"In 1836, The Directors Of The Bank Of England Received An Anonymous Letter, In Which The Author Claimed To Have Direct Access To The Gold In The Bank"
"The directors assumed this to be a joke and simply ignored it.
However, sometime later, they received another letter, in which the enigmatic author offered to meet them at an hour of their choosing inside the main gold vault.
According to the bank’s website, the directors were intrigued but considered it impossible for someone to break into the vault without their knowledge.
Nevertheless, they agreed to the meeting and gathered together one evening, inside the vault as agreed.
To their great surprise, at the appointed time, a noise was heard beneath the floorboards, and a man popped up underneath their feet.
He was a sewer worker who had been working on repairs close to the Bank of England site at Threadneedle Street.
During his routine inspection, he had discovered an old drain that led directly underneath the gold vault inside the bank itself.
After a quick stock take, they realized that the sewer worker had not taken anything from the vault, despite having multiple opportunities to do so.
As a reward for his honesty, the directors gifted him £800, a sum that equates to £80,000 in today’s money."
Neither. Just had a metal roof.
Prissy is correct. The owners themselves recently noted that they had just done renovations which included a metal roof and reducing or eliminating brush next to the house (to guard against termites). The metal roof was the only one in the neighborhood. Everyone else had asphalt shingles, which can catch on fire. Other houses caught on fire as embers blew onto the roof or caught the brush next to their house on fire. Nothing magical here.
Be informed, not opinionated.
a Rothschild relative.
Neither. Just had a metal roof.
Prissy is correct. The owners themselves recently noted that they had just done renovations which included a metal roof and reducing or eliminating brush next to the house (to guard against termites). The metal roof was the only one in the neighborhood. Everyone else had asphalt shingles, which can catch on fire. Other houses caught on fire as embers blew onto the roof or caught the brush next to their house on fire. Nothing magical here.
Be informed, not opinionated.
a Rothschild relative.