Happy ending after Santa list found 70 years on in Caversham

Builders who found a letter to Father Christmas in a chimney more than 70 years after it was written have surprised its author with the presents he asked for.

David Haylock, now 78, from Caversham, wrote the message when he was about six asking Santa for a Rupert annual and "any toys you have to spare".

It was discovered in his former home in Oakley Road, Caversham, on Monday.

Lewis Shaw, who found it while working with his father and brother, described it as a "surprise".