George Ruff in WWI uniform at Woad Farm, 1916
Woad Farmhouse and a member of the Ruff family c.1935
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Working horses at Woad Farm c.1930
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Elizabeth Hooton outside Woad Farm c.1935
Elizabeth Hooton was housekeeper to the Ruff family for many years and known as Granny Toots.
Woad Farm 1950s
Photograph provided by Eileen Wray
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James Ruff, Woad Farm, was profiled in a Northampton newspaper, 25 October 1912
Cutting passed from Julie Brown, a great granddaughter; to Nigel Stacey (Woad Farm); to Richard Wray, a great grandson; to Gerald Ditum.
Woad Farm April 2009
Photo by Robert Dymond
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