A boy sits by the winning entry which weighed in at 408 kgs (64 stone) and was grown by a Mr John Richardson of Chatteris, Cambs. When it was growing the pumpkin required 12 gallons of water and 4 gallons of tomato feed each day and would gain up to 15lb

Judges measuring the leeks.

The vegetable are graded and put into their categories.

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The pumpkins are carefully guarded.

Isleham Gala

©Si Barber Moral rights asserted. Entries in vegetable growing competition at Isleham Gala, Cambridgeshire.

Isleham Gala

©Si Barber Moral rights asserted. Entries in vegetable growing competition at Isleham Gala, Cambridgeshire.