Mystery as postcard arrives at address - more than 120 years after it was sent

A postcard has been delivered to a building society in Wales an astonishing 121 years after it was sent. Staff at Swansea Building Society got a surprise when they checked the mail at their head office on the morning of Friday, August 16.

There was the usual mortgage and savings related letters, but also a postcard, which dropped out from the middle of the pile with a King Edward VII stamp on it, dated August 3, 1903, reports WalesOnline. It was destined for a lady called Lydia Davies, who presumably lived there at the time there were houses, instead of the bank.

Henry Darby, marketing and communications officer at Swansea Building Society, said: "It turned up completely out of the blue on Friday. The postman came to the door as normal with lots of letters regarding mortgages and savings and stuff for our team to process. As one of the managers was going through it, a postcard dropped onto the table, not in an envelope, not with a note, just as it was." For the latest Swansea news, sign up to our newsletter here.

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Mr Darby said: "The address is correct, we are still 11 (and 12) Cradock Street, but it's 121 years later than expected! It's wild, actually. A little bit spooky. The stamp itself is King Edward, so he was King from 1901 until 1910, and you could tell straight away from the handwriting and the way it speaks, 'Dearest, I could not', it was very much of the time."

"From what we can work out, the postage stamp says August 3, 1903. Pencilled on the top it says Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, so we're wondering if it's come from Fishguard to Miss Lydia. It's quite vague - the postcard. They are speaking of something they are