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A rail passenger was absolutely stunned when he was reunited with a wallet he lost a train journey - more than 30 years ago.

Farmer Derek Gamble, now 66, was in his 30s when he lost the wallet on the seat of a train in the Loughborough area.

It has remained wedged into the back of the seat until it was discovered by volunteer Michael Massey, 70, when the carriage underwent restoration at the North Norfolk Railway..

Incredibly, it contained an old £1 note as well as several coins, a dollar, a railway badge.

It also contained a receipt dating back to 1982 and a booking slip for a trip to Ireland.

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The receipt happened to have an address for a Derek B Gamble in Rugby, Warwickshire.

Michael, who drives the North Norfolk Railways diesel multiple units, decided to track down the owner.

He managed to find a Derek B Gamble living near Rugby in West Haddon and after calling him up discovered it was the same person.

Derek happened to be visiting Norfolk on holiday and popped in to the North Norfolk line to collect his long-lost possession.

Derek said: "I am pleased and a little surprised to be reunited with my wallet.

"Its contents bring back memories of what my family and I were doing over 30 years ago."

Mr Massey, who lives in Ely, Cambridgeshire, added: "The documents showed he lived in Rugby, and I found another person called Derek B Gamble - which is unusual - in Northampton which was not far away.

"I wrote and got a call straight back.

"He doesn't remember losing it but thinks it must have been when the carriages were on the Great Central Railway at Loughborough, another heritage line."