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150-year-old wedding dress lost at dry cleaners found 150-year-old wedding dress lost at dry cleaners found
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A 150-year-old antique wedding dress lost after a dry cleaners went bust has been located.A 150-year-old antique wedding dress lost after a dry cleaners went bust has been located.
Tess Newall, of Morham, East Lothian, spoke of being "distraught" after discovering the dress, which belonged to her great-great grandmother, was missing.Tess Newall, of Morham, East Lothian, spoke of being "distraught" after discovering the dress, which belonged to her great-great grandmother, was missing.
It followed the closure of Kleen Cleaners in St Mary Street, Edinburgh.It followed the closure of Kleen Cleaners in St Mary Street, Edinburgh.
She has now posted an update on social media saying the dress was found "in a crumpled heap" at the closed shop. She posted an update on social media saying the dress was found "in a crumpled heap" at the closed shop.
Mrs Newall, 29, was married in June. The dress was sent to be dry cleaned in September and the shop shut in October. The 29-year-old who married Alfred Newall, 30, in East Lothian, in June, told the BBC she was "absolutely over the moon" at the discovery, and said the last 24 hours had been "surreal".
The dress was sent to be dry cleaned in September and the shop shut in October.
The business is now being dealt with under Scottish bankruptcy law in a process known as sequestration.The business is now being dealt with under Scottish bankruptcy law in a process known as sequestration.
A post by Mrs Newall, about the loss of her dress, was shared more than 200,000 times on social media.A post by Mrs Newall, about the loss of her dress, was shared more than 200,000 times on social media.
Her update on Facebook said: "We received this letter this morning from the administrators, Wylie & Bisset, confirming that our dress was not in Kleen Cleaners. She told the BBC News Channel: "My parent's received a phone call this afternoon from the landlord of the property where the dry cleaners is, whose nephew had read about the dress.
"However, we also received a phone call from the very kind landlord of the shop property who had read about it. He checked what was really left by Wylie & Bisset and found an antique lace dress in a crumpled heap on the floor. "He really searched and he found a pile of old lace which he realised was what he thought was the dress.
"My mum and dad have just been let in to the shop and to their amazement and joy it is our dress! (not cleaned but still with our ticket)." "My parents went straight there and were just overjoyed and couldn't believe it was the dress, not cleaned, and still with its ticket."
She said a representative from sequestrators Wylie & Bisset insisted that for "procedural reasons" the dress had to go back to his office in Glasgow. Mrs Newall said a representative from sequestrators Wylie & Bisset was also at the dry cleaners shop on Saturday and insisted that for "procedural reasons" the dress had to go back to his office in Glasgow.
She added: "They have assured us that it will be delivered safely back to us on Monday. She added: "This is unbelievable and my mum was beside herself, but they have assured us that it will be delivered safely back to us on Monday.
"My family can't thank you all enough for creating this frenzy which allowed us into the shop before it was cleared, and are over the moon to be (almost) reunited with Dora's dress." "It's going to be apparently driven from Edinburgh to my mum and dad's house."
The 29-year-old said she still planned to have the dress cleaned, but probably at a lace specialist in London.
She added: "Somewhere where we can't let it out of our sight."