A care home resident paid a visit to The Hunts Post office in Huntingdon as part of an occupational wish scheme, and managed to solve a decades-old mystery.

Janet Aves, now in her eighties, was a former advertising clerk for the newspaper in the 1960s.

Mildenhall Lodge, in Suffolk, which is part of Care UK, contacted the newspaper to say Janet wanted to come and see how much things had changed over the years.

During the visit, Janet was presented with an old black and white image of staff in the sixties, in which she herself was pictured.

The Hunts Post: This is the old photo and Janet is pictured on the middle row, far right.This is the old photo and Janet is pictured on the middle row, far right. (Image: NEW)

She recognised her colleagues, and Editor Debbie Davies presented Janet with the image.

Debbie said: "The photo has been sitting around in the office for several decades and we had no idea who the people in the photo were, or if they were even Hunts Post staff.

The Hunts Post: Janet was presented with the old photo at the office in Huntingdon.Janet was presented with the old photo at the office in Huntingdon. (Image: NEWSQUEST)

"It was great to put some names to faces and present Jane with a keepsake of the visit." 

Janet was accompanied by her daughter Lucy Edwards and care home staff Marina Dunbadvin and Justin Human.