Old Crunchie wrapper at Cambridge library whets appetite of online sleuths Packaging featuring pre-decimalisation pricing and Fry’s branding inspires campaign to deduce its exact age.
One gave an estimate of between late 1965 and early 1967, noting that the “bigger, same price” promotion written on the wrapper, with the bar priced at “6d”, was announced in September 1965.
A worker at Cambridge University Library made the discovery last week while taking down some bookshelves, with the university saying it was probably stashed behind some books and fell down behind.
Online sleuths have set about trying to guess the exact age of a Crunchie wrapper that was found in a library – with a few crumbs left inside.
Others dated the wrapper back to the 1950s, with one user sharing a Fry’s poster from that era that advertised the chocolate bar at 6d.
