We had a fantastic response to our call-out for entries to the Our Cultural Landmarks photography competition and Don Tonge, our judge was thrilled with the quality of the entries.
It was good to see a variety of photo entries in both monochrome and colour. It took me a few days of reviewing to get to my first selection of 30, then 20, but it was the last six or seven where I was struggling to choose the 1st, 2nd and 3rd images. Judging is always a personal thing, someone else may choose differently, but I reckon the winners would be from my last 20 selected!
Don Tonge, competition judge
The top 35 are presented below in a gallery, so please flick through to view the images. The asterisk (*) after the photographer’s name indicates that this is included as an illustration in the Bolton Observed anthology, also produced to commemorate Bolton as the GM Town of Culture.
Bolton Skate Park by Peter Kennington – 1st place* 
The first fall of snow by Ian Aspinall – 2nd place* 
Woven Together by Bernie Jordan – 3rd place* 
Bolton Ironman by Peter Kennington* 
England Fan by Henry Lisowski* 
In the snow by Andy Westsmith* 
Smithills in the Mist by John Norris* 
Lever Street footbridge by Andrew Hodson* 
Bank Street Bridge by Peter Kennington* 
Despite the weather by Geof Leigh* 
Rivington Terraced Gardens by Andrew Hodson* 
Rock Garden with Bridge by Janice Drake* 
Boundary Gateway by Bernie Jordan* 
Home and dry by Bernie Jordan* 
View from the Top by Anil Prajapati* 
Bolton Town Wrestling by Matt Fowell* 
Pocket Park Pals: Small Spaces, Big Play by Jo McLaughlin* 
Queens Park by Ian Aspinall* 
63 Steps by Laura Kovaleva* 
Everything but the game by Debs Parr* 
Entwistle in Winter Sun by John Norris 
Moody Skies Over Winter Hill by David Reardon 
Hope by Andy Westsmith 
Mark at Bolton Little Theatre by Janice Drake 
Ladder on the chimney by Janice Drake 
Firwood Fold by Peter Firth 
Smithills in Summer by John Norris 
Samuel Taylor Chadwick by Peter Firth 
Underground walkway by Anil Prajapati 
Lion of Vienna by Debs Parr 
Foggy shoppers & lovers by Ian Aspinall 
River Croal by Nat Clare 
The proposal by Tracy Gerrard 
Holi Festival by Henry Lisowski 
Double the view by Emily Reardon
We were pleased to have photographs from Don Tonge and Live from Worktown’s Julia Uttley to promote the competition and anthology call-outs and to present at our gala event. You can view these below.
