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prize
Winners of Prize No 27,130
Miss I G Bottomley - Darlington
Arthur Washington - Ilkeston
Rodney Tillotson - Wantage
Catriona Ryan - Exeter
Barbara Goodfellow - Westbury on Trym, Bristol
Miss I G Bottomley - Darlington
Arthur Washington - Ilkeston
Rodney Tillotson - Wantage
Catriona Ryan - Exeter
Barbara Goodfellow - Westbury on Trym, Bristol
Winner of Genius No 163
Eddie Bundred, Liverpool
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Azed No. 2,330 winners
T. J. Moorey London
S. Randall, Reading
D. K. Arnott, Reading
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