FALSE teeth, a trumpet and a glass eye are among the curiosities people leave on buses travelling through Stroud.

Stagecoach West, which operates services across the region, collects hundreds of items passengers forget to take with them each year.

Bus passes and bags, especially containing shopping, are the most common items people leave behind, followed by umbrellas, spectacles and mobile phones.

More unusual items have included a cello, a pram, sports gear and the odd white stick used by blind people.

Sarah Cox, operations manager at the Stroud depot in King Street, urged bus users to double check they have all their belongings before getting off the bus.

"There is definitely a pattern to what is left behind from season to season," she said.

"For example, over the busy Christmas shopping period many people leave bags of shopping behind on buses and spring is a common time for people to forget their umbrellas.

"If people are in a rush, it's very easy for them to leave something behind, even the essentials such as handbags and wallets.

"We do our best to reunite people with their property by keeping it for one month to give them plenty of time to realise they've lost it."

Once the month is up, items which haven't been claimed are either given to the bus driver who found them, donated to charity or destroyed.

Anyone who has lost any property on the bus should contact their local depot, which keeps an inventory of all items.