{"id":945,"date":"2011-05-31T09:50:47","date_gmt":"2011-05-31T09:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?945"},"modified":"2011-05-31T09:50:47","modified_gmt":"2011-05-31T09:50:47","slug":"take-that-fans-connected-through-penpal-schemes-before-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/take-that-fans-connected-through-penpal-schemes-before-internet\/","title":{"rendered":"Take That fans &#8216;connected through penpal schemes before internet&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Army penpals may well know that writing letters allows them to share their interests and passions with people from all over the world.<\/p>\n<p>And that is just what another group of penpals have been doing for years, the BBC explains.<\/p>\n<p>The news source considers ways in which dedicated fans of boyband Take That managed to create appreciation societies before the days of the internet.<\/p>\n<p>Penpal advertisements would appear in 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