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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Tom Wilkinson

Choirboy’s hidden note found in church pew 125 years on

A hidden message from an orphanage choirboy pleading not to be forgotten has been found after it lay undisturbed in a church pew for 125 years.

The letter by 13-year-old William Elliott was written on August 11 1897 on the back of a chorister’s order of service at Sunderland Parish Church.

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