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75 more questions to ask your pen pal

December 15, 2016 ♦

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A while back I wrote a list of 75 questions to ask your pen pal, which a lot of you seemed to find useful, so I have decided to extend that list in this article and bring you 75 more questions to ask your pen pal! These questions could be…

How to: First letter to a pen pal

September 1, 2016 ♦

Letter Writing

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You could be the most conversational person in the world, but given a blank piece of paper and a pen with the exciting yet daunting task of writing to a new pen pal, anyone could be at a loss for words. So, how do you go about writing that all-important…

Interview: the volunteer pen pal

April 1, 2016 ♦

Interviews, Letter Writing

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This month we’ve had a chat with a Silver Line volunteer, who works on the Silver Letters team. The Silver Line started out as a phonecall service, however the Silver Letters side of the charity was set up to enable lonely older people to communicate with a volunteer on a…

Pen pal website interview: Global Penfriends

December 9, 2015 ♦

Interviews

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This month we have been talking to Stuart Bourn at the very popular worldwide pen pal site, Global Penfriends. We wanted to find out all about the website; why it was set up, how it is run, and how it is impacting on the lives of its users. If you’re…