Paul School by Beth Ryder WINNER 7-11 YEAR OLDS A Fish by Scarlett WINNER UNDER 7 YEAR OLDS

The entries were judged by a panel of nine local people with varying backgrounds including representatives for Wicksteed Park and the BBC.

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