I tracked down a lost bank account after SIXTY YEARS and it was worth hundreds – how you can too

A WOMAN who opened a bank account when she was six-years-old has tracked it down decades later - and discovered it's worth hundreds of pounds.

Carol Allison from Edinburgh deposited a shilling a week into her savings for a year when she was a child with her grandmother's help.

She paid the cash into an account with Trustee Savings Bank, which later became TSB, and as a shilling is the equivalent of five pence, saved £2.50 in total.

She forgo all about it and now aged 74, she stumbled across the bank book detailing her deposits when having a clear out recently, , along with details of two other accounts.

After going to the bank, she found that she could still access the money and after more than 60 years it is now worth £250.

She told BBC Scotland: "I was really pleased and thanked my grandmother, under my breath, when they told me I had £250.

"They said it had continued to gain interest all that time. I'm now going to see how much has accrued in the other two now, it's very exciting."

Carol, who had four kids of her own since opening the bank account, is now urging others to check if they have unclaimed cash in "lost" accounts.

Brits could be missing out on millions of pounds from lost bank accounts as well as Premium Bonds, pensions and investments.

Current accounts and savings accounts that haven't been touched in 15 years can be raided with the money going to good causes.