Reward for scrapbooks

Raymond Gordon knows what it's like to have his memories stolen - which is why he wants to help a Rotorua family he's never met to get back their stolen scrapbooks.
Rotorua's Emma Edworthy was buying groceries when someone broke into her car and stole two scrapbooks full of family photos and memories.
After reading about Mrs Edworthy's plight in The Daily Post, Mr Gordon decided to offer a $500 reward for the return of the scrapbooks.
He said a similar situation happened to him a few years back.
"I had a lot of hunting pictures taken from my car. My partner also had her handbag taken," he said.
"That was really sad for her because it had the pictures you get from the baby scan. We found a few of them thrown around the carpark."
Mr Gordon said he could sympathise with how the Edworthys felt.
"I know what it is like. It really sucks - these things mean nothing to anyone else."
The story about Mrs Edworthy featured in The Daily Post last week and Mr Gordon said he read the story three times.
"The more I read it the worse it sounded. I just couldn't believe it."
He said a $500 reward was nothing to get someone's memories back.
"What a great Christmas present it would be," he said.
"It's not like it is a high priority for the police. They deal with stuff a lot bigger than this and they don't have the man power to be out looking for photos."
Mr Gordon said the scrapbooks had either been thrown away or were being kept under someone's bed.
"If they're gone, they're gone [but] they might be under someone's bed and you just [have] to try."
He said if someone returned the albums there would be no questions asked.
"It would just be awesome to get their memories back."
Mrs Edworthy was touched by Mr Gordon's generous gesture.
The family had had not response to their pleas in The Daily Post for the return of the scrapbooks.
"It is so nice for someone to come forward and offer a reward. I can't believe it."
Mrs Edworthy had been working on her albums for quite a while. There were two albums were on the front passenger seat of her car in the Countdown carpark.
"They were in a bag and it had some scrapbooking tools in it as well."
She said the bag may have looked like a laptop in the dark.
Mrs Edworthy said her husband, Jason, had been down to the carpark several times since the theft trying to find the scrapbooks.
"We thought the albums might have been discarded after the thief realised they were no good to them."
She said the scrapbooks were irreplaceable.
"They are so important to me. It's not like I can go back in time and take those photos again."
One of the scrapbooks is pink, the other is red.
Mr Gordon is asking anyone who has them, knows where they are or has information to contact him on 027 328 0081.