Bottled message is Vintage secret

Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK) | October 21, 2006 | Copyright

Brixham schoolboy John Smart had good reason to celebrate - it was his birthday and he was enjoying an extra holiday because of Napoleon Bonaparte's defeat at the Battle of Waterloo a month before.

It was July 24, 1815 and, with two half-crowns in his pocket, the youngster scurried down to the port's quayside to meet with his chums, Charlie Puddicombe and his younger brother Dick - the biggest and smallest boys in their school.

As they discussed the best way to spend his birthday windfall, they looked out across the sea and suddenly spied two ships which rounded Berry Head and entered the bay ...

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