A couple have been left baffled after uncovering a 52-year-old note hidden behind the fireplace in their home by a previous owner in 1971. The message was signed by a man named E.C. Pearce, who claimed he was 37 years old at the time of the writing and had just purchased the property for £3,000.
Kathryn Stutley, 49, and her partner Neil made the discovery behind the previously bricked up fireplace after making renovations to their home in Devizes, Wiltshire, which they purchased for £292,000 in 2019. The author of the note also wrote that he was on a £5 mortgage, while he was earning 65p an hour over five decades ago, the Mirror reports.
The note read: "To who may be interested. This fireplace was bricked up by me on September 1971. I have just bought this house on mortgage for £3,000 with a deposit of £300 and repayments of £5.50 per week + £80 solicitors fees.
