Choirboy's hidden note found in church pew 125 years on

[Sherman A1]

A hidden message from an English orphanage choirboy pleading not to be forgotten has been found after it lay undisturbed in a church pew for 125 years.

The letter by 13-year-old William Elliott was written on 11 August 1897, on the back of a chorister’s order of service at Sunderland Parish Church.

Work was carried out during lockdown to restore the Grade I Georgian listed building into an event space called Seventeen Nineteen, and that was when the note was discovered.

Conservationists worked on the paper to remove decades of dust, grime and polish so the words could be deciphered.

https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2022/0330/1289249-choirboys-hidden-note-found-125-years-on/

[Karadeniz]

1. What a sweet boy he was! Life back then was a crap shoot, more so than today.