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Mystery of 1950s wedding photo album found dumped in Wakefield solved

Global Published 12 October 2026, 11:00 · archived 12 Oct 2026

Online appeal and detective work by local historian help to return keepsake to couple’s sone after it had been stolenWhen Andrew Bedford discovered an old wedding album dumped outside his city centre cafe in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, he considered chucking it into a nearby wheelie bin.But when he opened the album, the vintage photographs of the happy couple on their wedding day in 1957 seemed too precious to throw away. Continue reading...

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