The post office

[ozzy72]

Well I consider the local PO about as much use as a chocolate oven glove but if they can beat this I'll be impressed...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/4644190.stm

[Craig.]

I am surprised Doug hasn't mentioned this, being so local.

[C]

Yet I can order something from amazon mid afternoon Monday and have it at 0830 on Tuesday morning...

[Hagar]

I am surprised Doug hasn't mentioned this, being so local.

First I've heard of it. This is Shoreham in Kent, not my local one. Others have made the same mistake in the past & wondered why they couldn't find the airport.

I've read about mail posted before WWII being delivered quite recently so this is not a record by any means.

[Saitek]

Royal Mail said it thought the postcard had been lost somewhere in Austria.

Of course - it was the Auzzies! lol

[C]

First I've heard of it. This is Shoreham in Kent, not my local one. Others have made the same mistake in the past & wondered why they couldn't find the airport.

Even more confusing because there happens to be a small aviation museum in Shoreham (Kent). It happens to be about 5 minutes drive from Biggin Hill...

[Hagar]

Even more confusing because there happens to be a small aviation museum in Shoreham (Kent).

So there is.

On the subject of late mail how about this. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=15958367&method=full&siteid=94762&headline=card-is-here--51-yrs-late--name_page.html

12 September 2005
CARD IS HERE, 51 YRS LATE
By Nick Sommerlad
A SAUCY postcard finally arrived at its destination - 51 years after it was sent.

Steve Hacker was stunned when the traditional seaside greeting popped through his letterbox on Saturday.

He did not recognise the stamp and called the postman back, asking if he'd made a mistake.

Steve said: "I told him it had a 2d stamp and the Queen looked about 30. Then I saw the postmark and saw it was posted in 1954. I couldn't believe it.

"The postcard was in pristine condition, as if it had been kept in a plastic wrapper."

Steve was even more shocked by the caption on the front of the card which was coarse even by today's standards.

It had a picture of a woman trying to get on a bus with a dachshund.

The conductor says: "No dogs on the bus, lady." She replies: "You know what you can do with your old bus?" He retorts: "Yes and if you can do it with your dog you can come on the bus."

The postcard was sent from Dorset to Steve's home in Bath. It is addressed to a Mr and Mrs W A Gibbs, known as Bill and Phyl, and signed by Bett or possibly Bill.

The writer thanks the couple for looking after Bunny and says: "It has taken a lot off my mind ."

Or this. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/1182891.stm

Wednesday, 21 February, 2001, 20:39 GMT
Postcard arrives 112 years late

A postcard sent from Queensland, Australia, has finally reached its destination in Aberdeen more than a century after it was posted.
The card was addressed to a Miss Wardrop, of 32 Carden Place, Aberdeen, and was sent by a man named Colin in 1889.

However, her home is no longer there and has been replaced by a dental surgery and three businesses.

The Royal Mail has launched an appeal for relatives of the intended recipient.

[Woodlouse2002]

Of course - it was the Auzzies! lol

Yeah. Cause they're always causing mayhem in AUSTRIA!!!!!

[BFMF]

I guess it's better late than never, even if the descendants of the recipients get the mail instead

Don't you just love e-mail. It's almost instant, and you don't have to wait a hundred years