Rushden Research Group: Onion Competition 1912

Onion Competition

Won by George Woollard of Rushden 1912

	E T Gibbs Onion Competition 1912 First Prize £5 and this medal awarded to G Woollard Esq., Rushden

	by Toye & Co, Masonic Outfitters.
	The medal and newsclip (below)

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.

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

Onion weighing 2lbs.12ozs.

3^rd 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.

Ted Woollard in the grounds
of Rushden Hospital, 1976

Ted's Service in WWII