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A plastic washing-up liquid bottle that is at least 47 years old has been found on an Isle of Man beach, just days after a similar find in the UK.
Marked 4d off, the distinctive Sqezy container predates decimalisation in Britain in 1971.
It was found in Port St Mary on Sunday by beach cleaners just days after a similar bottled washed up on Brean Beach in Somerset.
Beach Buddies' Bill Dale said described the new find as "a weird coincidence".
He added that the two bottles could be "two of the oldest pieces of plastic ever found on British beaches".
"To find a bottle this old is quite amazing, but it is shocking how long plastic rubbish can survive."
In 1971, Brian Clough guided Derby County to the club's first league title, Ted Heath was the British prime minister and acts such as the Bee Gees and T-Rex topped the charts.
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