A distressed bride from Scotland recovered a 150-year-old hand-made antique wedding gown through a social media plea after losing it at the dry-cleaners.
The gown, an 1870's family heirloom, belonged to Morham resident Tess Newall's great-great grandmother.
In June 2016, the 29-year-old wore the sentimental vintage dress when she wed her husband Alfred Newall and then gave it for dry-cleaning later that same year. It went missing when Kleen Cleaners in Edinburgh permanently shut down after it went bankrupt.
Frantic about the loss, Newall posted message on Facebook about the loss hoping to spread the word around. In the post. she writes, "I realise there are far greater issues in the world but it means the world to us. More family memories need to be woven into its threads."
On February 10, Newall posted another message on Facebook, this time with good news. In bold she wrote: "THE DRESS HAS BEEN FOUND!"
The landlord of the shop property, she said who found out about the missing dress, decided to check what was left behind by the administrator. "He checked what was left by the administrators (Wylie & Bisset) and found a crumpled heap of antique lace on the floor," she said.
In a separate Facebook post, Newall shares a letter that the dry cleaner recently sent on Saturday, despite having recovered the dress. "Unfortunately, it appears that your dress was NOT located with the wedding dresses within the store and as such was DISPOSED OF when the premises were cleared."
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However, all is well that ends well. The Newall said that her family is "over the moon" to be reunited with the wedding dress and thanks everyone for creating the buzz on social media before it was too late.
Read Newall's entire post:
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(With agency inputs)
