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Bag found in Ashfield with letters dating from 1919

Nottinghamshire Police are trying to trace the owner of a bag containing a number of documents and letters dating back to 1919.

The blue and yellow Nike bag was found at a bus stop outside the Ashfield District Council offices on the afternoon of 29 September.

Inside the bag was a tin containing a number of letters, Army payslips and a driver's licence from 1927.

The items are in the name of Bernard Webster from Ashbourne, Derbyshire....
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