SAWN OFF SHOP -

When Mr. Spragg built the first store in Popanyinning (1904) he sited it in an area he thought may be flood prone so it was built on stilts.

When the railway came through the surveyors informed him that he had to move the shop which he did, relocating some short distance west.

As there had been no floods he built the new shop with firm footings with the idea that it would be there permanently. The surveyors, however, had other ideas.

Some time later when the main road was being put through the surveyors again informed Mr. Spragg that his shop was 3 feet too far forward.

Fed up with having to continually shift the store, Mr. Spragg simply got a saw and cut off the front 3 feet of the building.

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