Montana Jim
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A BROTHER and sister spent 40 years trying to find each other — then discovered they lived only 300 yards apart.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2090687.ece (with pictures)
Ken Whitty, 64, walked past 62-year-old Yvonne’s house countless times and even saw her in the garden, but did not recognise her.
They were reunited only after Ken wrote to his local paper appealing for help in his search.
Soon after his letter was published, he got a phone call saying: “Hello, this is Yvonne.”
The pair spent their early years in Ordsall, Gtr Manchester.
They were still kids when their parents died and were cared for by a family pal.
They lost touch after leaving home and starting their own families.
Later, they tried to trace each other — then Ken, a joiner, wrote to the paper last month.
When Yvonne rang, it turned out she was living 300 yards from him in Reddish, Greater Manchester.
Ken, who moved to Reddish in 2002, said: “I couldn’t believe it. I shot round to see her.”
He said of their time apart: “I just assumed she’d turn up, but the years rolled by.”
Yvonne said: “It’s so nice to see Ken again. It’s overwhelming.”
Ken’s daughter Nicola Dawes said: “Our family has now doubled. We are all so happy.”
A BROTHER and sister spent 40 years trying to find each other — then discovered they lived only 300 yards apart.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2090687.ece (with pictures)
Ken Whitty, 64, walked past 62-year-old Yvonne’s house countless times and even saw her in the garden, but did not recognise her.
They were reunited only after Ken wrote to his local paper appealing for help in his search.
Soon after his letter was published, he got a phone call saying: “Hello, this is Yvonne.”
The pair spent their early years in Ordsall, Gtr Manchester.
They were still kids when their parents died and were cared for by a family pal.
They lost touch after leaving home and starting their own families.
Later, they tried to trace each other — then Ken, a joiner, wrote to the paper last month.
When Yvonne rang, it turned out she was living 300 yards from him in Reddish, Greater Manchester.
Ken, who moved to Reddish in 2002, said: “I couldn’t believe it. I shot round to see her.”
He said of their time apart: “I just assumed she’d turn up, but the years rolled by.”
Yvonne said: “It’s so nice to see Ken again. It’s overwhelming.”
Ken’s daughter Nicola Dawes said: “Our family has now doubled. We are all so happy.”
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