A BRIDE to-be found out days before her wedding the photography firm she booked for her big day had gone under.

Laura Hamilton, 32, was left panic-stricken after she received a letter on Wednesday saying Norma Ann Photography in Glasgow's West End had gone into liquidation - nine days before she was due to get married.

Laura, who is from Larkhall, paid £1400 for the bridal package and is unlikely to be able to recoup the cash because she paid by debit card.

She is among dozens of brides-to-be who, we revealed yesterday in the Evening Times, have lost thousands after paying deposits to the firm on Park Road, which has closed down.

Laura is due to tie the knot with fiance Ross Baxter, 37, next Saturday at the four-star Alona Hotel in Motherwell.

She said: "I paid a deposit of £300 last September and then paid £1,100 four weeks ago. I only got the letter on Wednesday to say they wouldn't be able to photograph my wedding. I tried to phone but there was no answer.

"I spoke to the Citizen's Advice Bureau and they told me there is very little chance of getting the money back because I paid by debit card.

"I don't understand why the owner couldn't have come out and taken my pictures since my wedding is happening next week. She could have just given me a disk.

"They must have known there were problems."

Laura put out a desperate appeal on Facebook and has now had to fork out a further £1000 for another photographer.

She said: "I feel better now that I've got a photographer but it was quite stressful."

Scores of anxious brides-to-be contacted the Evening Times after being told by letter that the firm had collapsed.

A spokeswoman for the firm, run by sisters Aria and Naomi Gaughan, told the Evening Times that ALL customers had paid deposits using credit cards and would be entitled to reclaim the money.

However, it emerged that a number of brides-to-be had paid using debit cards or cash.

They are furious that payments were still being taken as late as last week and promotions listed on the firm's website when the company was days from closing down.

The firm said it was working to get all photography disks despatched to customers whose weddings have already taken place.

A spokeswoman for the firm, which has been running for 35 years, said the business had been hit by increased competition in the bridal photography market. She said the closure of the business, which has left five photographers without a job - had left the family "devastated."