Related Articles
This postcard was slipped into a mailbox, or perhaps was supposed to be, over 100 years ago, but has only just arrived.
Dated to 1903, the Christmas-themed postcard had the address for the Swansea Building Society’s Cradock Street branch, which still exists today, and the staff there hope to find the relatives of Miss Lydia Davis, to whom it was supposed to be mailed.
According to the BBC, Ewart, the sender, was expressing to “L” his regrets that he can’t “pick up” a “pair” of an unspecified thing.
With 10 shillings “in pocket money, not counting the train fare,” he continues, “I am doing alright”.
He ends the note by urging Lydia to “remember me to (Mssrs) Gilbert and John, with love to all.”
When asked about the tardy delivery, the Royal Mail said with surprising seriousness that “when an item is in our system, we are under obligation to deliver it to the correct address.”
“It is likely that this postcard was put back into our system rather than being lost in the post for over a century.”
READ ALSO: My Dad Sent Me A Card on My Wedding Day–20 Years After His Death
Henry Darby, marketing and communications officer for Swansea Building Society, told the BBC that the card was delivered along with the normal mail, and that he had had no significant results in finding the relatives of “L” and the only lead they have to go on was that the rest of her family, including her father John F. Davis, had been identified. Lydia was 16 when the postcard was written.
A STORY SO SIMILAR: D-Day Hero’s Lost Postcard Finally Delivered to his Family 77 Years After Being Sent
“So we thought we’d pop it on our social media and thought maybe someone locally may be connected to her, a few generations down,” he said.
It remains to be seen what will come of the post. GNN will follow the story
SHARE This Delightful Mailbox Mystery With Your Friends…
