The Editor,
Re. “Friendship by snail mail: PoCo woman, pen pal maintain 30-year relationship” (Community, The Tri-City News, Dec. 13).
I read with interest the article about a Port Coquitlam woman and her 30-year relationship with a pen pal in Australia.
Well, I can beat that. Since 1945, I have kept in touch with a pen pal in Scotland. An RAF service man visited our home during the war and mentioned that a young friend would like a Canadian pen pal. She lived in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Since then, Diane came to work as a nurse for a year in Manitoba, where I lived, and I have been to Scotland to visit her twice.
We have been pen pals and friends for 72 years!
Lavina Shaw, Port Coquitlam
