A NINE-year-old Bolton lad has recently won a competition to have his letter displayed at an exhibition in London.

Milan Paul Kumar was the winner of the national competition where children wrote letters to youngsters  in the future.

Last year during lockdown, Usborne, The Postal Museum and the National Literacy Trust set a national letter writing competition, asking children to write a letter to youngsters in the future, in the year 2030, about their experiences during lockdown.

There were over almost 1,500 entries and Milan's was one of the 34 to be selected and displayed in the exhibition.

The children were asked three questions; What was 2020 like for you? What was different? Did you learn new things?

The competition was launched during Universal Letter Writing Week and it aimed to create a historical record of children’s experiences in the UK during the past 18 months, and support schools and children in continuing their literacy development.

The exhibition will be open until March 6 between 10am and 5pm at The Postal Museum in London.