Woman satisfied with £1 jacket from charity store – then she seemed inside pocket
A woman got quite the surprise after looking inside the chest pocket of a charity shop jacket she bought for just £1.
Kay Walker left Emmaus Mossley in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester chuffed to have snapped up a bargain blazer but remained oblivious as to what treasure was stashed inside it.
It wasn’t until she was at a party and reached into a pocket that she discovered a bit of pop culture history. Kay pulled out two tickets for a Luciano Pavarotti concert from nearly 20 years ago.
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The previous owner must have looked the part at Manchester Arena on 30 September, 1995 after splashing out on the pair of £55 tickets.
(Image: Jam Press/@ellenawalker)
Pavarotti – famous for singing Nessun Dorma for the Italia 90 World Cup – died in 2007 aged 71.
Kay said: “I couldn’t believe it when I found the tickets in my pocket. I usually wash everything we get from the charity shop but it was so last minute I shoved it on as we went out the door.
“It wasn’t until I got to the venue of the party that I put my hand in my pocket and found the tickets. I wouldn’t call myself a die hard Pavarotti fan but of course I know a lot of his famous songs. We did Google it after to see when his last gig was and found out he’d passed away 15 years ago.”
She was with her 27-year-old daughter Ellena when she bought it and then found the tickets.
(Image: Jam Press/@ellenawalker)
“We’re always going to concerts at the Manchester arena together but I couldn’t have taken Ellena to Pavarotti as she wasn’t even born yet.”
Open University worker Ellena, from Hyde, told What’s The Jam: “We were laughing our heads off when we found them. My mum purchased the jacket from Emmaus Mossley, a huge charity shop that helps support homeless people.
“She purchased it on the day she wore it. There’s been so many times we’ve had nothing to wear somewhere and we’ve got an outfit at the last minute because we literally go charity shopping together every Saturday.
“She had no clue there was anything in the pockets, we only usually find either receipts or toffees. But never concert tickets.”
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