First-class sketch

First-class sketchWhat should you do if you wanted to post a card to a long-lost pal, without knowing his actual address? Well, the crafty Paul Bates sent a Christmas card to a long-lost pal in an envelope with NO street name, NO town, NO postcode — yet it arrived! Simply amazing what a simple sketch based on recollection can do.

The steel worker, 48, had forgotten the name of the town workmate Peter O’Leary moved to from Neath, South Wales, three years ago.

But he recalled Peter had pointed it out on a map. So he put a dot on a sketch of the South West Peninsula, wrote “somewhere here” and hoped for the best.

Amazingly the card arrived at Peter’s home in Bude, North Cornwall, nine days later — after his postie recognised the name in a local sorting office.

The pals are now back in contact and plan to meet soon. Peter, 48, now a driving instructor, said: “It was very inventive.”

Link & Image: The Sun
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