Foxy Antiques & Interior has been named as the overall winner of the Harrogate Christmas Shop Window Competition
The shop, at the bottom of Commercial Street, beat 31 other entries.
Bettys, on Parliament Street, won the large shops category, The Yorkshire Soap Company, on James Street, won the medium shops category, and Foxy Antiques & Interiors was the winner in the small shops category
Judging took place on Thursday last week. The Rotary Club of Harrogate organised and carried out the judging, which involved 13 Rotarians, some with wives, two Soroptimists, and representatives from the Harrogate Business Improvement District, which supported the competition.
Graham Saunders, who organized the judging on behalf of the Rotary Club, said:
“The judges could see the effort that had gone into the window displays. Harrogate is lucky to have so many independent shops who enjoy taking part in the competition”.
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Sara Ferguson, chair of Harrogate BID, added:
“I’ve never seen Harrogate looking so festive, and a big part of this is down to the efforts of our town centre businesses.
“We hope that members of the public will want to view the winning and highly commended windows when they are next in town. To assist with this, we have created a Christmas Shop Window trail on our LoyalFree app.”
The presentation of certificates to the winning shops was carried out last night, Tuesday December 7, as part of a BID event in the Yorkshire Hotel.
Councillor Trevor Chapman, mayor of Harrogate. John Fordyce, president of the Rotary Club of Harrogate and Sara Ferguson, chair of the BID, handed out the certificates and congratulated the winning and highly commended shops.
Results
Retail Shops in Harrogate Town Centre
Overall Winner: Foxy Antiques & Interiors, 27 Commercial Street
Large Shop Winner: Bettys Café Tea Rooms, 1 Parliament Street
Highly Commended: Weetons Food Hall, 23/24 West Park
West Park Hotel, 19 West Park
Mama Doreen’s Emporium, 9 – 11 Station Square
Medium Shop Winner: The Yorkshire Soap Company, 1 James Street
Highly Commended: Helen James Flowers, 63 Station Parade
Montpellier Jewellers, 12 Monpellier Mews
Prey Four Ltd, 33 Swan Road
Small Shop Winner: Foxy Antiques & Interiors, 27 Commercial Street
Highly Commended: Sophie Likes, 36 Beulah Street
Susie Watson Designs, 2 Montpellier Gardens
Bijouled, 50 Parliament Street
