Things lost or found

[ianr]

Every so often there are threads here about objects lost or found locally. How many of them result in a successful restoration? Do the police still handle lost property?

[PeckhamRose]

Police lose the Lost Property.

My hubbie lost his keys near his garage.

Coincidentally there were some police nearby and they found them, so they took them to the Lost Property department and one of the police told him his colleague had done this.

So he went to collect them, but they did not know where they were.

He went every single day for nine days. On the Friday they said to come back tomorrow.

On the Saturday he was told Lost property is closed weekends.

He went on the Monday, and still noone knew where these keys were, yet it was the police who had handed them in.

Finally, a civil officer sorted everything about nine days later and he was reunited with his keys.

So put notices up on trees, advertise on the local press, in this forum, and through pigeon post but for the love of a God I do not believe in, do not hand them in to the police.

As for the message below this. YES! Too true!

[bigbadwolf]

ianr Wrote:

Do the police still handle lost property?

No. This service is now carried out by both the Post office and Royal mail.