Sometimes you get lucky! Andy and Wendy left this remarkable story on our Facebook page.

We live in the UK. Last December our house was flooded by a tidal surge and EVERYTHING on the ground floor was ruined. We had so little notice that all we had time to save was one of our cars, our dog and a handful of personal papers. We were devastated when we realised our wedding album, created by Queensberry in 2002, was among the items lost.

It was our pride and joy, and we despaired of ever replacing it. The original photographer had finished doing wedding photography, we didn't have his contact details, and we had copies of almost none of the photographs. It really hit home how valuable such memories are. Photographs really are one of our most valuable and tangible links to the past.

I mentioned our plight to a friend at work, who knew the photographer from a local pub, but hadn't seen him for years. He said he'd TRY to find him but didn't sound hopeful.

As he drove home from the office that evening he had to stop for a car to pass. The driver was none other than our photographer, Paul Tidswell! He flagged him down and explained our plight.

That very day he'd been sifting through old negatives and had earmarked a pile of old ones for the bin. Ours were among them. He rescued them and forwarded them to us along with the original album design sheets. I can't describe the elation we felt at that point - our memories recovered from the jaws of oblivion at the VERY last minute!

Had we not had the design sheets I would never have remembered that Queensberry had put the album together for us originally, but I was now able to contact the company with a view to obtaining a replica album.

The team were superb and very soon we were put in touch with Bromley photographer Jo Newman. She moved the earth for us - I had the photographs scanned from negatives and delivered to her, and the album was reconstructed better than ever. Our precious memories have now been restored.

I can't thank Paul enough for returning the negatives to us, and Queensberry for putting the album together (on two occasions) so beautifully. Most of all to Jo Newman for her hours of time and effort in facilitating the whole restorative process.

I suppose the message here is to stress how lucky we were. Photographs are so important in capturing those family moments that would fade otherwise with the passage of time.

If we don't nurture and treasure them with the utmost care, all can be lost in minutes. Luckily for us that wasn't the case. Our second chance is now safely out of harm’s way I hope.

Thanks Paul. Thanks Jo. Thanks Queensberry.

Andy & Wendy