After researching online, Wayne found that “there was one developer that you could mix up yourself with coffee, and then there was a really great recipe out of beer”.
He mixed lager with washing soda and iodised salt before adding vitamin C powder last to avoid a foam explosion.
Wayne then needed to wait for 20 minutes while the developing process happened in his home lab.
“I didn’t expect anything, and then out came two photos of two gentlemen, and I was just amazed,” he said.
“That film had sat in that camera from the 70s and never been touched.”
Curious to find out more, Wayne shared the photos on social media. He also contacted the auctioneers, who emailed the seller.
Within an hour, Wayne says he received a phone call from the daughter of one of the men in the photos.