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Image source, Chris Turner
The Golden Wonder crisp packet is astir surely from the precocious 1960s
By Laura Devlin
BBC News, East
Crisp packets and saccharine wrappers dating backmost arsenic acold arsenic the 1960s person been recovered connected a Norfolk beach.
Chris Turner, from Clifton, Bedfordshire, came crossed the decades-old litter portion staying astatine his vacation location astatine Scratby, adjacent Great Yarmouth.
They see pre-decimalisation packets of Golden Wonder crisps, marked with a terms of 5d, and 2d Spangles sweets.
"I deliberation the recent precocious tides astatine Hemsby person shifted everything to the surface," said Mr Turner.
"It's lone astir a mile away, truthful the integrative could person travel from there."
Image source, Chris Turner
Image caption,Mr Turner could not find immoderate accusation connected Crispi portion confectionery elephantine Mars has been asked by the BBC to effort to day this packet of Spangles
All the packets were recovered successful singular condition, with labelling and wording intelligibly visible, and were connected apical of the sand.
Mr Turner, who shared images of his finds connected a section Facebook page, said it provided immoderate nostalgia of snacks of yesteryear portion proving conscionable however agelong it takes for integrative to decompose.
"When I saw them I thought 'I'm picking that up' - conscionable retired of curiosity, really," added Mr Turner, who discovered them during 3 abstracted walks with his dog.
"I couldn't judge however aged they were; I'm not a large eco-warrior but I deliberation the integrative successful the seas is dreadful and the magnitude of litter mostly on the formation is awful.
"I was ever told not to driblet litter."
Image source, Chris Turner
Image caption,Mr Turner regular spends his weekends astatine Scratby successful Norfolk
No use-by dates were visible, truthful Mr Turner searched online for immoderate clues arsenic to their age.
Tayto Group, which present owns Golden Wonder, confirmed the packet was astir surely from the precocious 1960s and said it had made changes successful caller years to trim integrative packaging.
The Smiths Horror Bags bacon flavour maize and murphy claws were disposable for astir 5 years successful the 1970s and were reportedly criticised astatine the clip for being perchance disturbing for children.
Mystery surrounds the provenance of the 2 bare packets of Crispi and the effect flavour Spangles could perchance day from the 1960s oregon aboriginal 70s.
Image source, Chris Turner
Image caption,The bare Horror Bags packet could beryllium uncovering its mode connected to an auction site
The accidental finds could wage dividends for Mr Turner who volition proceed to support an oculus retired for vintage litter connected the beach.
"The past 1 I recovered - Horror Bags - I contacted a radical online and was told 'actually, it's truly valuable'.
"I've had a look and immoderate person gone for implicit £100 connected eBay due to the fact that they're collectable.
"So I cognize what I'll beryllium doing with that precise soon," helium added.
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