LETTER DELIVERED AFTER 100 YEARS

In England, a letter has finally been delivered to its destination more than a century after it was written. Sent in February 1916, the correspondence finally arrived at its intended address in south London. The letter was sent in the middle of World War I with a 1 pence stamp, from the city of Bath about 100 miles west of London to the Crystal Palace neighborhood of South London. The letter was addressed to “my dear Katie,” who, according to records, was the wife of local stamp magnate Oswald Marsh. (* Big money in stamps!) It was written by a woman named Christabel Mennel, the daughter of tea merchant Henry Mennel, while her family was on vacation in Bath. In the letter, Christabel writes: “I’ve been most miserable here with a very heavy cold.”
* Stop complaining. Your father’s a tea merchant in England who takes you on vacations. HER father sells stamps for 1 pence each. He can’t even afford to take his his family to White Castle.
* “P.S. – Can you please feed our cat while were gone?“ Well, THAT didn’t work out so good, I guess.
* The 130-year-old letter carrier dropped off the letter and said, “That’s it – the last one! I quit!”
* Slow news day in England. 117 years slow.