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TRING – To let furnished for a minimum period of six months. In delightful rural surroundings. 3 bedrooms, 2 reception. All services. 5 guineas a week. [£5.25] TRING – Semi-detached 3 bedrooms, 2 reception, kitchen, bathroom, separate WC, also outside WC, etc., fronting open country. £2,000 freehold. Gazette, 22nd February |
At the beginning of 1947 the Council were delighted to hear that 6 of the first 12 houses in Woodland Close had been completed and work was to start on 34 more. As a result of an enquiry the Council decided that the tenants on this estate be granted permission for 12 months to keep no more than 6 fowls each and that the fowlhouses must be erected to the satisfaction of the Council’s surveyor. In May it was decided to grant licences for 3 Nissan huts at Pendley to be used as temporary dwellings for 12 months. At the beginning of June the Council resolved that 2 acres of land fronting Gamnel Road and Icknield Way, being farmed by Messrs P.C. Mead & Son, be purchased from Lord Rothschild for the sum of £300. Outline plans for 8 pairs of council houses was approved later in the month.
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£4,500 — Tring — Most attractive detached Residence, very nicely situated, with Garden of half-an-acre, 4 Bedrooms, Boxroom, Bathroom, 2 Reception Rooms, Kitchen, Scullery, etc. All Services. Vacant Possession. Bucks Herald, 6th June |
However, because of Government restriction on the rate new buildings could be erected, there was a major local housing problem. In May Councillor G. C. Goodliffe said it appeared that about 250 of the applicants for houses would have to be informed that unfortunately and through no fault of the Council the houses would not be available. If this state of affairs continues it would appear that for some applicants it will be 10 years before they get houses.
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Window Cleaning. — A. W. Wren, 46 Beaconsfield Road, Tring. Write, call, or phone Tring 2,066. — [Advt.] Bucks Herald, 18th July |
It is clear that some of the people on the waiting list were living in very unsatisfactory conditions. In July Mrs. Morrison, of 97 High Street, complained about her rent, but the Council found that they could not do anything because Furnished House Rent Control had not been introduced into Tring. As a result they applied to join the existing Rent Tribunal for the Watford and Dacorum area, and it was not long before the first case was heard. F. Gurr was living with his wife and young child at 9 Surrey Place, a court under the shadow of the Rothschild Museum. He paid 12s (60p) a week rent, and heating and lighting cost him a similar amount, and he applied to the Rent Tribunal to have the rent reduced. As part of the assessment they inspected the cottage. It was one of a group behind the houses in Akeman Street, on one side some have been demolished by order of the Council. From the living room there was a narrow dark staircase leading to the first floor, where Mr. Gurr rented one of the bedrooms. One side of the bedroom was suffering from damp and from the outside the Tribunal saw the brickwork, etc., was in bad condition. There was no bathroom, and only an outside W.C. and Mr. Gurr’s rent was reduced to 7s (35p) per week
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R.M.R. ENGINEERING – Situations available for
females from 14 years and over, including part-time working; also for
boys and youths on light engineering work. Good wages and conditions
including first class canteen. Holidays with pay. Apply Works Manager,
Brook Street, Tring.
Gazette, 2nd May |
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