Scotland: Plumber Finds 135-year-old Message In A Bottle Under Floorboards
There still are fragments of a past life lingering around in the world and they are often discovered by people without any intention of doing so.
In recent news, a plumber in Scotland found a 135-year-old message enclosed in a whiskey bottle under the floorboards. Here's what we know.?
Scotland plumber finds a 135-year-old message in a bottle?
The woman, who is an Edinburgh resident, was shocked when her plumber discovered a 135-year-old time capsule, a message hidden inside a bottle, under the floorboards of her home.?
Eilidh Stimpson couldn¡¯t believe her eyes when she saw a carefully inscribed message on the ancient paper hidden under the floorboards. The message had been rolled up inside an empty whiskey bottle and was hidden away under the floor of her residence.
The bottle appeared to be from the Victorian era and was discovered earlier this week by her plumber, Peter Allan. Allan was working in the house when he cut a hole in the floor and found the bottle neatly kept under the floorboards.?
It was a random discovery?
As per a BBC Scotland report, the plumber claimed that cutting through the floor above the bottle was a complete coincidence. Allan, a proprietor of WF Wightman Plumbing, also revealed that it was concealed beneath the floors of what had once must have been a maid¡¯s chamber when the house was first built.?
He told BBC, ¡°The room is 10ft by 15ft and I have cut exactly around the bottle without knowing it was there. I can¡¯t quite believe it¡±.?
¡°I was moving a radiator and cut a random hole to find pipework and there it was, I don¡¯t know what happened.¡±
Soon after discovering the bottle, he ¡°took it to the woman downstairs and said ¡®Look what I¡¯ve found under your floor¡¯."
The note dates back to 1887
?Upon closer inspection, it was found that the note was signed by two male workers and dates back to 1887.?
The note, which was written in cursive and seemingly using a pencil, read, ¡°James Ritchie and John Grieve laid this floor, but they did not drink the whisky. October 6th 1887. Whoever finds this bottle may think our dust is blowing along the road.¡± A little eerie if we might add.?
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