We came upon this curious gravestone in the hilltop cemetery. Ninety years old and all anyone could think of writing was to tell the world he'd been an estate agent!
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Hi,
Great blog! the deceased was not only an Estate Agent, but one of the old school, with 2 lots of qualifications RICS & CA&EAI)probably started as an articled clerk.
Aged 90, I bet he could tell a tale or two, especially as his may have been a wartime qualification. This showed that attitude to the 2 professional bodies - the CA&EAI positively helped servicemen even to the extent of sending course work to those in POW camps. The RICS greeted returning war servicemen with the comment -'Ah! Smithers - no sub paid since 1939 you will have to re-apply for membership'!
The 2 bodies amalgamated in 1970 and the Auctioneers were heavily out numbered by the Surveyors. To overcome this the final exam pass rate for the Auctioneers went up from a normal 40%to about 72% - the year I took my Auctioneers finals.
Now it's all University degree entrants.
Thanks to 'Chertsey for bringing this blog to my attantion.
Mike.
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