Voice from the past': Former school student to finally receive postcard 66 years after it was posted
A school has managed to track down a former student to unite her with a postcard that took 66 years to arrive in the post.
The postcard, written to the former boarding pupil by her mum back in 1957, finally arrived in the post at Adcote School, Little Ness, near Shrewsbury, earlier this term.
The school delved into its archives to find old records of the student, now in her 70s, and managed to track her down through the internet and social media.
An appeal for help to trace her also attracted a lot of help from members of the public.
Headmistress Diane Browne was able to break the news about the postcard to the woman over the phone.
“She was absolutely stunned and thrilled,” said Mrs Browne.
