Clever old postlady.

[oldherbaceous]

I had a letter arrive today with this address on.

Craig
Man who does wonderful allotment.
At the cottages.
Just by Dirty lane.
Near seat at bend towards Eversholt.
Milton Bryan.

Bet that caused a few laughs at the post office.

While we are on location quizzes, i don't suppose anyone knows the allotments at Wing near Oakham near Rutland waters.

[Primrose]

Well, it's good to know that customer service still exists and some people will go the extra mile !!

When visiting another part of the country we once passed a house with a beautiful flowering shub in the front garden in January but didn't have time to stop and ask what it was called. So I subsequently drew a map on the envelope with a description of the flowering shub and its colour, and the nearest landmark I could remember. I posted it and expected that would be the end of it.
A week later I received a letter from the householder concerned whose postman had taken great pride in knocking on her door to deliver it personally. She couldn't tell me the name of the shub and had always wanted to know as others had also asked her, but she sent me a twig cutting. I sent it to Kew Gardens who identified it for me. (It was a Rhodendron Praecox). So I did her a favour = and wrote to tell her what it was. I now have one planted in my own front garden and often get people asking me what this wonderful plant is which flowers so early and so prolifically if the frost doesn't get to it first !

[jopsy]

lolol excellent
when i lived in the lakes as a student a drunken friend posted a letter to
jo
ambleside
the lakes!
it found me!

[oldherbaceous]

Dear Jopsy sounds as if you were as well known as i am, but of course you were well known for all the right reasons, but as for me, it's probably all the wrong reasons.

[Tigger]

My brother regularly 'tries' the postal service. There's been a range of envelope descriptions, best one of which in the last few years was;

Marg
My sister
Mad person
Could be a witch
Big on gardening
Daft dog
The Smithies
Nr Bridgnorth

It got here - can't think why. He's also sent cards with only drawings on the envelope plus the postcode, all of which have arrived safely.

Don't know whether it says more about him or the posties.

[oldherbaceous]

Dear Tigger, just wondering if it's the, [could be a witch] that gave it away.
Bet you knew that was coming fom me.

[Weed]

OH

I don't know of the allotments at Wing but it is a lovely village.

Next time I am out that way I will make a point of looking for them

[oldherbaceous]

Cheers Weed, it's just someone that i once knew and lost contact with, is now living around that area, and has now got an allotment at wing.

[Chantal]

I think the Post Office take these strange addresses as a challenge, whereas miss off just the postcode and they can't be bothered.

A couple of years ago there was a local news item about a letter that had been sent with just a photo and the town on the envelope. They found the recipient; it took several months, but they did it.

I recently sent something from work that had an address perfect in every detail except it said High Street North, instead of High Street South and it came back.

[Alison]

Very old joke from my childhood: the PO delivered a letter correctly that said on the envelope:

Wood
John
Hants

What was the right address? Answer below:
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John Underwood, Andover, Hants.
Alison.

[Tigger]

Clever.