FOR years Sid James has been a leading exhibitor and award-winner at shows around Ryedale.

Now his lifelong involvement with Rosedale Show has been rewarded with him being named its new president.

Sid, 74, of Rosedale, is renowned for the vegetables he grows on his allotment, and his speciality has always been cauliflowers and peas. He concentrates now more on judging and is often to be found eyeing the exhibits at such shows as Thornton-le-Dale, Welburn, Bilsdale, Pickering and Farndale. This year's 132nd Rosedale Show is on Saturday, August 16.

Updated: 10:50 Tuesday, May 06, 2003