{"id":131869,"date":"2023-10-09T10:56:39","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T10:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/?p=131869"},"modified":"2023-10-09T10:56:39","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T10:56:39","slug":"royal-souvenir-chocolates-from-1935-found-under-womans-bed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/lifestyle\/royal-souvenir-chocolates-from-1935-found-under-womans-bed\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal souvenir chocolates from 1935 found under woman&apos;s bed"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Royal souvenir chocolates from 1935 found after woman refused to eat them because they &#8216;might be worth something one day&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Vera Petchell was gifted the chocolates for the Silver Jubilee aged eight in 1935<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span>READ MORE:\u00a0William and Kate visit a VERY distinguished antiques auction<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A bar of royal souvenir chocolate from 1935 has been found under a woman&#8217;s bed 88 years after her father told her not to eat them.<\/p>\n<p>Vera Petchell, from Boston, Leeds, was given the chocolate to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of King George V and Queen Mary when she was just eight years old.<\/p>\n<p>But she never ate them because her father told her they might be worth something one day and treasured the souvenir for 82 years &#8211; up until six years ago when she thought she had lost them aged 90.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Petchell passed away at the age of 95 in November last year and her children discovered the lost confectionery while clearing out her home in Beeston, Leeds.<\/p>\n<p>The chocolate bar was found hidden inside a toffee tin at the back of a drawer under Vera&#8217;s bed and could now fetch hundreds of pounds at auction.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/09\/10\/76328767-12609901-image-a-10_1696842735717.jpg\" height=\"476\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A bar of royal souvenir chocolate (pictured) from 1935 has been found under a woman&#8217;s bed 88 years after her father told her not to eat them<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/09\/10\/76328769-12609901-image-m-19_1696843051945.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The chocolate bar was found hidden inside a toffee tin (pictured) at the back of a drawer under Vera&#8217;s bed and could now fetch hundreds of pounds at auction<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/09\/10\/76328783-12609901-image-m-9_1696842719368.jpg\" height=\"942\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Vera Petchell (pictured as a child) was given the chocolate to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of King George V and Queen Mary when she was just eight years old<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/09\/10\/76328779-12609901-image-a-12_1696842967660.jpg\" height=\"1047\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ms Petchell passed away at the age of 95 in November last year and her children discovered the lost confectionery while clearing out her home in Beeston, Leeds<\/p>\n<p>Nadine Mccafferty, 71, from Beeston, one of Vera&#8217;s four children, said: &#8216;Mum was mortified when she lost the chocolates. She had us hunting high and lot for them. We looked everywhere.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;They used to be in a drawer in her bedroom but we couldn&#8217;t find them. She thought we&#8217;d accidentally thrown them out.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Ms Mccafferty said she found the chocolate in a toffee tin when clearing her mother&#8217;s house after she died in November last year. She said she was confused to find the box hidden in the tin because the chocolate never used to be in there.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s a shame Mum never knew we&#8217;d found them,&#8217; she said. &#8216;She spent the last few years of her life wondering where they&#8217;d got to.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;She kept them safe forever. Her dad told her not to eat them because they might be worth something one day.&#8217;<\/p>\n<h3>READ MORE: Royal works of art! The Queen and Princess Margaret&#8217;s childhood drawings sell for over \u00a311,000 at auction\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p>And Ms Petchell&#8217;s father&#8217;s advice now appears to be\u00a0right because the The Rowntree &amp; Co Ltd chocolates are now expected to fetch \u00a3100-\u00a3200 at auction.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Mccaferty said that knowing how much the chocolates meant to her mother, her and her siblings decided to put them into auction to preserve them because box can&#8217;t really be split between four.<\/p>\n<p>Cardiographer Ms Petchell was born in September 1927 and in 1935 all children were presented with the chocolates to mark the Silver Jubilee.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The gift was arranged by the then Lord Mayor of Leeds William Hemingway,&#8217; Ms Mccaferty added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Mum always did what her dad told her. She was a great character and enjoyed a good life.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Ms Petchell had four children, seven grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The chocolates are set to go under the hammer at Hansons Auctioneers, in Etwall, Derbyshire, between October 19 and October 24.<\/p>\n<p>Charles Hanson, owner of Hansons Auctioneers, said: &#8216;What a relief those chocolates have been found and are here to honour Vera&#8217;s memory. I can imagine her horror at thinking she had lost them after treasuring them for more than 80 years.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;But this story is destined to have a happy ending. This find has sparked memories of a wonderful Yorkshire woman, old-school discipline and a child&#8217;s respect for her father.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/09\/10\/76328777-12609901-image-m-18_1696843037383.jpg\" height=\"289\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ms Petchell&#8217;s father&#8217;s advice now appears to be right as the The Rowntree &amp; Co Ltd chocolates (pictured) are now expected to fetch \u00a3100-\u00a3200 at auction<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/09\/10\/76328771-12609901-image-m-17_1696843025083.jpg\" height=\"292\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>In 1935 all children were presented with the chocolates to mark the Silver Jubilee\u00a0of King George V and Queen Mary<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/09\/10\/76328781-12609901-image-m-20_1696843190680.jpg\" height=\"921\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ms Petchell (pictured as a teenager) had four children, seven grandchildren and eight great grandchildren<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/09\/10\/76328773-12609901-image-a-14_1696842993269.jpg\" height=\"845\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ms Mccafferty said she found the chocolate in a toffee tin (pictured) when clearing her mother&#8217;s house after she died in November last year. She said she was confused to find it hidden in the tin as the chocolate never used to be in there<\/p>\n<p>Mr Hanson added: &#8216;It must have been hard for Vera not to eat a morsel of chocolate but in those days a gift like this was so special it was treated like treasure.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;No doubt Vera occasionally had a peep, just to check her chocolates were still there. We&#8217;re not sure when she put them inside the Thorne&#8217;s toffee tin but it would have helped to preserve them during hot summers.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>He said as the Rowntree chocolates were in the tin they are in good condition despite being more almost a century ago.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rowntree&#8217;s was founded in 1862 at Castlegate, in York, by Henry Isaac Rowntree, a Quaker.<\/p>\n<p>In 1881, Rowntree introduced Fruit Pastilles and the product proved to be a great success, accounting for about 25 per cent of the company&#8217;s tonnage by 1887.<\/p>\n<p>Around 1898, the company acquired its own cocoa plantations in the West Indies and in 1899, Rowntree introduced its first milk chocolate block.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/article-12609901\/Royal-chocolates-womans-bed-88-years-later.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Royal souvenir chocolates from 1935 found after woman refused to eat them because they &#8216;might be worth something one day&#8217;&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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