'Shut that (bedroom) door'.

[Adam]

"Jeremy either did or did not" How truly profound.

 If the doors to the stairs and bedroom had been removed and the phone was in the room the stairs led out of he'd have had little trouble either hearing it or reaching it.

Interesting point. Maybe there was a door at the bottom of the stairs. If that was shut he would not hear the phone. If that and the bedroom door were shut it would be impossible, even if awake.

Removed doors ?

[susan]

Adam you talk as if you are a married man but always talking about rushing off for a date

[Alias]

Adam you talk as if you are a married man but always talking about rushing off for a date

Not happily married, apparently!

[Caroline]

Interesting point. Maybe there was a door at the bottom of the stairs. If that was shut he would not hear the phone. If that and the bedroom door were shut it would be impossible, even if awake.

Removed doors ?

Maybe he slept in a vacuum or with ear defenders on? Fact is, this is a silly question because we have no idea if he would hear the phone - or not!!

[Jane]

Interesting point. Maybe there was a door at the bottom of the stairs. If that was shut he would not hear the phone. If that and the bedroom door were shut it would be impossible, even if awake.

Removed doors ?

There isn't much which can be done to enlarge a two up, two down cottage, but a way of making them more spacious is to remove unnecessary doors. One such door would certainly be the stairs door especially if the stairs had been changed to open plan.

[Alias]

Write to Jeremy and ask him, Adam. He is the only one who knows the answer.

btw, I uploaded a photo of Jeremy´s birth parents in the photo thread - first time I´ve seen what his mother looks likd. Don´t want to make a big fuss about it, so just a passing remark here.

[Jane]

Write to Jeremy and ask him, Adam. He is the only one who knows the answer.

btw, I uploaded a photo of Jeremy´s birth parents in the photo thread - first time I´ve seen what his mother looks likd. Don´t want to make a big fuss about it, so just a passing remark here.

Terrific picture, Alias, and are you responsible for the lovely ones of the surrounding area (Goldhanger) Was there today. Took my Godson to the Chequers for his birthday.

[Jane]

Not happily married, apparently!

Not happily married, apparently!

Could be his wife is glad to get shot of him.

[Jane]

Maybe he slept in a vacuum or with ear defenders on? Fact is, this is a silly question..............................!

Think you've hit the nail on the head there, Caroline. Ooops, mustn't call Adam a nail

[Alias]

Terrific picture, Alias, and are you responsible for the lovely ones of the surrounding area (Goldhanger) Was there today. Took my Godson to the Chequers for his birthday.

I only uploaded the pictures - Chocokeira took them.

[Jan]

I only uploaded the pictures - Chocokeira took them.

so if jeremys birth parents are together why was he adopted?

[Alias]

so if jeremys birth parents are together why was he adopted?

Wasn´t Jeremy´s father married to another woman? Anyway, his biological parents married only one year after they had Jeremy. What a shame they didn´t keep their baby! 

[Jan]

Wasn´t Jeremy´s father married to another woman? Anyway, his biological parents married only one year after they had Jeremy. What a shame they didn´t keep their baby! 

oh I get it.

yes that is a shame.

[scipio_usmc]

No, not closed, but I would easily hear a telephone ring downstairs with the door closed. You arn´t getting anywhere with this.
Jeremy´s cottage was super small, it wasn´t a large house.

My parents don't wake up if you phone them in the middle of the night, whether one hears it depends on how sound they sleep a swell as the location of the phone.  Even if he heard it he could not get to the phone before the answering machine picked up and that is a problem for him.

[scipio_usmc]

Which goes to show that there are certain posts you either overlook or ignore. There really isn't much point in my repeating what I think may have happened because whilst I'm allowing for the possibility that it MAY have, you're denying it ever did.

However, I HAVE to pick up your assertion that "..............even with it (the door) open the chances of a phone so far away waking him would be slim"!!!!! SO FAR AWAY?? Have you the faintest idea of just how tiny is a two up/two down cottage built for a farm labourer? All the renovation in the world couldn't alter the basis dimensions.

Those familiar with the house stated it is time consuming to navigate the stairs.  He allegedly was sleeping like a log and a phone from a distance is not going to make him fall out of his bed like it would if right next to his head ringing in his ear.  After waking up he would have to make the decision to not continue to let it ring but rather to bother to go answer.  The average answering machine would ring 5-6 times and then answer.  It would have picked up and he thus would have had proof of the call had his claims been true.