A WOMAN has praised a special letter box in Workington which is helping her, and her family remember their beloved mother and grandmother.

Doris Lee would have been 71 yesterday, November 29 but passed away in March of this year after having cancer.

Her daughter Toni Lee and grandchildren Keira aged 17, and grandsons Theo, 10 and Noah, 8 said that the letters to heaven box has allowed her and her family to remember to still let Doris know they ‘love her and miss her’.

Toni said: “It’s a place we can still send her things like birthday and Christmas cards. I talk to her often but still being able to buy her a birthday card and send it to her is different. It's like I can still let her know I love and miss her.

“I've been to get them a card each today to write for us to post tomorrow it would have been her 71st birthday yesterday and I want the boys to know they can still send her love. She practically brought them up with me and was there every day since they were born, they loved her very much and still get upset now because they miss her.”

Times and Star: The Letters to Heaven post box located in Vulcan Park, Workington.The Letters to Heaven post box located in Vulcan Park, Workington. (Image: Supplied)

Talking about her mam, Toni remembered her ‘selfless’ mam, who she would choose to be her mam ‘in a million lifetimes’.

She said: “She was the best mother and nanny on this earth. If I had a million lifetimes, I'd choose her to be my mam in every single one.

“She was so selfless always putting others first. The day she first went to see the specialist for her cancer in Carlisle she came out went into a shop and a little girl was asking her mam for a magazine her mam said no she couldn't afford it, so my mam bought it for the little girl.

“I stood and watched and thought to myself she's the last person in the world that deserves this. She was my best friend we were together every day.”

Times and Star: Doz with her grandchildren Keira, Theo and Noah in happier times.Doz with her grandchildren Keira, Theo and Noah in happier times. (Image: Supplied)

Located next to the Workington Town Council reflection garden in Vulcan Park, the white ‘letters to heaven’ post box allows people to write letters, cards, and messages to those they have lost, and post them to heaven.

The town council have said that every letter or card put into the post box is treated with the utmost respect and confidentiality. They are stored securely and are never opened or read.

The post box is not owned or serviced by Royal Mail, so no address or stamp is needed. In a statement, Workington Town Council said: “We hope that visiting and posting a letter to your loved one will bring you comfort each time you visit.”