{"id":935,"date":"2011-05-25T10:43:21","date_gmt":"2011-05-25T10:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?935"},"modified":"2011-05-25T10:43:21","modified_gmt":"2011-05-25T10:43:21","slug":"elderly-penpals-stick-with-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/elderly-penpals-stick-with-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"Elderly penpals ‘stick with letters’"},"content":{"rendered":"
Friends who have been penpals for almost 70 years have expressed their joy at writing letters and say they do not plan to switch to modern technology.<\/p>\n
Muriel Corson and Elsie Bewley began exchanging letters when they were at school and have shared important events with each other ever since, Burnaby Now reports.<\/p>\n
They have continued their correspondence throughout the second world war but did not meet in person until recently.<\/p>\n
When asked whether she plans to abandon "snail mail" for emails or Skype, Ms Bewley said: "I'm a bit too old for all that, I think."<\/p>\n
She expressed her joy at meeting her penpal and being introduced to Ms Corson's family, who she has heard much about thanks to the many letters over the years.<\/p>\n
Penfriends Bronwen Layfield and Glenna Godinsky recently met for the first time after writing to each other for 36 years and likened the experience to seeing a long-lost relative, the Courier-News reported.<\/p>\n
Posted by Trevor Smith
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Penpals refuse to give up their letters for more modern technology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5757,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n