An 84-year-old Easter egg which was left untouched due to wartime rationing is set to be sold at auction. Sybil Cook was gifted the egg in 1939 by he uncle. But with war looming, she was advised her to ration it slowly and savour every morsel.
The chocolate egg was gifted to then-nine-year-old Sybil Cook in 1939.
The ‘Mary Mary Quite Contrary’ egg still has its blue and white paper, complete with a decorative garden scene of a little girl with a watering can. ‘He told her to ration it. Amazingly, she was so disciplined and respectful to her elders she never ate a single piece.Pictured here aged 84 in 2019, Sybil had said it ‘didn’t seem right’ to eat it
‘The egg was very precious to her. Having kept it safe through her childhood she took it with her when she left home to get married in 1955 and for 60 years had it tucked away on a shelf in her bedroom in Bilton Road in Neath. The egg has now ended up in a cupboard in my bedroom.
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