Man who corresponded with JRR Tolkien as a schoolboy praises BBC's Repair Shop for restoring letters
David Best received four letters from JRR Tolkien when he wrote to him as a schoolboy
David Best, from Herefordshire, read Tolkien's books when he was 15 and was inspired to translate his poems into runes, an old alphabet."I was completely astonished at the quality of their work," Mr Best said. "It seemed he was a teacher, I was a pupil. I think it seemed, in my naïve way, pretty OK for him to write back with some marks and comments," Mr Best said.
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