84-year-old wartime Easter egg set for auction
"Mum loved life and chocolate," said daughter Gill Bolter, 61, from Cardiff.
"When we asked mum how she'd managed to keep the egg for so long, she told us that having kept it all through the war it didn't seem right to eat it." The 84-year-old egg will be offered in Hansons Auctioneers' May 18 to 23 antiques and collectors auction, with a guide price of £600 to £800. "It was very hard on us all during Covid. Sadly, like thousands of other families, for 18 months we kept in touch with weekly visits outside the care home when rules allowed.
Charles Hanson, owner of Hansons Auctioneers, said: "The story surrounding this Easter egg melted my heart. It's a wonderful reminder of wartime austerity, respectful obedience and a little girl who was so strict with herself she would not allow herself the tiniest nibble of her favourite treat.
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