A year of chocolate

When he died in 1976, John Bostock left money in his will so that every child under five in the village of Westgate-in-Weardale would be given a bar of chocolate once a week for a year.

The children in Eastgate-in-Weardale must have felt like they drew the short end of the straw.

Burton Daily Mail - Mar 5, 1976

     Posted By: Alex - Mon Nov 27, 2023
     Category: Death | Inheritance and Wills | Chocolate | 1970s





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