Dog walker stunned to find 50-year-old Golden Wonder packet on East Lothian beach

A dog walker was stunned after finding a crisp packet washed up on a Scottish beach - when it turned out to be close to 50 years old.
By Alexander Lawrie
Published 3rd Dec 2020, 07:00 BST
Find: Ancient crisp packetFind: Ancient crisp packet
Find: Ancient crisp packet

Tracey Radnall discovered the “antique” Golden Wonder packet while walking her dog on Tyninghame Beach in East Lothian.

She spotted the piece of litter in the sand and after collecting it she was shocked to see the ready salted crisps cost 6d - sixpence in the UK’s pre-decimal currency, about 35p today.

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Tracey, from Stenton, East Lothian, posted the amazing find on her social media and said: “One of the most remarkable things I’ve found on a local beach.

Just 6d for a packet of crisps back in the dayJust 6d for a packet of crisps back in the day
Just 6d for a packet of crisps back in the day

“A Golden Wonder crisp packet. The price 6D (sixpence) is still visible. So been in the sea since pre 1971.

“I’ve just filled it with water at home and apart from two tiny holes it’s holding.”

The journalist and designer added: “It’s a lesson to us all how plastic is such a threat to our seas.”

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