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These incredible images offer a tantalizing glimpse into the lives of the former occupants who lived in the house in the 1950s.

Most abandoned houses have some personal items left behind, but very few have polished silverware still in the kitchen drawers and outdated toiletries sitting on a dusty dressing table.

Dave, an urban explorer, found the remarkable time capsule in Ontario, Canada, while he was looking at abandoned properties in his home province - and documented his findings on his website Freaktography.

He found musical instruments, including a gramophone and a stereo system that would have been state-of-the-art at the time, books and family photographs, as well as out-of-date food in the pantry.

Dave said: "The sight upon entering this house was eerie, breathtaking and weird.

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"There is the usual smell of decay and years of abandonment that one comes to expect in this hobby.

"But to walk into a room and see so many possessions and belongings still in exactly the place they were meant to be, was unsettling.

"As soon as you enter the house you find yourself standing in front of the dining room table, still with the table cloth covering it and with chairs placed as they would be.

"To your right is a hutch, atop it sits a clock, forever reading 3:43, below on the shelf, two sets of silverware – still polished, perfectly placed in their wooden case and ready for the weekend’s company.

"Mugs, candles and other trinkets placed throughout, the main cabinet doors would not open – the result of years of staying closed.

"Next to this hutch sits a china cabinet, teapots, silver trays and platters, dishware, salt and pepper shakers…glass ware, all the essentials for entertaining friends and family."

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The former occupants, who obviously loved music, owned an acoustic guitar, four record players, an eight-track player and a stack of vinyl records, as well as an impressive piano.

Describing the living room, Dave wrote on his freaktography blog: "This room has the worst decay in the house; a hole in the roof was providing some much needed fresh air and was allowing a light sprinkling of snow to lightly fall in.

"Just below this hole in the roof sits the wooden couch which has been eaten away by years of weather abuse.

"The paint on the walls and ceiling are peeling away nicely, but the blue accents that surround the bay window give the place charm, and the blue blinds and curtains on the bay window refuse to fall to the floor.

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"Attached to the living room was (possibly) a bedroom, it had a bed and a dresser and a nightstand, but it also had boxes full of newspapers, it was as though every single newspaper ever delivered to the house had been kept and placed into a box.

"In the dresser I found a number of old photo albums, I opened some but others I left.

"Also in this room were jars of preserved peaches and other disgusting looking things – I was terrified to drop one and break it as the smell would have been awful.

"In the dresser was a photo of a small child in an old frame, a comb and a hairbrush – an interesting scene that I really wanted to capture."

The kitchen, described as "almost immaculate", was decorated with pots and ceramic plates.

Dave said: "I hate to use the term 'time capsule' so many times but it’s the only way to describe this.

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"Products with that old packaging and fonts before the days of bright bold colours and creative fonts and product claims and computer generated food shots.

"The shelf had old boxes of jello, baking powder, cinnamon – so strange to see these old labels."

After exploring upstairs, in the bathroom Dave discovered an medicine cabinet, complete with prescription medication, a small washing station with a sink and an old hairbrush hanging on the wall.

Dave said: "First thing we did was open the medicine cabinet, just as cool as the one downstairs, I’m certain there are products in there with ingredients that have long been deemed dangerous and illegal to consume, hair dye, band aids, lotions etc.

"The furniture in this house is the stuff you see in an antique store but never think to buy, or a high end furniture store that sells expensive dressers and hutches that you will never afford, only this stuff is the real deal, it’s heavy and it’s well constructed.

"Books – did I mention books? Each room in this upstairs is full of books, books on addiction – alcohol and drugs, books about Jesus, books about God, books about religion."