Woman reunited with wedding ring found near store
BBCA woman has been reunited with her wedding ring after an appeal by a man who found it on Valentine's Day.
Barry Bennion said he was walking past Marks & Spencer in Shrewsbury when he saw the ring, which was engraved with the wedding date from within the last two years and names, on the pavement.
Following coverage on BBC Radio Shropshire and the BBC news website, bride Jane Jones messaged Mr Bennion on Tuesday, after her husband found his social media post.
Ms Jones said she was "absolutely thrilled", adding: "It's so lovely to have decent people and honest people".
Mr Bennion, from Upton Magna, was walking past the store on Castle Street and stated he did not know "how I saw it".
After showing the ring to his wife Jeana, they tried "Facebook pages and everything, but we're not [hitting] a big enough audience", before he approached the BBC.
Ms Jones said she was at home when she realised the ring had gone and soon "the house was upside down trying to find it".
"I didn't know what to do and I was in despair," she said.
Ms Jones had been to Marks & Spencer "to get something for Valentine's Day and then I was at work, so when I got home, I realised".
"I was looking through my car and thinking 'it might be at work' and then I couldn't find it anywhere."
On Monday she went to jewellers in Shrewsbury to mention her name and the inscription and "just make them aware".
A woman at a pawnbrokers said she had seen something on Facebook about a missing ring, Ms Jones said.
Ms Jones explained Mr Bennion replied to her message within about half an hour and "I told him what the inscription was and the dates and everything and it matched".
"It's like amazing... I might never have found it. I never thought for a second that it had fallen off my hand.
"I didn't have a pair of gloves... I went through my pockets and my coat and everything."
She told him when he returned it: "I'm so, so grateful to you, you wouldn't believe."
Mr Bennion said: "It's the most fantastic feeling to think that I spotted it, picked it up and within a few days everything's full circle."
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