Caravan couple gets wedding album back – 17 years later

Nigel and Gillian Stewart had thought their wedding photos were gone for ever. 17 years ago their caravan was stolen and the wedding album was inside. Despite appeals through the media for the return of the album, nothing showed up. Although things changed on Tuesday when they found somebody had left the album in a plastic bag outside the gates of their home.

“I thought I was seeing things” said Gillian. “I was absolutely stunned and speechless. Its lovely for the children – they only know their dad with grey hair”. The unexpected return of the photo album was especially poignant for the couple seeing as they recently celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary. Gillian was pregnant with their son at the wedding and it is the first time he has seen the photos.

Gillian said she was extremely grateful to whoever it was that returned the photos. Nobody knows whether the person who returned them was the same person who stole the caravan but the family believe that someone finally had their conscience pricked. Even if the person who returned the photos was responsible for stealing the caravam Gillian said “all was forgiven and there’s no need to be afraid to come forward to me, because I bear no grudges. That was the past and the future’s the future”.

“I would just love whoever it was to come forward, so i could thank them in person” she added.