Things you find in other people's books

On a weekend visit to Harrogate last month I bought a couple of novels in a charity shop. Opening one of the novels I found this tucked inside the pages. It's an unused ticket to a Burnley v Bradford football game from March 8, 2003. I think I've found someone's disappointment of a missed game - or could it have been hidden there deliberately? Is it yours? Want it back?

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Steve said…
I think you've found evidence of marital strife there Nora. In another book somewhere will be a cinema ticket to Sex In The City...
3:54 PM
KAZ said…
I wonder if it belonged to Alastair Campbell.
5:55 PM
Jacqueline said…
It's mine.
1:12 PM
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