ANOTHER lousy day in paradise! And I've just found heaven. It's 12.30am in sunny California (although it is actually pouring down outside) and I am communicating with Lancashire, thanks to the Internet and e-mail.

I have just discovered the Lancashire Evening Telegraph's Web site after trying for four months without success.

I enjoyed reading about the impending sale of Burnley FC - wow! - and other stories from around the region.

But you did put a damper on my Christmas with the story about the headless body of a young man from Burnley, murdered in Blackpool.

Well, now that I have the whole world (and Burnley) at my fingertips, perhaps I could drop a line again sometime.

By the way, 'Hi Mom and Dad,' (Agnes and Harold Smith, of Burnley, formerly of the Hand and Shuttle, Padiham). And if anyone out there should remember me, my e-mail address is Mojosmith@aol.com. 719 East Palomares Avenue, San Dimas, California, 91773, USA.

MAUREEN SMITH

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