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• Tizi Hodson, 70, of Lincolnshire, England, sent off an application in January 1976, hoping to become a motorcycle stunt rider, the BBC reports.
Recently, the letter was returned to her with a note: "Late delivery by Staines Post Office. Found behind a draw(er). Only about 50 years late."
"How they found me when I've moved house 50-odd times, and even moved countries four or five times, is a mystery," Hodson said. "I was so disappointed because I really, really wanted to be a stunt rider on a motorcycle."
Instead, her life's work has included being a snake handler, horse whisperer, aerobatic pilot and flying instructor.
"It means so much to me to get it back all this time later," she said. [BBC, 10/5/2024]