Woman who went viral after finding secret messages under living room wallpaper makes contact with writer

The family decided to redecorate during lockdown
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Ellena Cruse18 June 2020

A woman who went viral after finding secret messages under her wallpaper from the 1990s has made contact with the writer.

Charlotte Morrison decided to do some decorating in her living room during lockdown and discovered the notes when she stripped the wallpaper away.

Signed by a man named only as Jon, the previous tenant wrote in December 1997 that he was "p****d off" and shared some advice to help her beautify her room.

After the mum's post gained more than 18,000 likes and 14,000 shares on Facebook, Jon's family got in touch on his behalf because he "hates social media" and "instead of statues he writes notes".

His message on the wall read: "If you ever need to wallpaper this room again, it will take eight rolls of wallpaper - I bought six rolls at £17 per roll."

He added to his message 16 days later on December 21, 1997 and said: "I didn't have enough, it really p****d me off."

Mrs Morrison, who lives in Essex and moved into the property almost five years ago, told the Standard: "I laughed when I saw the note, and so did my husband.

Charlotte Morrison

"We took a photo of it I sent it to close friends and family on WhatsApp first.

"Then I posted it and someone on my Facebook said I should set it as public #FindJon and they shared it. It went crazy from there really."

Mrs Morrison read though some of the 5,000 comments on her post said two questions kept coming up.

"I think we are all wondering why Jon was doing this so close to Christmas and [why he paid] £17 a roll," she added.

After her post went viral she got another message, this time in her inbox, from someone claiming to be a relative of Jon.

"She gave me addresses in our area Jon had lived in, and mine was one of them," she said.

"He described our home when he was here, and he even remembered neighbours."

While the unexpected note brought a little bit of unexpected joy to the family amid the pandemic, Mrs Morrison regretted not coming across it sooner.

"I found the note on the last piece I scraped off by the front door, I wish I had found it first or at least found a note saying ‘Get eight tubes of filler for the holes, whilst you're at it’ - the walls are terrible."

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