A LOST love letter belonging to a Second World War soldier will be handed over today to his family at a Leigh supermarket

Last week, the Journal carried an appeal made by Asda shopworker Stacie Adamson, who found the letter in the a lost property bin.

Stacie, 22, of Laxey Crescent, stumbled across the 1945 letter at the end of a shift at the supermarket three weeks ago.

Addressed to LAC H Hughes, 13 MSU (Torps), Royal Air Force, Ceylon Air Forces, the love letter from Dorothy to her sweetheart Harry tells him about life back home and refers to them getting married once he has returned from the war with Nazi Germany.

After our appeal, the story was picked up by ITV and other newspapers, and within days, Barbara White, the daughter of Harry and Dorothy Hughes, came forward to claim the letter, which had been sent by her mum to her dad Dorothy, died in 2011 and Harry, passed away last year.

Stacie's detective work also uncovered a long lost film starring Harry from the Far East, which is held in the North West Film Archive.

Barbara, who lives in Nottingham said:"Late one night last week I was looking through various newspapers and their coverage of the U.S. elections, when I saw this appeal about a lost love letter.

"When I clicked on it I saw dad's name and then I saw the letter in mum's handwriting. And because it was so out of the blue, initially, it was really disconcerting but also very emotional.

"We think that the letter was lost by my sister Vivien, who lives in Leigh, and thinks it may have fallen out of her library book."

Barbara was full of praise for Stacie''s effort explained: "I have worked with young people all my life and most of them are fantastic. It was so heartwarming for her to make that effort and follow it up after she found the letter.

"What was doubly exciting is the fact that we knew of the film but we didn't know that it still existed of dad, which is so wonderful. And given the chances of me seeing that story in Nottingham is amazing."

A delighted Stacie told the Journal: "Barbara was really grateful when she telephoned me to thank me for finding the letter and for helping find out more about her father through the North West Film Archive."

To watch Harry's short film visit bit.ly/2eLPJXt.