A mystery package from Canada had Burton's postal workers in a muddle in July 1989. Staff at Burton sorting office received a trans-Atlantic parcel addressed to 'Baby Jonie' at an address in Stretton.

Postman Ian Guest set out but nobody at the address knew of Baby Jonie. Despite knocking on many doors in the area, the postman drew a blank.

To help solve the mystery, the Burton Mail ran a front page appeal for information on the parcel which had been sent from 3100 Austen Drive, in Ontario.

Within days, the mystery had been solved by Stretton postman Trevor Dunn and his future daughter-in-law. Their combined efforts were praised by Canadian-born Melony Mitchell, of Cottesmore Road, in Stapenhill.

Speaking in 1989, Mrs Mitchell said: "I am so grateful to him and so pleased that I've got the parcel. It was sent by a friend in Canada for my daughter Joni, who is three weeks old. She must have forgotten that I'd moved. It so easily could have got lost."

The package contained some frilly dresses, a toothbrush and a cup for her newborn.

Postman Trevor Dunn said: "I knocked on a few doors and even called on the Stretton minister and the nursery to see if anyone knew a baby called Jonie but I had no joy."

The solution was finally provided by his future daughter-in-law, Veronica Mgynn, of Althorp Way, who knew Mrs Mitchell when she lived in Stretton and had been told she had given birth to a baby called Joni.

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