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Tributes paid to Reading Festival farm tenant

Family left heartbroken following death of Little John’s 51AVÊÓƵtenant Josephine ‘Mavis’ Drayton

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The TFA has led tributes to Josephine ‘Mavis’ Drayton who for many years was the farm tenant of the Reading Festival site at Little John’s 51AVÊÓƵin Berkshire
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The TFA has led tributes to Josephine ‘Mavis’ Drayton who for many years was the farm tenant of the Reading Festival site at Little John’s 51AVÊÓƵin Berkshire

The Tenant Farmers' Association (TFA) has led tributes to Josephine ‘Mavis' Drayton who for many years was the farm tenant of the Reading Festival site at Little John's 51AVÊÓƵon the banks of the River Thames....

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