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It s come home : Wairarapa woman reunited with lost ring 36 years later
13 Jan, 2021 10:24 PM
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Jillian Hammond lost the ring at her family farm 36 years ago. Photo / Wairarapa Times-Age
Wairarapa Times-Age
By: Tom Taylor
Thirty-six years ago, Jillian Hammond was trimming a macrocarpa hedge on the family farm in Ponatahi, in South Wairarapa, when she took her gloves off to brush a spider off her head.
In removing the gloves, her wedding ring was flung off, and Hammond never saw it again.
That is, until Monday, when she received a call from the farm s present owners, the Morrisons. I couldn t believe it, Hammond said.