An undeliverable postcard in England has lastly reached its vacation spot, practically 121 years after it was first despatched by publish.
The Christmas-themed postcard was delivered to the Cradock Road department of Swansea Constructing Society final week, regardless of having been despatched in 1903.
Employees are hoping to seek out family members of Lydia Davies, to whom the postcard was addressed, and get the historic postcard to them.
The postcard was addressed to “L” and written by a person named Ewart.
Ewart states that he’s very sorry he couldn’t get one thing that was not named “a pair”. He reminds Lydia of her assembly with Gilbert and John and ends the notice with “like to all”.
Henry Darby, advertising and communications officer at Swansea Constructing Society, stated he discovered the postcard whereas sorting by mail and there was restricted info on-line in regards to the postcard's recipient.
Andrew Dully of the West Glamorgan Archives decided {that a} man named John F Davies lived at this handle along with his spouse Maria and their six youngsters.
A Royal Mail spokesperson stated: “This postcard could have been put again into our system. We’ve got an obligation to ship an merchandise in our system to the proper handle.”
