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From: Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) | Date: June 11, 2005 | Copyright information

Byline: Andrew Baldwin ,

Health chief a cbe for Mike Farrar

TEAM HONOUR An OBE for Janet Russell

n Probation chief A CBE for Paul Wilson

n DEFENCE SERVICES An OBE for Graham Penning

n LONGLEY FARM CO-FOUNDER Edgar Dickinson receives an MBE

Birthday list includes MBE for Edgar, 81

A MAN behind one of the household names of British food is celebrating after being awarded an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours.

Edgar Dickinson and his brother Joe founded Longley Farm in 1948.

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