A brother and sister have been reunited after more than 60 years, thanks to a letter in the Welwyn and Hatfield Times.
For years John Hannant Kept a photograph of his long-lost sister, hoping they would meet again. Margery, the eldest of the three children, had signed up to the Royal Air Force as part of the war effort, when John was still a baby. The family lost touch and as the decade s passed only a single letter gave a clue to her whereabouts. The clue was enough for a WHT reader to recognize Margery and put the family back in touch..
John, 67, had been searching for a long time and a friend suggested writing to the paper.
“That’s the one that made it, the letter to the paper a few months age,” he said. “It’s like a dream come true. The last time we ever heard from Margery was in 1953 after the floods. She wrote home to know if we were all right. My sister Dorothy wrote back, But Margery had moved again and never got the letter.”
Having retired from his job as a gardener at Park House, Mr. Hannat decided to take action once and for all. He and his wife Doreen, travelled to Margery’s home in Chelwood Avenue, Hatfield , which she shares with her husband Jack Cooke.
Now 88, she was recovering after several months in hospital, but immediately recognized her brother. John said, “It’s something that I never thought was going to happen, but I always hoped it would.” As well as finding his sister, John has also discovered he now has a nephew, niece and six grandnieces and grandnephews.
小题1:Margery left her family because______
there was a flood in her hometown
she signed up to serve the army
she wanted to get her husband back
a war broken out in her hometown
小题2:When she wrote to John last time ,Margery was ______
A．34 years old
B．40 years old
C．44years old
D．54 years old小题3: What do we know about Jack Cooke’s family?
A．Jack now has a son and a daughter.
B．Jack and his wife live with their children now
C．Jack’s wife is in good health all the time.
D．Jack lost touch with his family a long time ago.小题4: It can be inferred from the passage that______
A．since 1953 Margery has come back home only once.
B．Margery received only one letter from John.
C．Margery does not care about her family.
D．WHT refers to a newspaper.
