Recently we had some building work done on our house which involved knocking into the wall of the chimney breast. It was a messy job for all those concerned (not me, I went to the park) but a small reward lay hidden in the brickwork. This perfectly preserved, albeit empty, packet of Wild Woodbine ciggies from who knows when.  After being  protected from daylight by the sooty darkness of the chimney the colours are pristine and the packet looks like new.

Apparently its not uncommon to find an old shoe lodged in a chimney, its an unfortunate hazard of the job if you’re a chimney sweep. But I’m not sure about packets of ciggies and would love to know if anyone else has found strange things squirrelled away in the brickwork of their house.
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