Royal Mail ‘uncertain what happened’ to delayed letter from Bath, which arrived in Crystal Palace in 2021
The envelope, which has a Bath postmark and a George V stamp.A letter lost in the post in 1916 was finally delivered to aBearing a penny George V stamp and Bath and Sydenham postmarks, it dropped through the letterbox of theatre director Finlay Glen’s Crystal Palace flat in 2021.
It begins: “My dear Katie, will you lend me your aid – I am feeling quite ashamed of myself after saying what I did at the circle.”Photograph: Finlay Glen He said: “The Upper Norwood and Crystal Palace area became very popular with wealthy middle-class people in the late 1800s and early 1900s. The letter is from Christabel Mennel, the daughter of a local wealthy tea merchant, Henry Tuke Mennell. And she was friends with Catherine – or Katie – Marsh.
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