This postcard from Ewart Davies to his sister, Lydia, turned up in the mail to a Welsh building society, more than 120 years after it was sent. (PHOTO: Instagram/@swansea_building_society_) Staff at the Swansea Building Society in Wales were astonished to find a 120-year-old postcard among the daily mail. Henry …
Read More »Postcard Delivered 121 Years Late
Somebody mailed a postcard to 11 Cradock Street in Wales, and the postal service delivered it on Friday. The only strange thing is that it’s dated August 3, 1903, reports Wales Online. It’s addressed to “Miss Lydia Davies,” who presumably lived at the address 121 years ago. These days, …
Read More »Bring back the Seventies – and a post that worked
T HIS, I’d say, is the week when we gave up on the post, on letters. That’s how history happens: in unobtrusive ways as well as with bangs and whistles. I had a party, as per usual, for the Epiphany on Friday. All the guests wrote an email to thank …
Read More »Man Receives Postcard 28 Years After He Sent It To His Parents
A man was left amazed and nostalgic at the same time, after he received a postcard he had sent to his parents while on a holiday in Spain 28 years ago. Better late than never? Jim Green, now 66, discovered the long lost letter while he was going through his …
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