'Sir David Scattenborough': The hilarious names chosen for Yorkshire gritters

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to get involved in naming new gritters, and judges have chosen their 12 favourite names out of 218 entries.

The winning names will be presented on the front of the gritter throughout its lifetime, and the winners will receive their prizes from Schmitt and have the opportunity to sit in the new vehicles.Councillor James Higginbottom, cabinet spokesperson for environment and highways said: “We’ve had lots of creative gritter names put forward in our competition making it really difficult to pick just 12.

 

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