Pen Pals
Amics & Friends (Spanish penpals)
Send 4 International Reply Coupons (IRCs) or $4 for a recent copy.
Address: Susana Garcia, Apdo Correos 38072, 08080 Barcelona, Spain
Australia Penpal Club
Magazine of 36 pages, 100s of listings. 1 IRC for full details.
Address: Lindy Carrall J.P., 6 Gillies Street, Kurri Kurri, New South Wales 2327, Australia
Barbara's Christian Pen Pal Club
Newsletters, free listing. Cost £2.75 per year + 3 large SAEs.
Address: Flat 9, Liberton Court, St.Domingo Grove, Everton, Liverpool, L5 6SL
Chatterbox Recording Club
Correspondence by tape, mostly cassettes. Good newsletter on tape and print, and sound magazine. £6 a year.
Address: Dr. R Armstrong, 'Welland', Stafford Street, St.George's, Telford, TF2 9DT
Disabled Pen Friends Service UK
For disabled people of any age, nationality or sexuality. Membership £7 a year.
Address: Bill Naismith, PO Box 42, Newton-le-Willows, Warrington WA3 2FF
Fiona's Friendship Foundation
Membership £4 plus eight 2nd Class stamps. Four newsletters a year. Single copy £1.50 plus two 2nd Class stamps. Competitions with prizes. First class newsletter with lots of penpal listings worldwide.
Address: Fiona Wilson, PO Box 145, Maidenhead, Berks., SL6 4XP
Heather's Sticker Club
A postal club with a quarterly newsletter - penpals, competitions, help & letters pages. SAE for details.
Address: Heather Murtagh, Egmanton Common Farm, Egmanton, Newark, Notts., NG22 0HJ
IFL Penfriend Service UK
Contacts throughout Britain & Ireland. Send SAE.
Address: PO Box 117, Leicester, LE3 6EE
In Touch
Address: Mrs Mandy Brook, 6 Hazel Avenue, Skeiton Woods, LS14 2HW
International Friendship League
Pen friends, social activities, large worldwide organisation, affiliated to UNESCO. Has Friendship Centre which is good accommodation in London for members. Membership £7 a year. For details of Peace Haven, the London Friendship Centre, write to 3 Creswick Road, West Acton, London W3 9HE.
Address: Clive Anderson, 47 Victoria Grove, East Cowes, Isle of Wight, PO32 6DL
Telephone: 020 8752 0055
Telephone: 020 8752 0066
Keep In Touch
Very good newsletter - 36 pages of interesting articles, competitions, and free listings. £2.75 + 3 SAEs. Ladies only. Subs £1.50 + 3 SAEs for 3 magazines a year.
Address: Mrs Chris Beaumont, 39 Crackley Hill, Kenilworth, Warwicks, CV8 2EE
The Mailbag
Penpal newsletter with stories, recipes, etc. Send 2 IRCs for a copy.
Address: 53 Convent Road, 3370 Ladysmith, South Africa
Miyabi
Pen friend club, 4 issues a year for US$6 or 5 IRCs . No cheques.
Address: Miss Yuko Sakuramoto, 2223-1 Kugu Matsubase, Shimomashiki-gun, Kumamoto 869-0532, Japan
National Tape Club
Correspondence by tape, newsletter, directory of members (print or tape for blind members). £2 entry fee, £1 a year thereafter.
Address: Mr Clive Anderson, 47 Victoria Grove, East Cowes, Isle of Wight, PO32 6DL
One To One
Christian penfriend club with newsletter Stepping Out. Membership £5 for life or £2 a year, depending on how optimistic you are about your health! Free membership for those on low incomes. Friendly, caring approach.
Address: Mrs Wendy Cardy, 48 South Street, Colchester, CO2 7BJ
Paper Pals
Address: C/O SW, 113 Coronation Road, Pelsall, Walsall, WS4 1BE, UK
Email: paperpals@blueyonder.co.uk
Website: paperpals.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
Pen Friends of Essex
SAE for details.
Address: Kathleen Watkinson c/o 13 Lincoln Avenue, Jaywick, Clacton, Essex, CO15 2LG
Penpal Zine
Send full details plus 2 IRCs.
Address: Yukari Suzaki, 5-7 Tomioka-2, Otaru Hokkaido, 047-0033, Japan
Philos Magazine
Penpal magazine $10 or 10 IRCs for sample copy.
Address: Syndemos Club, PO Box 34002, GR-10029 Athens, Greece
Rainbows
International penpal club with six magazines a year for £7.50. Contains listings, articles, competitions, stories, poetry, recipes and much more - a good read. Twelve meetings arranged annually all over the UK for pen friends to meet.
Address: 48 Freegrove Road, London, N7 9RQ
Safari Ann Ashby
Not primarily a penpal magazine, but makes good reading with some listings. SAE for details.
Address: 33 Mervyn Road, London, W13 9UW
Scottish International Pen Pal Club
Send your full details plus £1 for membership.
Address: Mrs Pat McGill, 192 Babarton Mains Drive, Edinburgh, EH14 3EA
Southern Cross Pen Friends
Send details plus 2 IRCs.
Address: Robert Steven PO Box 3157, Toowoomba, QLD 4350, Australia
Sunflowers
For writers of letters, poems and articles. Four well-written and presented magazines a year for £5 + eight 2nd class stamps. Sample. newsletter 50p + two 2nd class stamps.
Address: Maggie Chapman, 13 Northleigh Close, Loose, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 9RP
TRAAC Club
Correspondence by letter & tape. $18.
Address: Mr Ed Hall, 16 Pinehurst Road, Asheville, NC 28805-309, USA
Transatlantic Penfriends
Fees £10 for around 40 names and addresses.
Address: Sheila Hansen, PO Box 2176, San Pedro, California 90731, USA
Treffpunkt
Four issues of magazine with many international ads for 12 Deutschmarks or US$10. No cheques. For further details, send 2 IRCs.
Address: P. O. Box 100443, D-70829 Gerlingen, Germany
U3A (University of the Third Age - For retired people) Penfr
Address: Dorothy Charlwood, Rutland Gate, 4 Crawley Lane, Pound Hill, Crawley, RH10 7EE
United Pen Friend Circle
Nice newsletter with lots of interesting articles. £1.50 + 3 large SAEs.
Address: Miss Claire Gilchrist, 'Meadowcroft', Lymington Road, Milford-on-Sea, Lymington SO41 0QN
Worldlinks
A bi-monthly, international friendship newspaper. Purpose is friendly correspondence, global communication and fun. $3 per issue. Send IRC for more details.
Address: 70 Macomb Place, Suite 226, Mt. Clemens, MI 48043, USA
Write Away
National penpal club for people with disabilities.
Address: 1 Thorpe Close, Ladbroke Grove, London, W10 5XL
Telephone: 020 8964 4225