A bottle containing cheeky messages from two teenage girls asking for boyfriends has washed up after drifting in a UK river for 56 years.

The corked glass bottle was discovered by a group of volunteer litter pickers who were cleaning up the Humber Estuary in Lincolnshire.

Inside were two scribbled notes written by 15-year-old pals Jennifer Coleman and Janet Blankley dated August 9, 1966.

The love-lorn pair wrote descriptions of themselves and invited teenage boys who found the bottle to write back to them.

Janet wrote: “I am 15, not bad looking, long wavy brown, chestnut hair and 5’4.

“Anyone interested, a photo will be exchanged in person. Boy who writes. No one under 16 or over 18.”

Jennifer’s note said: “Anyone who finds this please contact J Coleman.

“Please write if you are a boy under 18 over 16. Please send a photo and one will be exchanged. Thank you.”

The girls both included their addresses in Grantham, Lincs.

It is thought the girls were on a day trip to South Ferriby near Scunthorpe when they tossed the bottle into the river.

Tracey Marshall, 59, and her daughter Charlotte, 19, found the messages in a bottle while working for Scunthorpe Litter Pickers on Saturday.

Mum-of-three Tracey said: “We’d been litter picking on the Humber estuary.

“My daughter noticed the bottle in the reeds and in the mud and was quite buried but you could just see the top of the bottle poking out.

“Charlotte dragged it out and cleaned it and noticed there was something inside.

“We find a lot of bottles and usually put them in a recycling bag but this one had a cork so it pricked our attention so put it to one side.

“When we had finished the litter pick we tried to get the notes out but couldn’t so we actually smashed the bottle.

“Inside were two rolled-up notes, they were very very rolled up in cellophane over the top of them.

“We eventually got them open and they were two letters.

“It’s really exciting, we couldn’t believe it when we found them.

“I just popped it on social media and didn’t expect it to blow up as much as it did.”

Incredibly, Tracey was able to track Jennifer down on social media and discovered she moved to Australia with her family in 1973.

“One of the ladies emigrated to Australia in 1973. I’ve spoken to her a lot. We’re actually going to send her the letter back.

“Jennifer Anne Coleman. She was 15 when she wrote the letter with her friend and tossed it in the river in the Boston, Skegness area.

“Ironically, they tossed the bottle into this spot, so it obviously hasn’t gone far in all these years.

“We find some weird and wonderful things. We were like big kids when we find things.”

Jennifer, now aged 71, said: “Janet and I were good friends at school; we spent a lot of time together during school holidays, we went our separate ways once we finished school.

“I had completely forgotten about the message in the bottle and it is in such good condition after half a century, unbelievable.

“I can’t believe it was in the water for that long.

“I think it’s hilarious and unbelievable that it’s been there for 56 years just lying around.

“I vaguely remember sending it. I just thought it would be interesting if we ever got a reply from our notes.

“You did used to hear about messages in bottles in my childhood but I don’t think we gave it another thought afterwards.

“I lived in Grantham until I was 20. I can’t believe the letters were so well preserved after so many years.”

Jennifer had family in Ferriby at the time she and Janet wrote the notes, and so spent a lot of time in the area and going to Cleethorpes in the summer.

The group also contacted Janet’s family who say she still lives in Grantham.

Meet the best friends who turned their sex chats into a career – and now make $10k a month giving intimacy advice to women and couples.

Holly Robinson, 33, and Rachel Anderson, 32, had been best pals for 18 years when they set up a sex therapy business together – The Hormone Hub – in April 2020.

Both former therapists, they found that a lot of their clients were coming to them with intimacy issues and decided to set up their own business to focus on helping people with their sex problems.

The pair had always been open with each other about their sex lives but found not everyone had that kind of openness with their friends.

Now the besties work full time as sexual empowerment coaches – helping women overcome their struggles with orgasming or self-pleasure and couples to reignite their sexual spark.

Holly, who lives with her partner, Oliver Ward, 37, a paratrooper, from Colchester, Essex, said: “I’ve known Rachel since I was 15 and we’ve always been open and spoken about sex.

“It’s great that this is now our job.

“I’m so passionate about helping people have the best sex they can and empowering them.

“I think it’s so important to change the narrative around sex.

“I think from a young age were taught that sex is something naughty – but it’s great and we should let ourselves have this pleasure.

“It’s amazing that we can help someone find that pleasure and feel sexy again.”

Rachel, who has just started a new relationship, from Colchester, Essex, said: “I’ve been through massive sex blocks myself and therapy helped my sex drive and relieve me of pain.

“So to faciliate that for other woman is amazing.”

The women spend their weeks doing 20 one-to-one sessions, and three to four workshops – including tantra sessions – which are engineered to help partners have more of a spiritual connection.

“We do get a lot of women coming to us saying they can’t orgasm,” Holly said.

“But often it is a mind block or a past trauma, and we help them get out of their heads.”

The pair have even cured women of her vaginismus – the body’s automatic reaction to the fear of some or all types of vaginal penetration.

“People have this view that intimacy goes downhill when you’ve been with someone for a while,” Holly said.

“But it doesn’t have to – for me it’s got better.”

Holly is also passionate about making sure her daughter, Breya, seven, is properly educated on sex.

“She came home to me the other day and asked if sex was a swear word,” she said.

“I think it’s because it can be taught so factually, and it’s thought of something that shouldn’t be spoken about with children.

“But I’m open with her and if she asks something about sex, I’ll be truthful.

“She knows it’s something her dad and I do.”

Holly and Rachel have seen a big uptake in their services and make about £7k a month between them through The Hormone Hub and other clients.

“We have a waiting list because that many people are coming to us struggling,” Holly said.

“I’m just so glad we can make such a big difference to self-pleasure and sex.

“I’ve always loved talking about sex – and now it’s my job.”

Rachel said: “I had always thought something was wrong with me when I didn’t want sex or it hurt.

“So to be able to change that for other people is so worthwhile.”