A loving husband has told of the touching moment he was reunited with his wedding ring—52 years after losing it at a cricket match. Eddie Stokoe, 73, had been married to his wife Jean for just six months when he lost his wedding ring at the Shotley Bridge Cricket Club in Consett, County Durham, in March 1966. But he was reunited with it, which had both their names, when his brother Billy, 81, met with the woman who found it by chance.
It was said that Karen was walking her dog when she slipped on a muddy bank on the River Derwent, near the Shotley Bridge Cricket Club, and found the ring from its hiding place. Mr Stokoe, who cried when he was reunited with the ring, said, “I was absolutely excited, as you could imagine. We had to take our jewellery off before going out in the field, and when we finished I realised that it had completely vanished. I searched everywhere for it but could not find it, and spent the next few weeks searching the field, looking for that ring, but with no luck.”
Mr Stokoe had married his childhood sweetheart on October 16, 1965, and had given up all hope of finding the wedding ring. The father-of-three added, “I have never had a replacement. Every time a big anniversary came around, Jean would offer to buy a new one, but the original is absolutely irreplaceable.”
Billy, who met the woman that found the ring, had to double-check with Mr Stokoe to confirm whether he had ever worn a ring because it had been so long since he last wore one. Although the wedding ring no longer fits his ring finger, he now wears it on his little finger with pride and has no intention of taking it off.
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