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Daily Mirror
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Tim Hanlon

Century-old message in bottle found under toppled Queen Victoria statue in Canada

A message in a bottle that was written over 100 years ago has been found under a statue of Queen Victoria in Canada - complaining about a lack of brandy during Prohibition.

Workers reportedly came across the fascinating artefact as they dug up the ground where a statue of Victoria had been toppled in Manitoba, Canada.

They pulled out the bottle from the base of the monument, that had stood outside the city’s legislative assembly offices, and inside was a letter dated July 30, 1921.

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