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To ask if you’ve ever come across money you’d completely forgotten about?

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BusyPearlCritic · 05/06/2026 18:56

Have you ever come across some money you’d completely forgotten about or neglected? I actually found an account last year which I thought I had closed - it had £35k in it!!

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TheCurious0range · 05/06/2026 19:02

AsparagusSeason · 05/06/2026 19:00

Not me, but when I was emptying my parents’ house after they’d died, I found an envelope in a bedroom drawer with £2k cash in it.

We spent it on a nice lunch for their children, spouses and grandchildren.

When my gran died we found envelopes with cash in all over the house in some very strange places. I don't think she trusted banks

Theresmagicwheretheflowersgrow · 05/06/2026 19:02

I once found an old £5 note in a recipe book. I've never been well enough off to use actual money as a bookmark so the discovery really surprised me. Not as good as yours though OP Smile

Larrythecatforpm · 05/06/2026 19:02

Yeah came across a bank account I had when I was 18 it gathered interest as I forgot about it was 15k in there. 🥴

TheCurious0range · 05/06/2026 19:01

BusyPearlCritic · 05/06/2026 18:56

Have you ever come across some money you’d completely forgotten about or neglected? I actually found an account last year which I thought I had closed - it had £35k in it!!

Will that's not quite the level I was aiming for! I once found a handbag with £50 cash in it when I was about 17/18 that I'd last used on a night out months and months before, and had dug it out to use on another night out. Back then it felt like a massive win, but nothing like 35k 😂

AsparagusSeason · 05/06/2026 19:00

Not me, but when I was emptying my parents’ house after they’d died, I found an envelope in a bedroom drawer with £2k cash in it.

We spent it on a nice lunch for their children, spouses and grandchildren.

LadyMacbethWasFierce · 05/06/2026 18:59

Well yes. But not at that level. About 25 years ago I found £100 in £20 notes in a book of mine. I had no idea then or now when I put it there or why.

But £35k. That’s wild!

SoScarletItWas · 05/06/2026 18:57

Oh. I was going to say I found £20 in a jacket pocket. Not quite what you were looking for!