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‘Mary Mary Quite Contrary’ egg given to Sybil Cook, 9, shortly before start of second world war

In the tradition of chocolate Easter eggs whose owners never quite got around to finishing them off, Sybil Cook’s excuse takes some beating.

In the then nine-year-old’s case, it was Hitler’s imminent invasion of Poland and the onset of the second world war that interrupted her enjoyment of the treat.