Postcard arrives after 79 years

A couple have become the unwitting recipients of a postcard delivered 79 years after it was first posted.

Arthur Davies and his partner June Nicolopolous received the item at their home address at Lacon Road, East Dulwich, on Thursday lunchtime.

It was addressed to a Mr & Mrs Richardson, date-marked 1929 and posted from Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex.



"My initial thought was that it was a hoax," said Mr Davies. "But when I looked at the envelope it was in, I noticed it was Royal Mail and it said that this item had been delayed in the post.

"You expect sometimes letters to be a couple of days late but 79 years is taking the mickey a bit."

A Royal Mail spokesman said: "It is impossible to determine exactly what has happened to this item of mail."