A gardener has amassed Britain’s biggest used bottle collection by digging them from old landfills – and they include some real beauties.
Eddie Goodall has spent years uncovering the treasures, which are often embossed or bear interesting logos.
He has hundreds of bottles and loves the history each one reveals.
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Many are proudly on display on specially built shelves in Eddie’s home.
The historic items were chucked out hundreds of years ago and dumped in old quarries or tips.
Jars and glass ornaments also feature in the gardener’s hoard.
Eddie digs feet down through layers of landfill to discover the items – usually the kind discarded by long-closed breweries, chemists or dairies, as reported by What’s The Jam.
The 35-year-old said: “I’ve got many hundreds of them.
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“I have loads on display but loads more are boxed up in storage.
“It’s a great hobby. It’s fascinating what was thrown away back then.
“I can look at a certain one and it takes me back to the time and place where I dug it.
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“My family like them too.
“My mum absolutely loved my finds, but unfortunately, she passed away in 2018.”
Asked to single one find out – Eddie, from Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire – said: “My rarest find is a René Lalique glass dish.
“It’s beautiful.
“I have no idea why it would have been thrown away.”
Single man Eddie digs on private land but always asks for landowner permission.
He added: “It can be a dangerous hobby definitely, you could be digging into hazardous materials like asbestos or other chemicals if you don’t really know what to look out for.
“It’s always important to get permission because somebody always owns the land, so they might not want you on there for various reasons.
“Most diggers I know try to leave sites tidy, they really clean up.
“They even spread wildflower seeds or they’ll put grass seeds back down and stuff and level it all out.”
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