How a stolen 1957 wedding album found its way home
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A weathered wedding album from 1957 discovered behind a Wakefield cafe was returned to its subjects, Maxwell Dawson and Barbara Parr, after amateur historian Anne-Marie Fawcett identified the couple by cross-referencing faded handwritten names with historical records including the 1939 register, marriage indexes, and electoral rolls.
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