In the August 25 issue of Midweek, the front page bore a sepia-tinted studio portrait of a couple on their wedding day. The original is actually black and white.
The framed photo - 20x25cm - was found when local man George MacLachlan bought a "box lot" at Haywards Auctions in February. He says the picture has been looked after with the frame and glass in mint condition. The photographer's name is in the bottom right corner.
The question was — who are the people in the photograph and when and where did photographer Lloyd Cornish take the picture? George wanted to be able to return the precious portrait to the couple or to their family.
The message was sent out for anyone with answers to be in touch ... and they were.
We now know that the photo comes from 1963, when Margaret Whiteman married Graeme Lundon at the Wainui Presbyterian Church in Gisborne.