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1971 message in a bottle from Carlisle boy washes up in Scotland | 1971 message in a bottle from Carlisle boy washes up in Scotland |
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A message in a bottle has washed up 44 years after it was written by a Carlisle boy at the start of the 1970s. | A message in a bottle has washed up 44 years after it was written by a Carlisle boy at the start of the 1970s. |
Australian couple Sean and Shelley Thomas found it in a sand dune at Rattray Head on Scotland's north-east coast. | Australian couple Sean and Shelley Thomas found it in a sand dune at Rattray Head on Scotland's north-east coast. |
The note inside, written by then 14-year-old Raymond Davidson, is dated 15 January 1971. | |
The couple said it would be "wonderful" to track Mr Davidson down before they returned home to Brisbane on Sunday. | The couple said it would be "wonderful" to track Mr Davidson down before they returned home to Brisbane on Sunday. |
Mrs Thomas said: "We went for a walk along the sand dunes. It was just at the bottom of one of the sand dunes hidden under a couple of other bottles. | Mrs Thomas said: "We went for a walk along the sand dunes. It was just at the bottom of one of the sand dunes hidden under a couple of other bottles. |
"My husband was having a bit of a poke around as he actually collects bottles and stuff at home, and we noticed that one of them had something inside it. We cracked it open and, there you go." | "My husband was having a bit of a poke around as he actually collects bottles and stuff at home, and we noticed that one of them had something inside it. We cracked it open and, there you go." |
If he were still alive Mr Davidson would now be aged about 58. | If he were still alive Mr Davidson would now be aged about 58. |
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