Museum seeks owner of 30-year-old wallet

The brown leather wallet had a train ticket inside from 1992

A museum in Grimsby is seeking the owner of a wallet that appears to have been lost by a visitor more than 30 years ago.

Grimsby Fishing Heritage Centre said the wallet was found by a technician under a display on the Ross Tiger, a fishing trawler berthed alongside the museum in Alexandra Dock.

The wallet contains a train ticket dated 1992, a student nursing card - and a letter informing the owner their library book was overdue.

North East Lincolnshire Council, which runs the centre, urged anyone who recognised the wallet to contact the museum.

The Ross Tiger is a 1950s Grimsby trawler, thought to be the oldest diesel side-trawler to survive in the UK

The wallet also contains photos of a fresh-faced young man, who the museum estimated would be in his early 50s now if he was the owner.

The council said: "While his library fees may now be astronomical and having definitely missed the train, the team at the Fishing Heritage Centre are hoping the personal belongings can be given to their rightful owner.”

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