On one occasion, the Sunderland Rural District Council informed us that the rent for the hire of the Store Field was to be increased - in fact doubled - from £1.5s.0d to £2.10s.0d (from £1.25p to £2.50p in new money).   We were not too pleased, so we requested the R.D.C. to reconsider the matter.   The following report from the Sunderland Echo shows the result.

 

Mind you, I can't understand why we were two years in arrears - I'm sure they must not have sent us a bill!!!