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Ready sea salted? 1960s crisp bags wash up on a Norfolk beach
Chris Turner found 50-year-old crisp packets in remarkably good condition on the beach at Scratby
The Smiths Horror Bags crisp packet features a vampiric monster with his claws outstretched as if escaping the grave. The 1970s plastic packaging has proved to be just as tough to destroy.
Chris Turner, from Clifton, Bedfordshire, was staying at his holiday cottage in Scratby near Great Yarmouth when he discovered five crisp packets and sweet wrappers dating back as far as the 1960s on the beach.
Nostalgia soon gave way to concern for how plastic pollution is damaging Britain’s seas. “I couldn’t believe how old they were,” he said. “I’m not a big eco-warrior but I think the plastic in the seas is dreadful and the amount of litter generally along the beach is awful. I was always told not to drop litter.” He
