Yahoo News Edinburgh local finds gran's 80-year-old tenancy form - with outrageous T&Cs
An Edinburgh resident rediscovered his grandmother’s old Peffermill tenancy agreement from the 1940s and was delighted by the eccentric and antiquated terms and conditions.
The type-written document dates back to 1941 and outlines the terms and conditions for a flat at 192 Peffermill Road in Craigmillar.
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Edinburgh local John Graham said his father found the documents after his grandmother’s house was cleared out years ago. The flat was in his family for generations until 1991.
John’s grandmother, Jessie Graham, is named on the tenancy form for the flat which includes a “scullery” and bathroom.
Images of the agreement show the 83-year-old document entitled “City and Royal Burgh of Edinburgh.”
The rent was pre-decimalised and lists Mrs Graham’s weekly rent as seven shillings and tenpence, the equivalent of about £20 today.
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Some of the conditions of tenancy show their age, warning tenants against keeping poultry in the flat or beating carpets too early in the morning.
It reads: “Animals, poultry, pigeons or fowls will not be kept without the written permission of the Corporation.
“Beating of carpets will not be done after 9 o’clock in the morning, and clothes to dry will be hung up only in the back of the house.”
John shared photos of the document on social media which garnered amazement from locals who admired the 80-year-old papers.
One even commented saying they had lived in the same building for nearly 20 years.
The resident shared: “I lived in 192 Peffermill Rd from 1960-1976. Small world,” adding that she “must have known” John’s relatives but was “a youngster and probably wouldn't have been aware of their surname.”
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