The search is on to find the author of a message in a bottle that was discovered on a beach in Jersey – 82 years after it was written.
Nigel Hill, 55, found the bottle on Tuesday morning while walking his pet dog, Reggie, and was pleasantly surprised to find a handwritten message on cardboard inside.
The message was signed by a John Stapleford and dated 5 September 1938, and miraculously it has survived more than eight decades in the water.
It read: “Will the finder of this bottle please communicate with: John Stapleford, 18 Fitzjohn Avenue, Barnet, Herts, England. With a photograph.”
Nigel found the message on a beach at Bel Royal on the Channel Island of Jersey, and has now sparked a hunt to find the relatives of the writer.
Nigel said: “I was just walking along and saw it and thought it looked interesting. Then I saw the note inside.
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