Chris Porsz, known as the Paramedic Paparazzo, made headlines across the world when he published his first Reunions book in 2016, when he tracked down residents he had taken photographs in the 1980s.
Now he is starting the search again, as he is planning a sequel.
Chris said: “In the early eighties I took random images of complete strangers on the streets of Peterborough and then forgot about them for about three decades. I was amazed when in 2009 the, then Evening Telegraph in gave me a weekly column Paramedic Paparazzo and not missed a week since!
“The light bulb moment came when people started recognising their young selves and I thought, just maybe, I could find more and reunite them in exactly the same place three decades later.
“It was not easy as I had no contact details but after seven years of searching in 2016 I finally published 134 reunions in my book Reunions. There were lots of false leads and trails with mistaken identities.
“I once did a two hundred round trip to be told ’sorry not me.’ Some had fallen out, did not want to take part, left the city or emigrated.
“Sadly some departed before their time and it was a bitter sweet moment when siblings or parents would stand in for their loved ones.”
The book was even turned into a popular exhibition at Peterborough Museum.
Chris said: “On publication it went viral with millions of views on social media and featured in nearly all national newspapers including some international ones. I went on Breakfast TV, and even Australian, Canadian and German TV.
“It sold all over the world and now I have only a few copies left.
“I was going to do a reprint but then had a crazy idea to do new Reunions for a second revised edition. I searched my chaotic ‘filing system’ and discovered unpublished images and ones that got away. So now I am appealing again to the public to help me find them.
“It should be a lot easier than last time thanks to social media such as Facebook and Twitter, Peterborough memories and of course the PT.
“I have limited time as I am working on my NHS book for the autumn and a full-time paramedic so this time I am asking people who recognise themselves to do the hard work by contacting their friends and then contacting me to give a date and time for me to take their pictures again in the same place 35-40 years later.
“Hopefully like last time I will get a good response and produce a second edition or even Reunions book 2.”
Anyone who can help should contact [email protected]
