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Champion Onion Peeler

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Media Archive for Central England
MACE is the strategic lead organisation for screen heritage for the East and West Midlands regions. An independent charity based at University of Lincoln, MACE preserves and makes accessible a collection of more than 100,000 historic moving images representative of the diverse cultures and histories of communities throughout the heart of England from the Lincolnshire coast to the Welsh border.

Champion Onion Peeler (ATV Today)

Wolverley in Worcestershire boasts an unusual British champion with a record that would bring tears to your eyes.

John Swallow, ever on the look out for unusual Midlands people, finds Dorothy Burton in the village of Wolverley in Worcestershire. Dorothy is the all British onion peeling champion; able to blast through sixty pounds of onions in two hours. An impressive achievement considering she can't even stand the smelly vegetables!

John Swallow, ever on the look out for unusual Midlands people, finds Dorothy Burton in the village of Wolverley in Worcestershire. Dorothy is the all British onion peeling champion; able to blast through sixty pounds of onions in two hours. An impressive achievement considering she can't even stand the smelly vegetables!

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