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It was early April. The year, 2004. Having sold our business in Cornwall, I signed the contract in my soliciters office at 10am. My soliciter told me that Glyn, the purchaser, was due to sign at about mid day, and he would confirm with me. At about 2pm. the telephone rang, and Thurstan, my soliciter told me he only had one word to say, and that was "Help". It appeared that Glyn's soliciters had been alerted by Land Registry Office that it appeared that a triangular section of the land, according to them, we only had what amounted to users rights. This put a spanner in the works, as it needed to be proved, or disproved. Some three or four weeks later, on Whitsun Saturday, a Range Rover drew into the premises. The driver came up to me and asked if the owner was about. I explained that I was the owner, and hopefully, very nearly the ex owner. He explained that he had come down to Cornwall for the Bank Holiday, from Paddock Wood in Kent. He went on to explain that his father used to be an aerial photographer, and if he went anywhere new to him, he would look up his fathers old negatives, and anything he thought might be of interest for memorabillia, or keepsakes, printed them and framed them. Would I be interested in having a look. I had a look, and the three photographs he had of our premise were taken in 1971, when it was a filling station, and showed the bounderies as I had always known them. More than this, the premises I was then at was immediately next door. Our two lorries were actually filling up at the diesel pumps. I just could not believe it. They cost me £90.00. We were therefore able to prove that we did not have possessory title only, and within a few days the matter was cleared. If the gentleman had called some ten minutes later, I would have been on my way home to lunch, - and who knows what may have happened then, A wggish friend did suggest that I only made one mistake that day, I should have done the Lottery as well. Needless to say, I still have the photos