Looking for a Expat Friend
Aug 5th 2011, 10:04 pm
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Looking for a Expat Friend
Hi
I am trying to trace an Old budie of mine who moved to New Zealand in the 70's , his name is Bob Bell , he was a Mechanic at the time , and he took his Ford Cortina GT over with him , he would be around 68 now , he lived in Redcar North Yorkshire England .
Maybe some Nephews may know , I don't know what part of New Zealand he Lives in , and I don't seem to be able to find anywhere that I can do a search for him on .
cheers
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s.binns
I am trying to trace an Old budie of mine who moved to New Zealand in the 70's , his name is Bob Bell , he was a Mechanic at the time , and he took his Ford Cortina GT over with him , he would be around 68 now , he lived in Redcar North Yorkshire England .
Maybe some Nephews may know , I don't know what part of New Zealand he Lives in , and I don't seem to be able to find anywhere that I can do a search for him on .
cheers
[email protected]
s.binns
Aug 7th 2011, 9:23 am
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Re: Looking for a Expat Friend
You could also contact the Salvation Army. This is what an old friend from way back did. They left a message for me with contact details of my friend. They only trace & place a message. It's up to the recipient to take the matter further.
Aug 7th 2011, 10:48 pm
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Re: Looking for a Expat Friend
You could place an add in the local paper...when I moved from London-Cornwall a friend in Manchester(hometown) put an add out...a friend of my mums told her & she rung me...it would have still worked when we emigrated to NZ good luck
Aug 8th 2011, 7:56 am
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Re: Looking for a Expat Friend
Yes I had thought of that , but I don't know what part of New Zealand he lives .
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Aug 8th 2011, 8:03 pm
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Yes, I guess my friend at least knew which part of the UK i'd moved to. If I'd have moved to NZ though and she hadn't known where, my mum would have still been told by her friend that an old school friend was trying to track me down, she would have passed on her address to me & it would have still worked....it was only a ten year gap though. Of course this was all before the weird & wacky world of face-book which could be another option?
Good luck
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Aug 9th 2011, 6:21 am
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Yes, I guess my friend at least knew which part of the UK i'd moved to. If I'd have moved to NZ though and she hadn't known where, my mum would have still been told by her friend that an old school friend was trying to track me down, she would have passed on her address to me & it would have still worked....it was only a ten year gap though. Of course this was all before the weird & wacky world of face-book which could be another option?Good luck
Good luckI never thought of Face book to put a message on , I have used it to search and send a question to some bells I found on it that lived in New Zealand .
cheers
spike
