American ownership of land in Stratford-on-Avon

Jan. 01, 1969 - Americans Stake out Bits of Stratford: 110 Americans, in Britain on a seven-day visit as a reward from the Texas oil company for whom they work, for their work performance during the year, yesterday staked their claim to a square foot of Britain, part of their reward. They will go back with a spoonful of earth, title deeds and a certificate with a Shakespeare bust. Their 0 (. 4d) investment for a plot in a marshy field 100 yards from the River Avon at Stratford-on-Avon provided the newest status symbol for status-conscious Americans and valuable dollars for Britain's balance of payments problems. The 0 fee includes commission to the agent in America through whom the plots were bought. Mr. Geoffrey Davis, 36, a Leeds estate agent, who devised the scheme, bought the six-acre field for 500, 000. Several thousand plots have been sold, over half to Americans, including servicemen in Vietnam, and also to Shakespeare lovers in Japan, Korea, Africa and Europe. Photo shows Oilman Andrew Chambers pictured with the deed of his plot, at Stratford-on-Avon yesterday

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