Now here is a neat idea ………… a postal
delivery on Christmas Day.
That said I would be the first to agree
that such a service may not sound so good if you are a postal worker with a
family looking forward to Christmas Day in front of the tree, opening presents
with the kids.
But once upon a time, as well as multiple
deliveries and collections on any one day, the Post Office offered the service of
“Posted in advance” for Christmas Day.
This was designed to relieve pressure on
delivering Christmas mail, by allowing people to hand in letters and cards from
early December for Christmas day delivery and was marked with a special
postmark.
All of which makes this picture postcard of
Didsbury just that bit different.
The scene is familiar enough and little
appears to have changed, although today the pub has been transformed from “young
things venue” to a restaurant and the station building to the right has
disappeared.
In the same way, I went looking for 6 The
Crescent in Disley, but with no success, still I am sure Miss Bennet will have
been pleased with her Christmas Day picture postcard from “auntie”.
And more than that, she might be surprised that, according to my old friend David Harrop, an expert on all things posty, these special Christmas day cards can command three figures.
Location; Didsbury & Disley
Picture; picture postcard Didsbury, 1905, from the collection of David Harrop
No comments:
Post a Comment