Woman Finds 100-Year-Old Dairy Milk Bar Under Her Floorboards

A mother was shocked to find a Dairy Milk bar nearly 100 years old hidden beneath her floorboards.

While renovating her 1930s house, Emma Young of Plymouth, Devon, pulled back the original floorboards in the bathroom when she discovered what at first glance appeared to be some trash.

The 51-year-old, however, found a "beautiful" rectangular cardboard sleeve with Cadbury's characteristic purple packaging when she seized it and brushed the dust out of it.

The inquisitive mother of two wasn't familiar with it, so she contacted the confectionery business to learn more. She was shocked to learn that it had been manufactured between 1930 and 1934.

When Ramsay MacDonald was prime minister, King George V was the monarch, and a chocolate bar only cost 6 pence, it first appeared on British shelves and made its way into her house.

Given that her house was built in 1932 and that the chocolate lover claimed there was no "treasure" inside, she believes it was consumed by a builder who then threw away the packaging.

The communications expert claimed it is in "pristine" condition despite being almost a century old; it is presently on her mantle, but she hopes to have it framed and put on display.

Emma took photos of her smiling broadly while kneeling next to the floors and holding the object she described as "more than a wrapper," but rather a piece of history.

Emma said: 'What stunned me a lot was its condition. It's in such good nick and one side is pristine - you wouldn't believe that it was nearly 100 years old.’

'I think because it's so old, I was expecting it to be almost illegible but apart from one side that had been chewed by mice, the other side looks like something you'd put on a shelf.’

'It says 'Cadbury's Dairy Milk chocolate Neapolitan' and 'made in the garden village of Bournville England', it's lovely.

'There's no chocolate inside, someone's had the treasure. It's an obvious sleeve, I think the bar inside would have slid out.’

'The house was built around 1932 and given its age and that the chocolate was only around 1930-34, I'm wondering if it was a builder having a snack that left it.'

Emma claimed that she moved into her detached four-bedroom home in 2016 and has been gradually renovating it ever since.

When the wrapper was found on January 27th, they had finally gotten around to updating the upstairs bathroom, which had once been a bedroom.

Emma said: 'As we were lifting the floor and found the original floorboards, we were having a look and suddenly put our hand underneath and pulled out what looked like just rubbish.’

'We dusted off the dust and found it to be this beautiful cardboard, it's almost a tube, which has the distinctive Cadbury's colors but I didn't recognize it as a chocolate bar.’

'I thought oh gosh, that looks pretty old as it had 'six pence' on it.’

'I just left it on the mantelpiece and Googled it but couldn't work out what it was so thought I'd ask Cadbury's, and they gave me the news that it was a 1930-1934 Cadbury's Dairy Milk.’

'That's when I thought 'wow, that really is old'. I was a bit taken aback because I just didn't expect to find something in such good condition.'

The words "Cadbury's Dairy Milk chocolate Neapolitan" is written in gold writing on the purple packet, which is about 16 cm long and 3 cm broad.

Along with that, it says that it was "made in the garden village of Bournville England," where work started in 1879.

Emma said: 'I'm a chocolate lover. Cadbury's has always been a favorite.’

'It's more than a wrapper, it's a bit of history. It's been sitting on our mantlepiece because it's a little bit of a talking point.’

'I was proud in a sense and obviously showed my children and when they realized it was older than their great nanna, they suddenly realized the age of the chocolate wrapper that's been living under their bathroom floor.’

'It's got a lot of sentimental value. I think it might have to be framed and go on the bathroom wall with the date of the find because that's where it belongs, so we'll put it back where we found it but in full view this time.’

'As we're doing the house up we're not ripping out the 1930s features, we're keeping the spirit of the property - and even what was under the floorboards.'

A Cadbury spokesperson said: 'We were delighted to see the joy that this piece of Cadbury history has brought! As the nation's favourite chocolate brand, Cadbury has a rich heritage and has been part of British culture and heritage for almost 200 hundred years.’

'These 1930s Dairy Milk Neopolitans are a reminder that our chocolate plays a cherished role in people's lives and we're thrilled to hear that this particular discovery will be treasured forever.'