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Market Bosworth Pumpkin Growers

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Market Bosworth Pumpkin Growers

At Market Bosworth in Leicestershire Bill and Peter Bowley are hoping they've grown a championship winning pumpkin but, with rumours that the landlady of the Old Blackhorse has produced a true whopper, there's still everything to play for. Village intrigue grows as we build up to the grand weigh-in. With a suggestion that an injection of mercury might be the way to produce a heavyweight fruit (pumpkin doping?) this may be about to turn ugly.

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