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Mourners pay tribute to the life of Vic Allen
Over 100 attend the funeral Professor Allen, 91

Mourners paid tribute yesterday to Professor Vic Allen's lifetime commitment to national and international struggle yesterday.

More than 100 family members, comrades and colleagues gathered at a country inn in the Yorkshire Dales for the funeral of Professor Allen, who was laid to rest nearby in an ecological burial ground.

The dining room of the Craven Heifer outside Skipton was packed to hear tributes celebrating his life and mourning his death.

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