I’ve told this story before on here also about a helium balloon,
I was working in Thornaby one Sunday morning and saw a yellow balloon with a tag on, I went over to it and there was a note saying if you find this balloon contact Johnny Smith aged 8 at this address in Blackpool, as I had a daughter about the same age I thought it would be a good idea for her to write a little note to this kid as she had worked out how far his balloon had travelled from Blackpool, it was a children in need balloon so thought it might be something to do with charity, she received a letter back with £5 in it and a note saying thank you for letting me know how far the ballloon travelled, could you ask one of your parents to call this number, a Blackpool landline number.
My missus phoned the number and a woman answered, she said she was curious as to where the balloon was actually found, my missus told her the exact place in Thornaby the balloon was found, and my missus thought that the woman from Blackpool had hung up on her, she said her father, the child’s grandfather had died and the kids had let balloons go on the memorial of her dads death, she said her dad lived in Thornaby on the exact road that the balloon was found.