World's Oldest Penpals From US and UK Have Been Corresponding With Each Other for 84 YearsTwo centenarians, who are considered to be the world’s oldest penpals, have been corresponding since the 1930s and have now turned to Zoom to continue to stay in touch.
Geoff Banks from Honiton, Devon, in southwest England, and Celesta Byrne from Texas, United States, started writing to each other at the age of 16 in 1938.
Their communication with each other began as part of an educational project to put British and American students in contact—and 84 years later, the two, who just turned 100, are still corresponding.
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“I honestly struggle to remember how we got in touch, but I was talking to Celesta recently and I think it was something to do with an American school’s scheme,” Banks said. “I was in my last year at grammar school I think …”...
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