A BOLTON woman is desperately trying to track down the brother she hasn't seen for 19 years.

Mrs Sandra Needham lost touch with her brother, Stephen Boyce, in 1978 following their father's death.

She told the BEN: "He just seemed to disappear."

Mrs Needham, 56, and her 62-year-old brother Hugh Boyce, who lives in America, now want Stephen to get in touch.

"He would now be 44", said Mrs Needham. "He has missed so much. He has family he doesn't even know about."

She said she would like Stephen to get in touch and be able to attend the christening of her baby granddaughter in August.

"It would be just great to get together."

Stephen used to live off Ainsworth Lane in Bolton, but moved from the house and did not leave a forwarding address.

Mrs Needham hopes that if he doesn't still live in Bolton, someone will know where he moved to.

She added: "He might be married now and have family of his own. We desperately want to find him again."

Stephen, or anyone with any information, can contact Mrs Needham on Bolton 300460.

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