London: Blackhall Colliery has one claim to fame – its beach featured in the climax of the Michael Caine film “Get Carter”. Apart from that, it is like many struggling former mining villages in northeast England.
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But the village on the County Durham coast is now at the centre of a mystery – as bundles of cash keep turning up in the street.
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Durham Police said a total of £26,000 ($33,500, €30,300) had been found over the past five years – 13 packages of £2,000 in £20 notes.
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“These bundles are always left in plain sight such as on pavements and discovered by random members of the public who have handed them in,” said Detective Constable John Forster.
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The latest discovery on Monday was the fourth this year, he added, speculating that a Good Samaritan could be dropping off the cash parcels.
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Forster, who said inquiries had so far drawn a blank, praised the “incredible community spirit” of the locals who had handed in the cash – with newspapers suggesting the village could be the most honest place in Britain.
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Villagers speculated to The Guardian that the mysterious benefactor could be “one of these secret millionaires” or even a “Blackhall Santa”.
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“It’s not a run-down area but nothing ever that good really happens around here,” one resident was quoted as telling the newspaper.
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“It might be someone trying to help – a Santa’s little elf. I hope it’s that.”
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Like many other former pit villages, Blackhall Colliery has struggled since its mine closed in the 1980s.
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