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Winners of Prize No 26,830
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Robert & Dorothy Walgate, Middlesex
David Keston, Alloway, Ayr
Mrs B Johns, E Grinstead, Sussex
C George, Pentrehalkyns, Flintshire
J. A. Rowe, Hythe, Kent
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Tim Francis, Bathampton, Bath
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Winners of AZED No. 2,282
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