'Sweet' toilet roll note's author found 35 years on

A message written on a toilet roll tube in the 1980s was found by a couple moving into a new home - and then they tracked down the author.

Aged seven, a youngster named Emma had penned a "sweet" note on the cardboard tube saying her name and birthday, before adding: "Hope you enjoy staying here, love from a friend."

Charlotte England-Black moved into the end-of-terrace house in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, in February and while working in the loft, found the note.

After posting about the discovery on Facebook on Friday, she tracked down the author - Emma Smith, who is now 43 and still lives in Nottingham.

Emma, who said she could not remember writing the note, said the discovery was "a funny old blast from the past" which gave her "goose pimples".

She said: "I don't remember doing the toilet roll thing and why I chose the toilet roll, we'll forever be wondering.

"We have really fond memories of that house. I had amazing wallpaper in my bedroom of Tom and Jerry, we had a duck called Donald, my dad had a little boat that he restored down the side of the house.

"It was a lovely place to spend those years."

Charlotte, 30, said she thought Emma's note was "so sweet".

"There was a lot of stuff up there, but I found amongst it this toilet roll note," she said.

"I thought, I bet she could easily be found as it'd be nice for her.

"It's just a connection with the past."

Charlotte said she planned to return the tube to her newly-boarded loft to pass the message on to a future homeowner.

"I don't know if we're still here in another 35 years, but whoever's in the house then might find it," she added.

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