Three members of the same family have scooped the prizes in a photographic competition aimed at capturing local life. The People’s Choice contest was open to both amateur and professional photographers and organised by architecture and urban design centre Urban Vision North Staffordshire and sponsored by regeneration agency RENEW North Staffordshire. The winners were chosen from 250 entries via a public internet vote. Angela Cooper, aged 53, from Kidsgrove, scooped the £500 first prize with her picture entitled: ‘I’ve got a gal in Kalamazoo’ which captured the wartime spirit. Angela’s granddaughter Milly Cooper-Acun, aged seven and also from Kidsgrove, won one of two £250 runners-up prizes for her picture called ‘Mugged’ which showed shelves full of pottery ware. Meanwhile, Angela’s dad Ted Simpkin, aged 79, of Little Chell, also came runner-up with his image entitled: ‘Broken windows, creative minds’ which showed artistic graffiti daubed at the rear of terraced properties.