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Cornish Couple Living at Local Wetherspoon After Storm Wrecks Home

Insurance covers their stay pending a move to rented housing on 5 March.

Overview

  • Catherine, 86, and Harold Mills, 84, were displaced in Camborne when a 143-year-old pine crashed through their home during Storm Goretti on 8 January.
  • After a night with family, they checked into The John Francis Basset Wetherspoon on 9 January and have spent six weeks in a room above the bar.
  • They eat breakfast and dinner at the venue each day and describe staff and regulars as welcoming and accommodating.
  • Insurers are paying for the accommodation, with the Daily Star identifying the firm as Ventis.
  • They have been told repairs could take more than a year; the property is unsafe, most possessions were ruined, and they escaped with only cuts and bruises.