25 days ago1916's letter arrives at 2023 in London's home
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(3 years ago)A London man who received a letter to a member of his family was shocked to discover that she had been mailed over a century earlier in 1916. Finlay Glen said the letter arrived several years ago at his address at Hamlet Road in the south [...]
Finlay Glen said the letter arrived several years ago at his address at Hamlet Road in southern London, but it addressed an unknown name and bore an extremely old stamp and stamp.
We noticed that the year in it was 16. So we thought it was 2016,” Glenn told CNN. Then we noticed that the stamp was a king rather than a queen, so we thought it couldn't be 2016”.
The letter was addressed to the loving “ %s The sender was identified as Christabelle Mennel.
“Once we realized it was too old, we thought it was okay to open the letter,” said Glen.
He then sent the letter to Norwood Society, a local historical group that publishes Norwood Review's three - month magazine.
The “is very unusual and actually very exciting in terms of giving a direction in local history and the people living in Norwood, which was a very popular high-class country in the late 18008x1>, said Stephen Oxford, editor of Norwood Review.
