My wife and I would like to thank Donatello, Theatre Royal, Gunns Florist, Safeways and Brighton and Hove City Council for sponsoring the Brighton and Hove Winterwonderland front garden competition, in which we gained first place.

This event was held in December and organised so professionally by the council.

Surely we should be encouraging the people of our city to enter such worthwhile competitions and to give the sponsors the credit they deserve?

-Peggy and Derek Hinton, Broad Rig Avenue, Hove