An Angus woman was delighted when a postman handed back her lost purse seven years after it went missing.
Lorraine Simpson from Kirriemuir lost her purse after a night out in the town with friends in 2008.
It has now turned up “out of the blue” with all contents still intact including the money.
The 36-year-old was at her work in a coffee shop when one of the town’s postal workers, Lewis Armstrong, appeared and handed her the purse.
She said: “It’s incredible. I haven’t a clue where my purse has been but when it was returned to me it was soaking wet.
“A £20 note and a £10 note were still there, although they disintegrated when I touched them, as well as all my cards.
“Lewis told me it was found by his colleague Roy Armstrong who emptied the post box in the Knowehead area of the town.
“He said it hadn’t been there on Saturday when the box was emptied so someone has obviously put it in some time over the weekend.”
Lorraine’s old address in Kirriemuir was on all the paperwork in her purse.
When the purse was taken to that address it was discovered she did not live there any more and it was taken back to the post office.
She added: “When it went back to the sorting office someone recognised the picture on my driving licence and some of the other cards.
“Someone who knew me was able to tell them that I actually worked in the coffee shop just across the road and Lewis brought it over.”
Lorraine said she was completely baffled by the find, adding: “I’d love to know where it has been all this time.”