In 1896 there were four postal deliveries of letters a day in Tonbridge. The first at 7am, then 10am, 4pm and the last at 6-30pm. So it would have been possible to invite someone for dinner by post card in the morning and receive a reply the same day. Today there's just one delivery at around about 10-30am or whenever they get around to it. There's progress for you! And in 1896 there was always the telegraph office for more urgent messages....
We got our post at 4.30 or there abouts on Saturday.
ReplyDeleteThey should re-name themselves "Random Mail". We never know when ours is going to turn up, but it's never before 1 pm.
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