Stunned Woman's 50 year old find in her garden is 'warning to us all'

A woman was left stunned when she made a 50-year-old find in her back garden.

Janet Midwinter was left gobsmacked after finding a Crispi Crisps packet from the 1970s in her garden in Sennen, Cornwall.

She described the moment of discovery: "I was coming back from a dog walk and saw the crisp packet by my garden gate. I usually pick bits and pieces up and put them in the rubbish. But I thought, 'That's an old crisp packet'."

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Janet believes the find is a stark environmental warning and stated: "It's a little ragged around the edges, but if one crisp packet can last that long, what are we doing to the planet? "

She's since enclosed the crisp packet, presumed to be about 53 years old, in a frame. She intends to showcase it as a stark reminder of plastic's longevity next to a recycling spot at the local market.

She further commented: "It's just so people can see it and realise how a crisp packet can be in the ground for 53 years. It's unbelievable that it is so old. Let's try and get rid of the plastic. Just try and recycle as much as we can and try not to buy too much plastic."

Crispi Crisps, once produced by Meredith and Drew until the company became part of United Biscuits, remained on sale from the sixties to the nineties.

Environmental activist Emily Stevenson from Beach Guardian lamented: "There is a sad, dark tale behind these finds. These plastic packets have been in the environment for decades."

Reflecting on the startling find in his suburban garden, retired geologist Dr Andrew Beckley pondered: "How much longer would they have remained had we not found them? ".

His remarkable discovery of a Bronze Age settlement came to light after he pieced together clues from watching the Channel 5 show, Time Team, which helped him recognise the significance of the artefacts.

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