A SAD FAREWELL

This is a sad day for all at Avie's, an old friend is leaving the Estate,and today he came to say goodbye. One of our favourite breakfast guess and someone ,quite possibly the last one On the Estate staff who really cared about the people who lived and worked here.

Hounded by the same tyrannical, Estate Manager who has made our lives a misery and with a line manager who could give the Marquise de Sade lessons in cruelty he finally decided that enough was enough,and we are all the poorer for his departure.

Over the years he has helped me in my battles with the Estate Manager,without his help and encouragement I could not have been as successful and would probably have lost the will to fight.

His unfailing cheerfulness and good humour in the face of some appalling family tragedies as been an example to us all. We wish him well in his new home,we shall miss him.

The Facilities Manager,returned from his holiday today and was soon aware that he had returned to a veritable s**t storm, I hope with all my heart that the storm buries this unpleasant,malicious and down right malevolent man,leaving no trace! We can hope, although it seems that for all of us the storm clouds are gathering.

So now the Estate tenants battle on alone, we must close ranks and not seem to have been weakened by the departure of our champion. There are dirty doings afoot, all the houses in the land are owned by the Estate and last week they were all valued by an estate agent. One of our neighbours has already been given notice to quit,another close friend of long standing as it happens.

Something is definitely going on and we ,the tenants must meet the threat,whatever it is with courage and determination. great greif, I sound like Winston Churchill, still it is the truth and I for one will not be intimidated by these cut rate Rackmans.

In the words of Sherlock Holmes “ The game's afoot!”