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Christmas Fayre At Woburn Abbey Aids 13th Duke
Duke of Bedford hosts a Christmas Fayre at Woburn Abbey to help John Robert Russell the 13th Duke pay debts from inheritance taxes on 3,000 acres. The event features an antique toy show with items valued over 36000 dollars, including a 60 dollar two foot doll and a 324 dollar model steam engine. The Barnum and Bailey Circus program from 1899 is valued at 72 dollars.
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Andrew Torchia
Associated Press
Woburn
England
Woburn Abbey
Duke of Bedford
John Robert Russell
Duke of
Bedord
Nicole Milinaire
Paris
Sylvie de Cardenal
Cardenal
Barnum and Bailey Circus