Father’s heartfelt shop window plea to long lost daughter goes viral
A father’s shop window plea to see his daughter again has been answered after his heartfelt note, posted in a local newsagent, was picked up by social media and subsequently went viral.
In a last ditch attempt to track down his daughter Michael Hogben penned the open letter alongside the more prosaic ads for electricians and spare rooms, imploring Mandy Hogben to get in touch.
The task was made all the harder however as his daughter is believed to have since married, acquiring a new surname.
Fortuitously one enterprising shopper was so moved after reading the plaintive plea that they took a photo of the message and posted it to on Facebook, whereupon it was shared more than 95,000 times.
The letter read: “I am sorry Mandy, but I don’t know your married name.
“I have been searching for you for so many years and there is nothing or no one going to stop me finding you, because I have loved you and missed so much every minute of every day for all these years, so much I can feel you with me all of the time, like you used to be.
“I need so much to see and talk to you, as I have missed so much of your life, perhaps it will take the pain away for all these years.
“Please ring your Dad."