A HUGE congratulations to all our winners in this year’s Leek United Heritage Town Trail Contest!

Below are the names of the winners in each category.

The trail answers can be seen by clicking here

Thanks to everyone who took part – all our sponsors and our headline sponsor Leek United Building Society – THANK YOU!

Massive congratulations to Naomi Curran and her team from The Salon Upstairs with their ‘Hair Fairy’ who won this year’s ‘Best Dressed Gingerbread Character‘ to the theme heroes and villains, as judged by the children who took part in the trail.

Naomi said: “We wanted to have a laugh and bring the fun and creativity back into our salon. Our aim was to make our gingerbread colourful & we chose  the name Hair Fairy as we have discovered that many people rely on our services – not necessarily because of lockdown Hair, but because our clients love talking with us and saying how much better they feel after a visit to our salon and with our team! It is vital to get creative and understand how releasing our ‘inner child’ leads to a more productive way of working. Ultimately we wanted to do something for the local children that would really be memorable for them.”

Hairy Fairy – Salon Upstairs 

‘Ranger Clive’ – Sweet Warriors

‘Gangsta Granny’ Leek United Building Society

Many congratulations to Deborah Grogan for winning the prize draw in this year’s Leek United Heritage Town Trail.

Deborah said: “The heritage trail was very well put together, it must have taken an awful lot of thought and planning and even though we have lived in the area for more than 30 years we learnt an awful lot about Market Drayton itself and also its fabulous gingerbread history. The Ginger & Spice  Festival has grown into one of the best events in Shropshire and we can’t wait to come again next year!” 

The picture show Deborah receiving her prize from Zoe Garrett at the Leek United Building Society, Market Drayton branch, and 2nd pic showing all the goodies unpacked at her home on display!

Thank you to  all the supporters of the hamper prize including the spicy street market stall holders and the local businesses.

Congratulations to Izzy Ottonlini for winning the children’s prize in this year’s Leek United Heritage Town Trail. Pics of winners to follow.

Izzy said: “Wow! What a surprise to have won. I really enjoyed the trail and exploring different parts of the town. It was fun searching for the different gingerbread names and seeing the different characters.”