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| BBC Radio Solent listener's 'thank you' from beyond grave | BBC Radio Solent listener's 'thank you' from beyond grave |
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| A local radio listener sent a thank you card to his favourite station following his death. | A local radio listener sent a thank you card to his favourite station following his death. |
| The card, signed "John", said he would have "departed this earth" by the time it was read by BBC Radio Solent's Breakfast in Dorset show. | The card, signed "John", said he would have "departed this earth" by the time it was read by BBC Radio Solent's Breakfast in Dorset show. |
| He thanked the station for "all your programmes, full of local interest". | He thanked the station for "all your programmes, full of local interest". |
| Presenter Steve Harris said the team was "saddened but incredibly moved" to have received the card. | Presenter Steve Harris said the team was "saddened but incredibly moved" to have received the card. |
| A spokesman for Mustoe Shorter solicitors in Dorchester confirmed their client, John Martin had instructed them to send the card in the event of his death. | |
| The 83-year-old died on 26 June. He lived in a care home in Weymouth and had no surviving relatives. | |
| Reading the card on air, Harris said "John from Weymouth" was known as a regular listener to the show and he had initially assumed John was writing to wish the show a happy sixth birthday. | Reading the card on air, Harris said "John from Weymouth" was known as a regular listener to the show and he had initially assumed John was writing to wish the show a happy sixth birthday. |
| The message in the card said: "Just a message to thank you all for you programmes, full of local interest, news, travel, weather, brain teasers plus music." | The message in the card said: "Just a message to thank you all for you programmes, full of local interest, news, travel, weather, brain teasers plus music." |
| Harris said: "We're incredibly moved that John thought so much of the shows we make every day that he felt it was important to have a card sent to us after his death." | Harris said: "We're incredibly moved that John thought so much of the shows we make every day that he felt it was important to have a card sent to us after his death." |