{"id":1366,"date":"2012-02-03T16:37:11","date_gmt":"2012-02-03T16:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?1366"},"modified":"2012-02-03T16:37:11","modified_gmt":"2012-02-03T16:37:11","slug":"pair-celebrate-being-penpals-for-75-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/pair-celebrate-being-penpals-for-75-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Pair celebrate being penpals for 75 years"},"content":{"rendered":"
A woman has praised the personal touch of writing to someone after keeping the same penpal for 75 years.<\/p>\n
Daphne Northfield first sent off a letter to Gwenda Kidd – who lives in New Zealand – in 1937, the Leatherhead Advertiser reports.<\/p>\n
Over the past three-quarters of a century, the pair have continued to keep in touch, regaling each other about their lives.<\/p>\n
"It would have been very easy for either of us to lose interest but we really hit it off. We have grown up together, we have laughed and cried [together]," Ms Northfield remarked.<\/p>\n
She added although there are easier ways to correspond, she prefers to pen messages.<\/p>\n
The two friends – who finally met in 1987 – now average six letters each a year and do occasionally use the phone to keep in contact.<\/p>\n
If people are interested in staying in touch with British soldiers, then becoming a penpal is one option open to them.<\/p>\n
Posted by Samantha Thompson
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