YOUNG MAN IN LOVE
do some queer things when x ' they arc in love; but surely there has been nothing quite so fantastic as the action of a young Midlander recently. This young man proposed to his girl in a street in Birmingham. The answer was "Yes," and that might have been the end of the incident. But no! A few days later the Mayor of Birmingham received a letter from this same young man. It. was to request that the -Kith paving-stone of a certain road should be removed and delivered to him "because on it the most beautiful woman in the world promised to be my wife!" "With a Vengeance" When the mayor found that the letter was written in all seriousness, he passed it over to the Surveyor's Department, and asked them to deal with it sympathetically. As a result, the paving-stone was dulv removed by a couple of stolid
"Spot 3 ** on which He Proposed
workmen ami taken to the young mmi's address in 11 horse and cart. The Corporation presented the bill ten shillings - which was promptly paid, and the paving-stone is now doubtless occupying i> place of honour in the voting couple's home. That "was love with a vengeance.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23839, 14 December 1940, Page 2 (Supplement)
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