Better Late Than Never

A man got his wallet back 30 years after losing it on train.

16:10 11 August 2015

Farmer Derek Gamble was stunned after getting his wallet back, which he lost on the seat of a train in the Loughborough area more than 30 years ago.

 

The wallet remained wedged into the back of the seat until it was discovered when the carriage underwent restoration at the North Norfolk Railway. It still contained an old £1 note, a railway badge, several coins, and a dollar. It also contained a booking slip for a trip to Ireland dating back to 1982.

 

Derek said: "I am pleased and a little surprised to be reunited with my wallet.

 

"Its contents bring back memories of what my family and I were doing over 30 years ago."

 

Mr Massey, who lives in Ely, Cambridgeshire, added: "The documents showed he lived in Rugby, and I found another person called Derek B Gamble - which is unusual - in Northampton which was not far away.

"I wrote and got a call straight back.

 

"He doesn't remember losing it but thinks it must have been when the carriages were on the Great Central Railway at Loughborough, another heritage line."