MISSING PEANUT FOUND IN ATTIC
A chance discovery took a Cheetingham woman on a romantic trip down memory lane last Friday morning.
Anne Larkin was in her attic spring cleaning when she came across a peanut she hadn’t seen for nearly 50 years.
Said 68-year-old Anne: “On one of our first dates, my boyfriend Ted took me to London Zoo. We'd seen the Guy the gorilla and were standing at the chimps' enclosure, watching them do their funny antics.
"One of the males came right up to the bars in front of us and started playing with himself. He was pursing his lips and his eyes were bulging out. It made us both start giggling.
"We watched him for a while, then Ted turned to me, took my face in his hands and told me I looked just like that chimp. It was the most romantic thing anyone had ever said to me.
"Then he kissed me, right at the moment when the chimp reached his climax."
It was on their next date that Ted gave her the peanut, one of a selection he’d bought at a market stall that morning.
“He gave me the nut and then asked if I’d be his chimpanzee for life,” said Anne. "I knew he was the only man for me, so I said 'yes' straightaway."
Ted and Anne were married in June 1958 and moved to their present house in August of the same year. It was soon after that the peanut disappeared.
“I had no idea where it had gone – I was heartbroken,” said Anne. “I turned the house upside down looking for that nut. And then, this morning, there it was, lying at the bottom of a teachest. I really don't know how it got there.”
When asked how she and Ted would celebrate the nut’s return, Anne answered: “It hasn’t really sunk in yet, but I think we might go to London Zoo and watch the chimps.”
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