We re talking about pen pals this morning, lots of you getting in touch. sharon smith, i have been writing to my pen pal for almost 60 years we started writing in junior school as a chain letter. we have met several times firstly in 1981, sue came and stayed with me and my new husband. these days we whatsapp and email, it always amazes me that we can speak and message each other these days when we used to write to each other and it took weeks for the blue airmail letters to come! blue airmail letters, remember those? david griffiths in holyhead says, i was on the radio sweden pen pal list in 1978. i started writing to four people from all over the globe. i am still in touch with one today. iris young from tuscaloosa, alabama. we write, email now, a few times a year, have met four times in the 45 years since 78. jeff said, my secondary school had a