Packet of Quavers from 1975 found perfectly intact in man’s back garden
'It's like a little time capsule.'
A Quavers crisp packet from almost half a century ago has been found by a man in his back garden.
The surprisingly intact packet is dated October 31, 1975, and was found by Cenk Albayrak-Touye in Poole, Dorset.
Cenk also found an old Dorchester brewery beer bottle but said it was the yellow packaging that first caught his eye.
He said: ‘It’s like a little time capsule.
‘As cool as it is to find these things it is also pretty scary that it’s been under the ground for nearly double my lifetime and it’s just sitting there completely intact.’
He recently bought the home from an elderly couple and has been busy renovating the property.
The crisp packet is so old that Labour leader Harold Wilson was Prime Minister at the time and The Bay City Rollers just released their single Bye Bye Baby.
Quavers were originally made by Smiths in Lincoln and were first sold in 1968 and since 1997 they have been produced by PepsiCo that own Walkers.
It is thought Quavers got their name from the shape of the quaver musical note.
A spokesperson for PepsiCo said: ‘We recognise that litter is a huge problem and we want to play a role in addressing this challenge.
‘That’s why we’ve been supporting the Great British Spring Clean for the past six years, with our teams joining efforts to clean up local communities.
‘We’re also continuing to invest heavily to make our packaging more easily recyclable, as well as reducing the plastic packaging we use.’
This is not the first time some old crisp packets have been found by somebody.
A Golden Wonder crisp packet from 1969 was found in a river by litter pickers in June last year.
Zoe Weir was litter-picking along the River Clyde in Dumbarton when she found the surprisingly intact Golden Wonder bag.
It features an offer that expired on April 30, 1969, and boasts about being a ‘new speedsealed stay-fresh pack’.
Meanwhile a crisp packet from 1968 was found by some litter pickers.
The litter pickers in Kesgrave, Suffolk, were stunned after stumbling on the Golden Wonder bag of roast chicken flavoured crisps.
Still almost intact, much of the writing on the faded packet can still be read years after it was discarded.
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