But 23 years later she has been stunned to receive a reply –
after the bottle was discovered more than 350 miles away in
the Netherlands.
Zoe, who has since married and lives in Salford, tossed the
letter into the sea as she left Hull on a ferry for a family
holiday to Germany when she was just 10.
The mum – whose surname is now Averianov – was
flabbergasted when her parents called for Christmas and
said they had post from Europe.
It turned out to be a reply to her letter from Piet and
Jacqueline Lateur from near Rotterdam.
Piet was walking his dog in the Oosterschelde dykes, near
where he and his wife Jacqueline live in Serooskerke, when
he found the bottle with Zoe's letter inside.
Zoe, 33, who works in a jewellery shop and lives in
Pendleton, said: "It's been a bit crazy really.
"My parents came to visit on Christmas day and they had
this letter from Europe addressed to my maiden name,
Lemon.
"The first thing I saw was my handwriting as a child and
my little letter saying who I was and about my pets and my
hobbies. It made me a bit emotional."
Since receiving the letter, Zoe has been in contact with Piet
via email and asked to see photographs of where the bottle
was found.
He told her: "I am keeping your little letter on my piano. I
know you are no longer a little girl but you asked me to
write you so I have."
Culled from Information Nigeria
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