A postcard sent in 1903 has finally reached its destination in Swansea, 121 years late.
The postcard, addressed to Lydia Davies, was delivered to the Swansea Building Society on Cradock Street, where staff were surprised by its arrival. The card features a painting by Edwin Henry Landseer and was sent by someone named Ewart. Lydia Davies, believed to have been 16 at the time, lived on Cradock Street over a century ago.
The postcard arrived without any additional packaging or explanation, leaving its journey a mystery. The building society’s marketing officer, Henry Darby, expressed hopes of finding Lydia’s descendants so the card could be returned to her family as a keepsake. Census records suggest Lydia married a man from London, making it challenging to trace her relatives. Royal Mail stated that the postcard was likely reintroduced into the postal system recently, rather than being lost for over a century.
The discovery has sparked curiosity, with many wondering how the postcard found its way back after all these years.
me:sends a letter
me 121 yrs later:im still waiting for the reply bob
I wonder why it was so late.
That’s so cool someone could write a book about that!
This is crazy getting a postcard 121 years late. I wonder how it took that long.
Wow we need to update the postal service hahahaha 🤣
what did it say?
121 late. I bet bro was waiting for that reply