Litter-picker shocked to find 50 year old crisp packets in hedgerow
A litter picker was "shocked" to find a retro 50-year-old crisp packet in a hedgerow. Neil Collett, 53, found the discarded packet at an old primary school - that was dumped before he even started going to one. The vending operator found the vintage snack remnants when he delved into the depths of a hedgerow outside Redscope Primary School in Rotherham, Yorkshire. On the packaging the Smith Ready Salted Crisps were priced at 15p while a bag of similar size in the UK today would cost around £1.50. After returning home Neil said he conducted his own research into the bags and was able to pin it down exactly to March 1975, due to it featuring a marketing promotion. But he has said there was also a "serious message" behind the discovery - as abandoned litter can take a lifetime to degrade.
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