A POSTCARD from a young Victoria Wood bought tears of joy to the eyes of her brother when he uncovered it recently.

The comedian, who died in 2016, was just six-years-old when she picked up her pencil and, in childish letters, penned a note to her big brother, Darlington man Chris Foote Wood.

While searching for something else, Mr Foote Wood recently uncovered the old postcard in a box of documents and was reminded of pleasant family moments.

The loving note was sent in 1959 when Ms Wood and her family visited Yorkshire’s Flamborough Lighthouse.

Mr Foote Wood was away at university when he received the postcard, which had a picture of the lighthouse on one side and a note on the other which said:

“Dear Christopher, I hope you like it, we went to Flamborough Lighthouse. We liked it very much. From Vicky xx”

Mr Foote Wood said: “This was sent from a six-year-old girl to her older brother and I have kept it over the years.

“What pleases me about it is that it confirms to me our affection for one another which continued in later life.

“I had completely forgotten about it until I stumbled across it again and it’s just so nice to have.

“The postcard means a lot to me, it has survived two marriages, various moves and working at a number of different places.

“It meant a lot when it was sent and it means a lot now, it is a reminder of our affinity with each other and that is nice.”

He added: “When Victoria was a little girl, she was very, very happy, always laughing and giggling.

“I cannot remember her ever crying, though she must have done, she loved to make people laugh by pulling funny faces and she was a lovely, cheeky girl.

“I was a lot older than her so did not see her much growing up but when she got to university age, we got together regularly.

“My wife Frances and I would visit her regularly and saw her children growing up – we’d also go to see her shows, she’d always leave free tickets for us.

“Given that she died last year, finding this postcard means even more to me than it did, it was enough to bring tears to my eyes.”