I’ve just tried something of a six degrees of separation experiment on Twitter. Around a couple of decades ago, I borrowed a penknife. 

Said penknife was amazing for sculptural things. It was way better than shop-bought tools. The latter don’t bend or twist, but this penknife did. 

It wasn’t actually my knife though. I borrowed it in 1982 (a guess, but thereabouts). It might have been 1981. 

Anyway, I lost touch with the mate I’d borrowed said penknife from. A long time ago. 

OK, my old mate’s name is (unless he has changed it) is Thomas (Tom) Whelan. He moved to Barry (in Wales) a very long time ago and I still have his grandad’s penknife. 

Tom worked for a pretty massive audio company, but I think they went bust in the 90/00s. He was an engineer of sorts I believe. 

So, if anyone knows anyone in Barry ….