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Onion Competition
Won by George Woollard of Rushden 1912
medal
E T Gibbs
Onion Competition 1912
First Prize £5 and this medal awarded to
G Woollard Esq., Rushden
supplied by Toye & Co
by Toye & Co, Masonic Outfitters.
The medal and newsclip (below)

Photo of George E C Woollard
Winner - George E C Woollard,
Head Gardener at Rushden Sanatorium

Result - Gibbs' Peerless Onion Competition

1st  Prize.—£5 and Gold Medal, awarded to
G. Woollard, Esq., 'The Cottage', Rushden House, Rushden, Northants.  

Onion weighing 3lbs.3ozs.; a beautiful specimen.

2nd Prize.—£2 and Silver Medal awarded to
A. Dawkins, Esq., 9, East Cott. Terrace, Seabrook, near Hythe, Kent.

Onion weighing 2lbs.12ozs.

3rd Prize.—£1 and Bronze Medal, awarded to
H. Needham, Esq., Station Road, Irchester, Wellingboro', Northants.

Onion weighing 2lbs.8ozs.

George's son William Edward 'Ted' gave an interview in 1976, about his father as head-gardener
at Rushden House.

Photo of Ted Woollard in 1976
Ted Woollard in the grounds
of Rushden Hospital, 1976

Ted's Service in WWII


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