In 1976 Tizi Hodson applied for a job as a motorcycle stunt rider and never heard back. Now, the 70 year old finally heard back about the job.
Hodson's original letter was stuck behind a post office drawer for these all these years.
"I always wondered why I never heard back about the job. Now I know why." Hodson said.
The top of the letter has a handwritten note that reads: “Late delivery by Staines Post Office. Found behind a draw. Only about 50 years late.”
It's unknown who returned the letter, or how it got back to her.
“How they found me when I’ve moved house 50-odd times, and even moved countries four or five times, is a mystery,” she said. "It means so much to me to get it back all this time later. I remember very clearly sitting in my flat in London typing the letter. Every day I looked for my post but there was nothing there and I was so disappointed because I really, really, wanted to be a stunt rider on a motorcycle.”
Hodson, ended up taking other jobs, as she moved to Africa, and worked as a snake handler and horse whisperer, she also learned to fly and became an aerobatic pilot and flying instructor.
“It seems incredible to get the letter back after all this time. If I could speak to my younger self, I would tell her to go and do everything I’ve done. I’ve had such a wonderful time in life, even if I have broken a few bones.”