LEADING: Owen Osmotherley, general manager for Oil States MCS Ltd It was the biggest contract yet for Oil States MCS Ltd, of Bouthwood Road on the Sowerby Woods Industrial Estate, and set a precedent for further contracts to come in. Oil States MCS Ltd had created 15 extra jobs for skilled design engineers and technicians upon landing the contract. And at least five more jobs were later created in the following months, which would build up the workforce.
WORKING: The largest contract came to Oil States MCS Ltd, of Bouthwood Road on the Sowerby Woods Industrial Estate. But the general manager Owen Osmotherley believed a further ten jobs could also be generated.
Festival organiser John Leadbetter said it was a great achievement for Oliver and the festival.
While it did produce a record-breaking pumpkin this year, entries to the festival were down due to unfavourable growing conditions. It s just been too hot for it. We had hot, dry weather, and then we went to hot, humid weather, and they don t like that. They like to be dry and cool, Leadbetter said.
What does it take to grow a giant pumpkin?
Oliver, who set an Australasian record with a 743-kilogram pumpkin in 2015, said growing giant gourds involved a lot of work. People are changing the way they re growing them nowadays, he said.
A monster pumpkin has set a new record and is set for a retirement involving baby photos, its seed harvested, and most likely an ending as cattle fodder.