The Walking Stick That Ended Up A Spy's Nose in 1914.

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I have mentioned this true story previously but I have not been able to post pictures of the walking stick until now as I have only just rediscovered the stick. Although the story does have an amusing side to it there is also a human side to it as well in that, my understanding is that, the spy was eventually caught and he would have faced the death penalty. However he was spying, in time of war, and he did hold my grandmother and her mother up at gun-point.

Basically in 1914 my gran's father was running a farm and the estate next-door was owned by a German family who were interned on the outbreak of war. For whatever reason their German chauffeur wasn't interned which gave him the opportunity to spy. Why he came back to ask where the girl was when it was obvious that he had been rumbled is a mystery. Why the girl wasn't immediately suspicious of the man is another mystery.

As I understand it the walking stick was thrust hard up the German spy's nose and the sudden surprise of having a walking stick up one's nose gave my grandmother the opportunity to run off and get help, without being shot in the process. Apparently a small amount of the walking stick parted company with the rest of the walking stick as it was being pushed up the spy's nose.

The write up on the board is my late father's words.

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