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'Looking for either Alice or Norman who got married 5.8.61. May be from Edinburgh or Inveresk'

How Martha Kearney solved a 30 year mystery with help of Twitter

鈥淟ooking for either Alice or Norman who got married 5.8.61. May be from Edinburgh or Inveresk. I found a wedding ring in huge plant pot when repotting plant. I would like that the ring was returned to the owner.鈥�

This is the message that Martha Kearney spotted on Facebook from her former school friend, Debbie Davidson. Soon she was embroiled in the search to reunite the ring with the former owner. She posted Debbie鈥檚 message on Twitter with the hashtag #FindAliceandNorman and after more than two thousand retweets, a citizen army took on the case. Listen again to find out what happened.

Credit: Debbie Davidson

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