Remember When...1984.

MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE: Sue Thompson uncorked herself a problem when she undid the stopper on a sherry bottle she found on Redcar beach in April 1984. Inside was a note, but Sue couldn't tell if it was from some shipwrecked sailors or maybe someone marooned on a desert island because the message was written in Icelandic. As it turned out, the bottle had been sent by two schoolboys aged 11 and 9 in Reykjavik, and Sue planned to write back to them to tell them she had got their message.

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