A dog walker was shocked after finding a crisp packet dating back nearly 50 years on a beach.
Tracey Radnall, 60, came across the plastic Golden Wonder ready salted crisps packet on Tyninghame Beach near Dunbar, East Lothian.
She was walking her eight-year-old cocker spaniel Bertie on November 19 when she spotted the dated packaging on the sand near some rocks.
The printing was quite weathered but Tracey, from Stenton, East Lothian, could make out “Golden Wonder Crisps” on the front and was shocked when she saw the 6D (sixpence) price.
In 1971, the sixpence remained in circulation but was reduced in value. It was taken out of circulation in 1980. Tracey said: “The sea was rough that day. It was lying on the sand near a rocky bit of beach.
“Sure enough, it said 6D.
"It’s from at least 1971.
“There’s hardly any damage to it – it’s amazing.”
Tracey said the discovery should act as a warning about the impact of plastic pollution, adding: “It’s quite shocking how long plastic lasts for.”
