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The damp and faded letter was hard to read, but they were able to make out the name Addison Runcie, the year 1978, and an address in Cullen, Banffshire.

It has now been established the letter referred to fisherman James Addison Runcie who had been on board the fishing boat Loraley, but who died in 1995.

Jim Runcie - who was known locally as Peem - died in 1995 at the age of 67.

They had put a "couple of bottles" overboard, and had wanted one to be from Jim Runcie.

Mr Runcie's sister Sandra Taylor, 83, happened to be visiting Cullen where she is originally from, and was stunned to be told the story behind the find in Sweden.