WASHING HAD TO BE HIDDEN
LONDON.
The friendship of two Englishmen withstood the trials of five weary years in German prison camps. Three years of postwar life in Britain found them still pals. Then one, Captain Michael Farr, let the other, former Secret Service agent Howard Gee, weathered, six-roomed Whingreen Cottage at Cornwood, Devonshire, for £2 2s a week, After a few months as landlord and tenant they were opponents before Plymouth Rent Tribunal. One of tenant Gee’s complaints* “We were asked to keep our clothesline out of sight and hide our washing in the trees Ijecause we were occupying a sahib's cottage.” . . Landlord Farr: “I want to live in it myself, because I am occupying the servants’ quarters of nearby Whingreen House.” , The tribunal cut the rent to £1 Li Gd but limited security of tenancy tc May 31.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 22971, 14 June 1949, Page 7
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