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OBITUARY: VIC MITCHELL, MIDDLETON PRESS FOUNDER AND AUTHOR, DIES AT 86

VIC MITCHELL, the founder and driving force behind Middleton Press and a father figure of both the Ffestiniog and Talyllyn Railways, died peacefully at his Midhurst, West Sussex home on January 18 after a short illness. It was not Covid-19 related; he was

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