Mystery of wedding ring found on Valentine's Day

A man is appealing for the owner of a wedding ring to come forward after he spotted it lying on pavement on Valentine's Day.

Barry Bennion said he was walking past Marks & Spencer on Castle Street in Shrewsbury when he found the jewellery.

It was engraved with a wedding date, from within the last two years, and also the couple's names, Mr Bennion stated.

He added he "would love to reunite the ring" with those who lost it.

Mr Bennion explained he did not want to identify the date or the names so he could be sure anyone staking a claim was legitimate.

The Upton Magna resident told the BBC: "I don't know how I saw it, but I just saw this wedding ring on the pavement, so I picked it up.

"I met my wife a few shops up the road... and I showed her the ring and she looked inside and it's actually engraved."

He suspected the ring was lost on the same day he found it - 14 February - and that "just makes it more poignant really", he said.

So far, his efforts to reunite ring and owner have fallen short.

"We've tried our Facebook pages and everything, but we're not [hitting] a big enough audience," he explained.

But he said he was sure if he could reach a wider audience, somebody "might just know someone [who] might know someone" and "it might just snowball and get us a result".

Anyone who thinks the band might be theirs is asked to contact BBC Radio Shropshire, either stating what the engraving says, or to whom they think it belongs.

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