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Getting a Passport

It took me three times to get my passport application filled out correctly.  The first time I presented it at the Post Office I realized my counter-signatory had allowed his signature to go outside of the box provided, so that was no good.  I returned to him a few days later with instructions to get it right!  I presented the new form to the Post Office only to find I had used the old date we had previously signed but a newer date elsewhere. Also I had not given my previous names in the right section.  You might think that I would give up, after all I had survived 69 years without foreign travel!  But no, I was determined.  A third attempt was successful.  But now there was another hurdle to be jumped.  After a few days I received a letter stating that as  this was my first ever application for a passport I would have to have an interview.  This was to take place in Plymouth.  I arranged a date and then set about getting a train ticket for Plymouth.  I did this on the internet.  I will tell you more of my intrepid travelling soon.

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