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Daily Mirror
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Debbie Luxon & Kieren Williams

EXPLAINED: Man who lost dad s ashes on drunken pub crawl reunited with them after binman saves day | Rare Historical Photos

A man who lost his dad’s ashes in a Tesco bag for life on a drunken pub crawl has been reunited with them, after they were miraculously found by a lucky binman.

Stan Blade had planned to visit Southend, Essex, to take his dad’s ashes onto the pleasure rides and the dodgems.

But the 39-year-old got side-tracked and, after meeting up with a group of old friends, he ended up one a nine-hour bender.

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