BUILDERS working on a house in Eastbourne, Sussex, were in for a surprise when they knocked down a chimney.

For, says the Daily Express, they discovered a letter from a child to Father Christmas which is believed to be more than 90 years old.

The letter, dated 1925 and signed by E Short, read: “Daddy Christmas, will you please bring me these things. Fort, cannon, box of soldiers, Indian, chocolate, boat, book, handkerchiefs. Yours sincerely, E Short.”