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She also said Wolverhampton had numerous second hand uniform banks, based at community centres and churches around the city.

"They brought in second hand clothes for example, that's normal now, but back then it was seen as absolutely radical to have a shopping department store doing that," he said.

The salvaged materials are sold to costume designers, ravers, and people in the burlesque industry, who save by buying second hand.

"When the second hand market becomes more valuable because of rarity, that is problematic because our business is affected."

Tom Yuen, 31, from Cardiff, was searching for second hand door panels when he found the note, from 1947, which he says felt like a "handshake through time".