A HOUSE MISLAID
The Birmingham Corporation has lost the run of a house and with it a legacy. In ISO 9, Mr. Joseph Farror, a Birmingham auctioneer, ■ made known his undying admiration for the victor of Trafalgar by leavingin his-will a legacy of sixpence a week,, to, be obtained from the rent of a. house for the maintenance of the sta-tue of Lord Nelson. The money was to be; devoted to a periodic cleaning of the statue for all time. In the course of events the house changed hands many times, and as the district where it stood has long been a manufacturing area, there is every probability that it has been demolished and the site used for a factory. No one seems to know what became.of the house, with the result that • the legacy has not been forthcoming and the Nelson statue has not had a wash for more than a centui'v. . ■ .:■.'.
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Evening Post, Volume c, Issue 54, 5 March 1934, Page 14
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153A HOUSE MISLAID Evening Post, Volume c, Issue 54, 5 March 1934, Page 14
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