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122-year-old chocolate found in attic - Kyng - 09-18-2022
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-62939310 ![[Image: WfQPtX5.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/WfQPtX5.jpg)
(Source: Eddisons / Above article)
A box of 122-year-old chocolate bars, that were sent to troops fighting in the Boer War, has been discovered in an attic.
The tin of Rowntree's chocolate, made in York in 1899, was found at a house in Immingham, North East Lincolnshire.
They were sent as gifts on behalf of Queen Victoria, and this box only has one piece of chocolate missing.
Paul Cooper, of Eddisons auctioneers, said it was "incredibly rare" to find a tin still containing the chocolate.
It was discovered in a box of household junk and is believed to have belonged to the homeowner's late husband's grandfather, who fought in the Boer War.
Yeah, as much as I love chocolate, I don't think I could eat this
! Still, assuming that the one missing chocolate bar got eaten, I hope the soldier enjoyed it!
RE: 122-year-old chocolate found in attic - Opal Fruit - 09-18-2022
Yum, yum!
(Hmm, 122 years sounded a long time as I clicked the thread... but when you find out that was the Boer War, well suddenly early 20th Century doesn't seem so long ago!)