Filby in Bloom in 2009
Anglia in Bloom 2009
Filby wins Gold - again
Following the Anglia in Bloom Awards for 2009, held at the Ocean Rooms, Gorleston, we are proud to reveal that Filby has again received a Gold Award.
Filby Gets Gold
l. to r.: Derek Nicker, Mervyn Gibson, Adrian Thompson, Tom Green.
However, the sad news is that, despite our best efforts, we did not win our class or the overall title.
The class win, for a Village (301 to 1000 residents), went to Bulphan in Essex. They entered the competition for the first time last year. Well done them.
You can visit their website by clicking on this link
The overall title went to Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.
At the time of writing I have not found a dedicated site for Wisbech in bloom but they are mentioned on news sites and the Fenland District Council site at which refers to their success in 2008.
More information can be found at and is worth a look.
Full results can be found on the Anglia in Bloom website at http://www.angliainbloom.co.uk/AngliainBloomResults2009.html
The Britain in Bloom results have been announced.
Britain In Bloom 2009 Results
News has just reached the potting shed that Filby has won a Silver-Gilt Award in the 2009. The class was won by Chipping, Lancashire, (North West Region).
Chipping is a pretty, Ribble Valley village half as large again as Filby. Their website www.chippinginbloom.co.uk and is well worth a look.
Full Britain in Bloom results can be found at the Britain in Bloom website.
Or you can download the results as a .pdf file if you click on the icon. 
Britain In Bloom 2009
Filby was selected to represent the Anglia Region in the Britain in Bloom final in 2009. The judges came this morning, saw and went away. We can only hope that they liked what they saw. The only problem is that their time here is so short and we have a lot to show them. Not bad for a small village.
This website aims to show who we are, what we are doing as well as what we have achieved in the various "in Bloom" competitions.
We also have a sister site for Filby Village which covers topics not appropriate here.
Details of the awards won by the village can be found, you guessed it, by going to the Awards page and then by following the links to the various years.
There is still a lot of work to be done before this site is anyway near complete so you may find strange screens or links that have yet to be forged. Please visit regularly to see what has changed.
Should you prefer a larger text size than that displayed you can adjust the settings on your browser.
Using the menus you should be able to navigate the site using just about any web browser on any operating system.
Most of the pages are being rewritten to take advantage of the leaner code, flexibility and quicker download times offered by Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). However, pages should still display reasonably, if not correctly, even if you are using an older browser (like Netscape 4.x which does not understand some CSS commands) or Internet Explorer 5.x for Windows (which does not always render CSS correctly).
If the page display is a real mess perhaps it is time to consider upgrading to the latest version of browser or try a newer, alternative browser. Most of the better ones are free to download and are being actively supported.
If you experience any particular difficulty accessing any of these pages please send an email to the address below.
If you have any comments on the site or the efforts of the village please email to: pottingshed@filby-in-bloom.org.uk
Praise is always welcome but criticism can help our continued development.
In 2008 it was time to say farewell to our old signs. They had served the village well however Tom Green's new design is stunning.
However, that's never all there is to it:
When the Judges have visited and left to determine their verdict on our efforts, only the day after all the excitement, the work goes on.
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