Long lost pen pals reunited after 70 years

catherinette April 04, 2021

Two transatlantic pen pals have been reunited after a wait of over 70 years. In 1957, 11-year-old Jim Johnston from Belfast responded to an advert in a children’s magazine about pen pals. He was soon put in touch with an American boy who was a similar age - Fred Heard from Klamath Falls, Oregon. The two corresponded for several months, but as it the case for many pen pals, life got in the way and they lost touch. Seven decades later Jim Johnston was recounting the story of his long lost American pen pal to his family, who encouraged him to try get back in touch

Become A Contributor

If you would like to become a W³P Lives contributor, please fill out the contact form below. You may submit any email address; however, you will need a gmail to login to blogger.com and access the back end of the blog where posts are created.

If you do not want to submit your actual email, please create a gmail specifically for this purpose and submit it to us via the form below. It will skip a step, since a gmail will be required to login anyways.

After filling out the form keep any eye out for your email invitation in your inbox. Accept the invitation, login to blogger.com, and start making discussions.

Thanks!