roger_millin asked: > > > Dave commented: > >> One of the 5 roundhouses on the Thames & Severn Canal near Stroud. >> Asking price is £290,000 and it seems to be under offer already. >> Interesting description includes mention of an 18th century child's >> silk shoe hidden in the house when built, as a good luck token. > > Was it still attached to an 18th century child's foot by any chance? > Roger
Since it was described as a 'good' luck token, I assume the child got her foot out in time. If the other shoe was thrown in the canal, it seems to be having limited effect. I think flooding had been a regular problem due to reeds in the canal, which BITM spent a day pulling out a few years ago. I believe it was dredged by machine recently. Dave
