AN animal-lover from Wetwang, who was heartbroken when his blind Jack Russell terrier, Kim, became lost in a field, has been reunited with his pet - thanks to a group of village youngsters.
As reported in the Driffield Times, 12-year-old Kim got lost when she ran into a field of rape seed in Wetwang at around 4.30pm on May 12. »
Microchip helped identify its owner… »
DOROTHY Whyte has always wondered about her aunt Hilda May Marshall, affectionately called ‘Aunt May’ who migrated to Cuba more than eighty years ago. Aunt May was the only one of her mother’s siblings that she hadn’t met. The only memories she had of her aunt was from the stories her mother told her growing up. »
After years of searching in vain, the Lawrence family had all but given up that they would ever be reunited. »
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A LEVENMOUTH pensioner has travelled to the other side of the world for an emotional reunion with a brother he hasn’t seen for more than half a century.
A 13,000-mile journey ended with Eddie Paterson knocking on his brother George’s door in Mittagong, Australia.
It was a fantastic 72nd birthday present for George and – as Eddie revealed – it was the first time they had set eyes on each other since 1955!
”It was first thing in the morning and George was still in his pyjamas,” said Eddie (73) from Methilhill.
”He thought it was the Mormons or something!
”It took him a wee while to recognise me, but then he said: ‘Eddie?’.”
Once George had recovered from the shock of the surprise visit, the brothers set about catching up on more than 50 years of each others’ lives.
Retired miner Eddie explained that he and George hadn’t had it easy in their early life.
Before they had reached the age of five, both were taken into care in a Corporation Home in Glasgow.
They enjoyed happier times together being brought up by foster parents on a croft near Peterhead.
But, when working life beckoned, circumstances conspired to separate them for more than half a century.
While Eddie moved to Fife to work in the pits, George joined the Gordon Highlanders.
Eddie and his wife Willa were married in 1954, and his wee brother paid the newly-weds a visit before joining the ranks of the ‘Ten-Pound Poms’ – British citizens who took advantage of a cheap travel scheme to boost the population of Australia.
Some time after George’s move, Eddie discovered he had two sisters he previously knew nothing about.
But, apart from a very occasional phone call or Christmas card, he had no contact with his far-flung brother.
That separation ended on April 6, when Eddie, his son Eddie jnr and grandsons Ben and Edward appeared on George’s doorstep.
”We’d never exchanged photos in all that time, so we had no idea what each other looked like,” said Eddie, who said he’d been moved to make the momentous journey after hearing that George had gone through an operation for cancer.
”I was surprised that he recognised me at all.
”We spoke about the old times when we were brought up on the croft.
”He still remembered all the things I remembered, so we had plenty to talk about.
”George has a strong Australian accent now!”
Following their happy reunion, Eddie and George are set to stay in closer touch.
But only time will tell if they will ever meet face-to-face again.
”It was all very emotional – especially when we were saying goodbye,” said Eddie.
But he added: ”It was well worth the journey to see him again after all those years.”
IT seems like a fairy tale. A little girl separated from her parents, found by locals, protected by the police, sheltered by an orphanage and finally reunited with her parents—all in five days. But for two-and-a-half-year-old Nandini, it isn’t really a happy ending of sorts. For the Bhagwatsinh Balashram, the orphanage where she stayed for three days after she got lost, is likely to be her future home. Reason? Her father Navinbhai, a labourer is unable to support her, and her mother Gauriben can’t look after her as she is mentally unstable. Little Nandini had been found crying outside a closed shop in Hathikhana area in Rajkot, and was handed over to the A-Division police here by the shopkeepers of the area on April 20. For the next three days the police station was her home and the men in khakhi her family. »
Tammi Whyte knew several people helped save her life and she wanted to find them and say thanks. »
It was a family reunion of sorts at Bailey Square Park in Central Austin. »
A former Imperial Japanese Army soldier who recently surfaced in Ukraine had a tearful reunion with relatives here Thursday after seeing them for the first time since he went off to fight for the emperor 63 years ago. »
Two sisters in their late 80s have been reunited with the help of the media after 70 years apart in Wuhan, Hubei Province, last week. »
Adopted when he was just 18 months old, David Eikleberry, 42, of Norfolk, Va., didn’t know he had six brothers or a sister until this Easter weekend. »
Fate, in the form of bad weather, played a hand in uniting Bob Carpenter and Tom Paciorek in the Washington Nationals broadcast booth at RFK Stadium. »
After months of trying to locate her daughter, Tan Soo Fieck was finally reunited with her two days ago. »
Five siblings, separated when they were children, found their way back to each other today. The family is originally from Clark County. »
When Chioma Meme was less than a year old, her father took her to Nigeria, under the guise of visiting her grandmother before she died, and never returned her to her African-born mother, Mabel Mucbah, in Seattle. »
Two Jewish women here have been miraculously reunited with their cousin 66 years after all three survived the Holocaust. »
A VICTORIAN woman has been reunited with her daughter who was snatched from Australia 14 years ago by her father, a Malaysian prince. »
After spending three weeks hiding in a Checotah motel and a month at a Muskogee veterinary clinic, Ashley the Cat is finally home in North Carolina. »
After a statewide Amber Alert was issued late Friday evening by the North Carolina Center for Missing Persons, nine-month-old Kara Ashton Hill was back in her mother’s arms around 3:30 Saturday morning. »
It was a sad Christmas for Sandra Ramirez of Kenosha and her family without their dog, Cooper. »
THEY had not set eyes on each other since 1944, when Marie-Henriette Steffens bravely sheltered him from the Germans after his tank broke down. »
Police spent much of Monday afternoon searching for the family of a 3-year-old boy who was found wandering alone in Sunrise. »
A 4-year-old girl, who was reported missing for six months and feared dead in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, has been reunited with her mother in Houston. »
The mother of a woman who vanished ten years ago as a 14-year-old calls her discovery “the best ending” she could imagine.
Tanya Kach (kash) was reunited with her father yesterday near Pittsburgh, and sees her mother for the first time in a decade today. »
When Irene Rowse’s heart suddenly stopped beating in the Tesco car park, her chances of surviving decreased by 20pc every minute she remained dead to the world. »
Natalie could not believe that she was reunited with her lost son, Vachaslav, after five months, thousands of miles away from their homeland. »