FINGERS are firmly crossed in Calne as the town hopes it can keep up its winning streak in the South West in Bloom competition.

The Calne in Bloom Working Group prides itself on its community involvement, with schools, churches, sports teams and community groups including Calne Clean Up Crew and Friends of Abberd Brook all clubbing together to plant flowers and tidy up areas of the town in time for the judging last Tuesday for the Portman Cup category.

Judges were lead on a tour of the town by Calne in Bloom Co-ordinator Trudy King and working group members Cllr Heather Canfer and Cllr Declan Boore.

The town, which has won Gold for the last for years, will be judged on the level of community participation, its responsibility to the environment and horticultural acheivement.

Representatives of the groups who gave a helping hand and staff and volunteers who worked tirelessly all year to keep everything looking beautiful were invited to a buffet after the judging, to speak to the judges about their individual projects.

Mrs King, said: "It is an amazing achievement to have been awarded gold for each of the past four years, and of course we hope for a fifth,

But the main thing is to keep Calne clean and beautiful all year round for our residents and visitors.

"The main aim is to keep Calne clean and beautiful all year round for our residents and visitors.

"The main aim is to always benefit the community, we are very proud of our town and love to hear the positive comments from our residents and visitors.

"We would like to thank all our grounds staff, community groups and many volunteers to their hard work and determination in what has been a very busy year with a recent challenging spell of weather.

"Also a big thank you to Atwell Wilson for driving the party in their very beautiful vintage Daimler. They help us with this every year and it is very much appreciated."