Winning Windows 2020 – Winners Announced

The Christmas Winning Windows Competition, organised by Hertford Town and Tourist Information Centre on behalf of Hertford Town Council, has been judged by The Mayor of Hertford Cllr Bob Deering and Deputy Mayor Cllr Jane Sartin.

Traders have been bringing Christmas cheer to the town centre by decorating their windows with this year’s theme ‘Winter Wonderland’. A total of 15 traders entered the competition, and the judges had the difficult task of choosing the winners. After much deliberation the top three are:

            Winner - The Beauty Room on St Andrew Street

Second - The Salisbury Arms Hotel on Fore Street

Third - Leaf Café in Old Cross

Debra Woodberry, the proprietor of the Beauty Room, said: “A wonderful ‘Winter Wonderland’ win for the beauty room. Christmas jumpers on, festive music playing, we set about creating our own Winter Wonderland scene. Live footage on Instagram the_beautyroom1988. We started at 10.30 on Monday morning and finished after dark, perfect timing for seeing the window in all its glory. We used nature’s gifts we collected on our ‘lockdown’ walks in November. And people’s dreams of the future. Getting together, winter holidays, and lots of gifts to give our friends and family for Christmas. Thank you to my family who helped put it together.”

Debra chose a bottle of prosecco and a box of chocolates to share with her team. The Salisbury Arms were awarded two cinema tickets kindly donated by Hertford Theatre, and Leaf Café were given a hamper with items stocked at Hertford Town & Tourist Information Centre.

The Mayor of Hertford, Cllr Bob Deering, said: “Once again Hertford Town Centre businesses went over and above to bring much needed festive cheer to the County town of Hertford for its residents and visitors to enjoy. Well done to all the fantastic entries, it was a very difficult task to choose our top three.”