All sections of the community appeared to have turned out to pay their last respects to a man who put the town on the world sporting map.

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Hundreds of people came from all over the country to pay their last respects and the tributes to Don were numerous and heart-felt.

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Swindon's mayor Rex Barnett earlier said he hoped people would turn out in their thousands to pay their last respects.

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