Mystery of 24-year-old message in a bottle solved - leaving man stunned

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A message in a bottle thrown out to sea by six-year-old Alex Melling and his mum has come back home - twenty-four years later.

Alex, who lives in Hindley, says he was scrolling on Facebook Group Hindley Residents when a mention of his old childhood address caught his eye.

He scrolled back up and then saw his name mentioned in a post that he "Just could not quite believe." READ MORE: Inside the 'time capsule' home of 90s enthusiast - who still has a VHS player and drives a G reg Mini Metro A man called Rex Winter said he was trying to track down an Alex at that address after his son and daughter had discovered a message in a bottle in a remote bay in Scotland.