A romantic love story was reported in the local newspaper, The Recorder, 100 years ago this week. Below we reproduce the story first published on on February 12, 1914, to celebrate Valentines Day.

The Recorder Newspaper was published from 1907 to 1918 each copy has been digitised and included on a searchable disc available from the Southgate District Civic Trust I am grateful to David Cooper for permission to reproduce extracts on the Bowes and Bounds Connected website,