Man reunites with wallet he lost over 30 years ago

Derek B Gamble with the wallet he lost over 30 years ago

A man has been reunited with the wallet he lost on a train journey more than 30 years ago.
The long-lost wallet was discovered hidden away at the back of a seat in a carriage undergoing restoration at the North Norfolk Railway. Incredibly, it contained an old £1 note as well as several coins, a dollar, a railway badge. There were also documents dating back to the early 1980s which had an address for a Derek B Gamble in Rugby, Warks., in the wallet.
Volunteer Michael Massey, 70, who drives the North Norfolk Railways diesel multiple units, decided to track down the owner. He managed to find a Derek B Gamble living near Rugby in West Haddon, Northants., who confirmed it was his wallet.
Bizarrely, Mr Gamble was already planning to head to Norfolk on holiday and popped in to the North Norfolk line to collect his long-lost possession. The farmer, who was in his 30s when he lost the wallet, said the documents found inside included a blood group card, the DailyMail reports.
It also contained a receipt dating back to 1982 which had his old address on and a booking slip for a trip to Ireland where they were due to visit his wife's family.
He added: 'I am pleased and not 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, Cambs., 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. The wallet was his father's.
'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.'