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Tributes paid to Reading Festival farm tenant

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

Jane Thynne
Head of News and Business
clock • 2 min read
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 51AVÊÓÆµin 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 51AVÊÓÆµin 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 51AVÊÓÆµon the banks of the River Thames....

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