Julie's box of wonder brings back memories

Like Millie, the pop singer, earning a gold disc with her single "My Boy Lollipop."

And British Steel, which was reporting that it was more successful than at any time in its history.

Then there was the 35mm camera, all the way from Russia, a snip at just a little under £7, not to mention the Duomatic Automaster automatic washing machine. If you wanted one, this would set you back 49 and a half guineas. At over £50 then - a guinea was £1 and one shilling - it was not cheap, but there again, you could buy it on hire purchase.

As so often, an old newspaper used to line a drawer has over the years become a little time capsule, to be perused and enjoyed with wonder decades later.

"Years ago my late father-in-law, John Shirley, gave me an old wooden box," said Julie.

He used a copy of the Daily Mirror from July 27, 1964, as a liner.

"He gave it to us when his first grandchild was born and I used it as a toy box. The paper is a bit faded now. I have just kept it. It's the date - I was born in 1964.

"There are some strange items in it. The main thing that jumped out was Millie as I can remember her record My Boy Lollipop while growing up in the 1960s."

She cannot however remember the Duomatic Automaster.

"I remember my mum having one of those twin tub ones."

Julie says her father-in-law was indeed a Daily Mirror reader. She rediscovered the incomplete paper while having a root through a box recently.

And what does she plan to do with it?

"I'm just going to keep it."