A Postcard Dated 1903 And Addressed to A Woman Named Lydia Finally Arrived At Its Destination 121 Years Later, And The Recipients Are Trying To Track Down Her Family

However, what exactly that was remains unclear. According to Henry Darby, the society’s communication manager, the note might refer to a pair of shoes. Tracy Coleman, a researcher at the Royal Philatelic Society London, found that the postcard appears to be consistent with others from 1903, although she could not …

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Fergie rules out moving into her own £4.25 million London townhouse – after renting it out for about £16,000 a month, as she and Prince Andrew come under mounting pressure from the King to vacate Royal Lodge

By Charlotte Griffiths Published: 17:44 EDT, 21 September 2024 | Updated: 19:51 EDT, 21 September 2024 Sarah Ferguson has ruled out moving into her own £4.25 million London townhouse – after renting it out for about £16,000 a month. The Duchess of York and her disgraced former husband Prince Andrew …

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‘She just wasn’t very good’

It is a little-known fact that Paula Vennells suffers from claustrophobia. When I interviewed her for this paper’s Business section a decade ago, she told me it first came on during a trip with the Girl Guides to Speedwell Cavern, a flooded 18th-century lead mine in the Peak District. “Ugh,” …

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Saving a 50-year-old M6 road sign from the skip

National Highways The sign was in place on the M6 for nearly half a century When a tired old road sign disappeared from the spot where it had sat for almost 50 years on the M6, it sparked a social media buzz. The information sign for Keele Services in Staffordshire …

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