A man was left stunned after discovering his grandfather’s handwritten notes behind the wallpaper of his new home.

Mark Strathan bought his late grandparents’ home in the village of New Deer, Aberdeenshire, after it went up for sale in 2017.

While stripping old wallpaper, he uncovered his grandad Wullie Strathan’s signature – scrawled back in the 1970s when he was doing his own renovations.

Mark Strathan and partner Mark Cunningham shared the incredible discovery with their 22,000 Instagram followers on @homewiththemarks.

Mr Cunningham, 34, a customer success manager, said that for Mark it ‘was like a flashback to his grandad’.

He added: ‘It was really nice to come across those notes and see when the windows were fitted, when things were wallpapered.’

As a child, Mark lived with gran

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