It's been a long fortnight...

Discussion in 'UK Motorcycles' started by Vegetable Grower, Jan 19, 2007.

  1. Vegetable Grower

    Vegetable Grower Guest

    Works been a bugga for the last couple of weeks with an increasing sense
    of impending doom, so it was nice to hear the following on the local BBC
    news tonite when they were reporting on the local childrens hospice.
    Apparently, the lady who donated the land for the building asked for an
    annual rent of a dozen red roses each year on midsummers day.

    Made me smile it did. Life's not all that fu*ked up.
     
    Vegetable Grower, Jan 19, 2007
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    Robbo Guest

    Nice.
    But if you are a Rose you're buggered
     
    Robbo, Jan 20, 2007
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    Eatmorepies Guest

    Sensible move. It probably keeps some sort of ownership. A bloke I know, his
    Great Grandad paid for a school to be built in his village in 1880 (donated
    the land etc.), the school got small and the local authority decided to
    close the school and sell it off. Bloke says "this stuff was donated/built
    for the good of the village I want it back so I can donate it as a village
    hall". Authority says "no we want the money". The courts will decide.

    By charging rent the lady may be keeping the use of the land safe.

    John
     
    Eatmorepies, Jan 20, 2007
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    Beav Guest

    EVERY year?


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    Beav

    VN 750
    Zed 1000
    OMF# 19
     
    Beav, Jan 21, 2007
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