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By Newham.com / 28 August 2008

Park Life winners announced

The council's parks department has announced the winners of their amateur Park Life photo competition. The theme was chosen to show the best of Newham's parks, which are so plentiful that you're never more than a ten minute walk away from one.
Park Life photo competition entries

The winning entry taken by Robert Smith. Click on the thumbnails below to see other entries to the competition

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Photos could be of people in the park, wildlife in the park or just the park in all its beauty.

All the photos entered were spectacular, making it really hard for Executive Member for Culture, Councillor Jo Corbett, to judge the winners.

The overall competition winner, Robert Smith, won a £150 Jessop gift voucher, with the two runners-up Lorraine Campbell and Zanda Koya winning a £50 Jessop gift voucher each. You can see the photos above. They will also be on display at Stratford Library until 11 September.

The photography competition formed part of Breathing Places, a partnership between the council, the BBC and numerous environmental organisations.

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