How an old school photo helped reunite childhood sweethearts after 85 years

Alistair said he became fascinated by the school photograph after a visit to Eyemouth last year and set out - with the help of his father's "astonishing long-term memory" - to find out what had happened to the other children in the image. He found they had gone all across the globe – including Australia, Canada and New Zealand – but most of them had died. The first living person he traced in the picture was Margaret MacCauley (nee Duggie), who still lives in the Eyemouth area. The second was Betty, who is also 96. "I couldn't be quite sure although I was almost certain I had traced her to North Yorkshire up to a few years ago," said Alistair.