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CERTIFICATE - KELSMCOTT AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY

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1944

Overview

Rectangular cream-coloured card with blue/grey printed text. First prize awarded to B. V. Cross for 3 heads of lettuce.

Text on the certificate reads: [Kelmscott Agricultural Show / VICTORY SHOW / SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1944 / FIRST PRIZE / Awarded to B V Cross Entry No 534 / Class 6 / Section B / For Lettuce, 3 heads. / S. L. Roberts, President J. F. Martyn, Secretary]

The competitor's name and entry number have been entered manually in ink. The class, section and category have been type-written.

Historical information

Kelmscott Agricultural Society's VICTORY SHOW, held on Saturday, October 14 1944.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-33-COA2013.44

Item type

Documents

Themes

People
Social History
War and Conflict

Material

Card

Ink

Width

159 mm

Height or length

101 mm

Keywords

Bedfordale

Runnymede Orchard

Rushton Park Kelmscott

World War Two

MARTIN J F Mr

ROBERTS Stanley Stan Leigh

CROSS Benjamin V Mr

Kelmscott Agricultural Society

Year

1944

Statement of significance

The Runnymede/Cross Family collection represents the role the Cross family, who established Runnymede Orchard and Market Garden in Bedfordale in 1895, played in establishing and developing the horticultural industry in the Bedfordale locality. Runnymede, especially under the management of Benjamin V. Cross, won numerous awards at local agricultural shows including the Bedfordale Show and the Kelmscott Show.

Primary significance criteria

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Well provenanced

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