Letter writing

[Kazz]

Well well thought I would start a thread on this as after receiving Eileens letter and now one from Alex I realise how much letters mean in my opinion better than emails and texts so I am now resolved to write letters so some of you could be getting letters you are my target/captive audience
They will not require a reply.

Letters you keep texts and emails you don't like pictures looking back through old pictures is so entertaining whereas everything these days is kept on disc/computer/drives.

So are you letter writers?

[pamela81]

i used to be when i was younger, i had a pen pal in indonesia and used to write every week to my friend in manchester. Havent written a letter in soo long though.

[Kazz]

Originally Posted by pamela81

i used to be when i was younger, i had a pen pal in indonesia and used to write every week to my friend in manchester. Havent written a letter in soo long though.

I wrote to Eileen and thats about it really occasionaly send out the odd card to friends - when I think it is "needed" but not letters so I am going to give it a go. Very relaxing,and something I miss doing. Although I write as I talk bits and pieces and all over the place then back on subject.

[Mags]

I used to write letters to Eileen and my brother in Italy ......sadly to neither anymore. I do still write to an elderly aunt who will be 96 this year, she loves receiving letters still, although her sight isn't too good now. Other than that it is just Birthday and Christmas cards.

Letter writing is so much more personal.....

[angieh]

I am not a good letter writer - I used to occasionally write to an uncle who died a year ago and also to a "boss" who is still an excellent letter writer and we still keep in touch a couple of times a year. I tend to send those blank cards which whilst I am fussy about the picture on the front doesn't actually require an awful lot of writing.

I much prefer emails and luckily for me, so do most of my cousins. At least we keep in touch that way far more regularly.

[alexgirl73]

Glad you got the letter

I used to love writing letters when I was younger, I had a few different penpals and it was such a highlight when the postie brought mail just for me. Like most of us I suspect, in this digital age, we've all got used to typing on the computer and sending texts. Letter writing is a dying art form, but writing to Kazz made me realise how much I miss it.
I have a memory box (well it's actually a suitacse lol) and it has letters in it from my teens, received from friends, Robert etc when I first moved to Aberdeen. I love to take them out periodically and read them again. Brings back so many memories

[Shelley123]

I don't realy write letters anymore, except to my sponser child in Malawi, however it is now possible to email letters instead so i must admit to doing that last time, it is so much easier. However saying that i haven't heard from him since. Emails and instant messages are a marvellous way to keep in touch, as is skype although i don't do it.
Texts are also useful as a quick way of communication.
In the past i did write letters to penfriends and a boyfriend stationed in Germany. There was nothing like recieving a letter.
They are still for me very important although i rarely put pen to paper and i think the last precious letter that Karen recieved from Eileen perfectly illustrates this.
The messages recieved from her on here and also the posts are a brilliant legacy.
Good thread Karen, can't add to your reputation as i haven't shared enough around

[Kazz]

No problem Shelley drop me a letter instead.

[Velvet]

I used to write lots & lots, penpals all over the world . Then computers appeared & letters became email or txt. Oddly enough over past week i have written four, i always loved seeing the postie bringing my ( non bill ) mail

[nicola34]

I have loads of pen pals and am still looking for some new people to write to.
I have 30 at the moment.