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‘Wishes, resolutions, declarations of love’ in a bottle

An English artist has collected over 100 messages in bottles from UK shorelines over the past five years.

5 live spoke to Nicola White, who started collecting them after her dog found one washed up while they were out for a walk.

Since then, she has been trying to contact whoever sent the messages.

She managed to get in touch with a boy called Jack who had written a message in a bottle expressing a wish to be ‘a ‘Dino Thunder’ Power Ranger”.
Nicola sent Jack the Power Rangers costume he had wished for.

She told us: “I have found people’s wishes, even New Year’s resolutions, declarations of love.”

"Throwing a wish in the river as a child and getting it is quite magical," she added.

This clip is originally from 5 live Breakfast on Saturday 26 November 2016.

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