Beloved Engine Will Take Michael On Final Journey ; More Than 1,000 People Are Expected at the Funeral for Steam Fair Founder

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Together they symbolised the greatest gathering of steam on earth - and when Michael Oliver, founder of the Great Dorset Steam Fair takes his final journey tomorrow, showman's engine Quo Vadis will lead the way.

Well over 1,000 people are expected at his funeral service in the village of Child Okeford. Mr Oliver's steam-powered organ, the 110- key Marenghi, The Rose, is being brought down from Sheffield by owner Alan Couldwell to play near the church.

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Beloved Engine Will Take Michael On Final Journey ; More Than 1,000 People Are Expected at the Funeral for Steam Fair Founder

John Miles, the show veteran popularly known as The Crow Man because of the crow's feather he wears in his batt...

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