Brit who posted himself home from Australia looking to thank two men who nailed box shut
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dailyrecord.co.ukA man who posted himself from Australia back home to the UK in a wooden crate is looking to thank that two men who helped him - and nailed the box shut.
Brian Robson was just 19 years old when he started feeling homesick after making the move Down Under. In 1965, the Victorian Railways worker devised a risky plan to get back to Wales, the Mirror reports.
He convinced two Irishmen to help stow him aboard a freight train after realising than a passenger ticket was priced at £700 - 17 times his monthly salary.
Now, almost six decades later, Brian told the Irish Times that he wants to thank the men who helped ship him home - who he only knew as Paul and John.
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