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The East Suffolk Planning Committee have been presented with a tricky problem.  A converted trolley bus, once used in Ipswich streets, is now occupied by 72 year old smallholder, Mr. W. Steward and his wife in a field at Creeting, St. Mary.  Under planning regulations it would have to be moved, but Mr. Steward has turned the buss into a cottage by thatching the roof.  Now the Committee have to decide if this constitutes a permanent dwelling.  Photo shows Mr. and Mrs. Steward at the door of their thatched roof trolley bus. - 10th January 1952.<br>©TopFoto

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1053126  - The East Suffolk Planning Committee have been presented with a tricky problem. A converted trolley bus, once used in Ipswich streets, is now occupied by 72 year old smallholder, Mr. W. Steward and his wife in a field at Creeting, St. Mary. Under planning regulations it would have to be moved, but Mr. Steward has turned the buss into a cottage by thatching the roof. Now the Committee have to decide if this constitutes a permanent dwelling. Photo shows Mr. and Mrs. Steward at the door of their thatched roof trolley bus. - 10th January 1952.
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