 "Birmingham Mail (England)")
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We opened a treasure trove of memories - and found a new family 12,000 miles away! REUNION: Discovery of 100-year-old letters in a trunk leads to amazing meeting.(News)
Birmingham Mail (England)
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August 16, 2006
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Byline: By Emma Cullwick
IT was a chance discovery in a gloomy attic in Redditch - but a series of letters telling the amazing story of Fred Benson's family sparked an amazing reunion 100 years on.
The 92-year-old travelled was so enchanted by the story, he travelled from his home in Melbourne, Australia, all the way to the Midlands to meet the family he never knew he had.
His journey was sparked by the discovery of a treasure chest of letters from the 1880s detailing his grandmother's involvement with a British Prime Minister and his own father's ...
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