Postcard finally arrives in Swansea 121 years after it was first sent

An undelivered postcard has lastly reached its supposed vacation spot – about 121 years after it was first popped off within the publish.

The Christmas-themed card was delivered to Swansea Building Society’s Cradock Street department final week despite the fact that it was initially despatched in 1903 – so solely simply over a century too late.

Staff say they hope to seek out kinfolk of a Miss Lydia Davies, who beforehand lived on the deal with and who the cardboard was addressed to, to reunite them with it.

The Royal Mail mentioned it’s seemingly the postcard was “put again into” their system, moderately than “being misplaced within the publish for over a century”.

The postcard is written by a person known as Ewart, who, addressing “L”, says he’s “so sorry” that he can’t decide up a “pair” of an unknown merchandise.

“I’m so sorry, however I hope you’re having fun with your self at house,” he provides.

Ewart goes on to say that he has about 10 shillings “in pocket cash, not counting the prepare fare, so I’m doing alright”.

He ends the notice by urging Lydia to “keep in mind to fulfill Gilbert and John”, signing it off with “like to all”.

Henry Darby, advertising and communications officer for Swansea Building Society, mentioned he was sorting via the publish when the postcard dropped out, and that he had discovered restricted details about the supposed recipient on-line.

“So we thought we’d pop it on our social media and thought possibly somebody regionally could also be linked to her, just a few generations down,” he mentioned.

Andrew Dully, from West Glamorgan Archives, has established {that a} John F Davies was the top of the family on the deal with, the place he lived together with his spouse, Maria, and 6 youngsters.

“The oldest of them was Lydia. She would have been 16 when this postcard was despatched,” he mentioned.

A spokesperson for the Royal Mail mentioned: “It is probably going that this postcard was put again into our system moderately than being misplaced within the publish for over a century.

“When an merchandise is in our system, we’re below obligation to ship it to the proper deal with.”