Did either of them pay rent on the homes they lived in?
Sheila couldn't manage to hold down any meaningful employment in London. June had her enrolled at St. Godric's Secretarial College but her daughter couldn't keep pace with the shorthand and she left. She tried her hand at hairdressing but was dismissed for poor timekeeping. June paid for Sheila's portfolio which was sent to the Lucie Clayton agency and she did get one assignment in Japan, where she was expected to entertain clients of an evening similar to the geisha girls. She felt her mental health deteriorating and wrote as much to Colin. She ended up with a menial cleaning job in a house on Hampstead Heath.
Jeremy by contrast was told how lucky he was to have been granted a house to live in at Head Street, Goldhanger, vacated when they gave Len Foakes notice to quit. He lived there rent-free but had to furnish it himself. This grievance about having to buy curtains and carpets led to the Osea Road robbery. June frowned upon Julie's presence there, calling her a "harlot" to her face. His parents bought him a car, a share in a field to arouse an interest in farming and put 8% of the caravan park in his name.
