Newlyweds desperate to find lost memory cards containing wedding photos

TWO newlyweds are calling for help to find six missing memory cards containing more than 1,000 treasured snaps of their big day.

Lucy and Graeme Boynton were married on Sunday at the idyllic Reeds Hotel, Barton-Upon-Humber, in front of 50 guests – some of whom had travelled as far as Australia and America.

Photographic memory: Graeme and Lucy Boynton are looking for their memory cards.

After the speeches and, despite frantic searches, the photographer told the groom he had misplaced the pouch containing six memory cards, holding about 1,000 images.

Graeme, 27, of Hull, said: "I cannot say what my reaction was, but my heart dropped massively.

"As soon as I found out we got 15 of us together to retrace out steps."

After the service, at about 1.15pm, the happy couple were whisked in their Daimler limousine to have some photographs taken at the Humber Bridge viewing point at Barton.

But, after battling with blustery off-shore winds, they moved on to a secluded and freshly cut cornfield opposite the crossroads of Far Ings Lane to complete the photoshoot, before returning to the wedding venue for their meal at about 2.30pm.

Graeme, his friends and the photographer combed the cornfield to find the pouch.

He said: "We searched in a line like a police forensic team and we even went back the following morning, searching in the ditches and everything.

"It can't have blown away because it's heavy.

"We hope somebody visiting one of the local attractions, dog walking or just passing by might have picked it up and not realised what it was.

"It's of no value to anybody else, but it's of sentimental value to us.

"We had family and friends from all over the world there.

"A lot of planning went into it over the past two years and we don't get together all that often.

"My wife was absolutely devastated.

"We also feel bad for the photographer because we're not just a client, we're his friends. Obviously, it was an accident."

Lucy, 23, of Willoughby, Hull, said: "I feel bad about the photos, but it's not the end of the world.

"We had family and friends who had taken photographs and most of the group shots were retaken.

"We would like to hear from anybody who might have seen it or found it."