Litter pickers find bottle with love messages from 56 years ago inside – then trace their authors
A BOTTLE with messages from girls looking for love washed up after 56 years.
Two scribbled notes were found by litter pickers who tracked one of the pair down.
Dated August 9, 1966, Janet Blankley wrote: “I am 15, not bad looking, long wavy brown, chestnut hair and 5’4".
“Anyone interested, a photo will be exchanged in person. Boy who writes. No one under 16 or over 18.”
Jennifer Coleman’s said: “Please send photo and one will be exchanged. Thank you.”
The corked bottle was found in the Humber Estuary on Saturday by Tracey Marshall, 59, and her daughter Charlotte, 19.
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Tracey said they smashed it open, adding: “It’s really exciting, we couldn’t believe it.”
After an appeal on social media, they discovered Jennifer left for Australia in 1973.
Now 69, she never married and has no kids.
Jennifer said she and Janet had cast the bottle close to where it was found.
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She went on: “I think we just wanted some boy pen pals.
“I can see myself on the river bank throwing the bottle into the water.
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“I can’t believe the letters were so well preserved.”
She also said she would love to hear from Janet, who is believed to still live in Grantham.
