It's not every day you find a sex toy on a petrol station forecourt.

Let alone a sex toy in a box with someone's name and address.

That's exactly what happened to Duncan Edwards. And he found it absolutely hilarious.

He was stunned when a cleaner discovered the 'battered' marital aid lying discarded in a box next to the vacuums at his petrol station.

After donning a pair of heavy-duty gloves, Duncan carried the bright pink romance accessory to his office for safekeeping.

He then realised the box had a Mancunian woman's full name and address.

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Ever the Good Samaritan, Duncan took it upon himself to reunite the presumably devastated customer with her x-rated lost property.

He shrink-wrapped it and stuck on a note, which read: "Strap on, handle with care!"

Dad-of-two Duncan, who manages the petrol station in leafy Holmes Chapel, returned the item in the hope of making the woman think twice about dumping naughty toys.

"It was pretty well battered and the elastic was frayed, it looked like it had been stretched no end and there were marks on the actual equipment, it wasn’t nice," he said.

"Part of my thinking was if I send it back like that they might think twice about discarding used equipment - there could have been children about."

The 47-year-old said the cleaner was initially shocked when he discovered what was in the box, but then had a good giggle about it.

Duncan added: “It was found near the vacuums at 9am on Saturday morning so possibly left overnight.

"We don’t know if they’ve been cleaning their car out and left it out or attempted to dispose it.

"The cleaner picked it up and he gave the box a shake once he saw what was in it he said to me 'you've got to come and see this'.

“Obviously nobody is going to own up to it, but I just couldn’t believe that whoever had disposed of it had left their name and address on the box.

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"We were absolutely howling and the rest of the staff were too when they found out.

"We’ve had some bizarre things handed in before, such as crutches but never any strap-ons, it was a first for me.

"When he took it through to the office we could see the address on it and decided to have a bit of light-hearted fun.

"We have some shrink wrap for stock so decided to use that and post it back to them. It was fair game and they can have it back as far as I’m concerned."

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Concerned that neighbours might think the sex aid belonged to him, Duncan sprinted from his car to a postbox near home and quickly posted it.

"From a customer service perspective, we make sure, where we can, we return goods to the owner.

"If anyone loses property, there is an onus on us to ensure they get it back, whether they want it back or not.

"I made sure it was well wrapped and took a picture of me posting it as proof of posting as I don’t want any of my staff thinking I’d taken it home for any other reason than to post it back to its owner."