The envelope addressed to a 'well-known historian' contained anecdotes from World War Two.
A letter simply addressed to “Mr James Holland, well known historian, Wiltshire” reached its destination thanks to the power of the postal service.It was helped on its way by Royal Mail staff, who added the words “try Salisbury SP5” as a further clue for the sorting office.
He later told BBC Radio Wiltshire: “It thought it was so funny and just so charming that in this incredibly rules-based, highly regulated country that we now live in, an old-fashioned letter sent the old-fashioned way without a postcode still gets to you.” "He had served in Italy so she was sharing some anecdotes about him before the talk in Salisbury that she was coming along to,” he said.
“How fantastic that presumably it got to the Salisbury sorting office and then got to Andy, who is our brilliant local postman and much loved by the village community.”after helping a poorly neighbour in need, said Mr Holland’s delivery was an example of what sets his colleagues apart.
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