Unexpected windfall.

Oh crikey Liz! I hope rosesarered doesn't read that !

It is true, bank notes can be exchanged at the bank of England forever, deliver in person or post to London and you get face value. never throw money away.

Yes. Our find was in old notes which our bank accepted, no questions asked.

Just had a glance on Ebay and there are White fivers selling for about £40 each!

My FIL had money hidden all over his house,even in the coal shed and under cushions when we emptied out his house we found unopened wage packets from years before we are convinced we missed finding other money he had hidden over the years and that the next tenant had a nice little windfall.

Same here for my parents, glamma. Inside the table leaf extension, my mum's knitting bag, sellotaped behind a picture of grandchildren on the wall, in the coal scuttle. My dad mentioned that we shouldn't let a stick of furniture go out of the house without checking it first. All because he believed that banks couldn't be trusted with any more than basic savings. Hmm....maybe he had a point

This was in the early 1960's, and my Mother took the White fivers to the bank, and they refused to take them.Not that it matters now of course, but the money would have been useful back then.

My Mother did not have a bank account, so maybe that is why they refused them.