Storms unearth time warp family picnic from the 1980s as sweet wrappers, crisp packets and drinks cans are dredged up from sand at coastal beauty spot
- Decades-old remnants of family picnic found at Liverpool beauty spot
- Discovery includes a crisp packet from the 80s with its contents in tact
- The litter was found local photographer Colin Lane, 49, whilst walking his dog
Recent storms have unearthed a time warp ‘picnic’ of old sweet wrappers, crisp packets and fizzy drink cans at a Liverpool coastal beauty spot.
The severe winds shifted the sand dunes and dredged up what appears to be the contents of a family picnic from the 1980s at Formby Beach on Merseyside.
The items include Rileys and Murphys Crisps, Jusoda, Irn Bru and Coke cans and a loaf of white bread wrapper dating from 1983.
The litter, which mostly dates from the 80s, includes a crisps packet with the crisps still intact
The passage of time has not broken down the old litter that was dumped all those years ago. One crisp packet even had the crisps intact inside.
The discovery was made by local photographer Colin Lane, 49, who was walking his terrier Monty at the time.
‘It looks like the storms have shifted the sands and exposed this bag that must have been buried for decades,’ said Colin.
The litter was exposed after the region was hit by severe storms and winds
‘The storms have had a devastating effect for miles along the coast. Sand dunes have completely disappeared.’
Twitter users tried to pin down exactly how old the rubbish from this beach picnic could be.
Chris Johnson posted: ‘Jusoda was a Fruit Juice Soda made by AG Barr (of Irn Bru fame) for two or three years, in the early 1970s.
Formby Beach is managed by the National Trust and is described as a stunning ‘coastal gem’
The litter has not degraded over time and looks like the remains of a family picnic
Twitter users have been trying to work out the exact years the litter is from
The wrapper from a pack of Golden Bake bread was amongst the other litter
The find included a Tesco bag with an other version of the supermarket chain’s branding
‘Riley’s crisps were made in Scunthorpe until the ’80s. Its most successful brand was ‘Nik-Naks’. The firm – founded by Biff Riley – was eventually sold to Rowntree Macintosh.
‘Murphy’s Crisps was another brand of Sooner Foods (part of Rowntree MacIntosh), based in Grimsby.’