Posted by Rob Marshall on January 15, 2006 at 15:06:56 from 64.136.27.226 user Binnacle.
In Reply to: Re: Signs of the Times - speedy postal service posted by Mike Dennis on January 15, 2006 at 10:48:34:
It is also interesting that in SA they write to father who is in Malta,
for permission to sail.
as they are only on holiday for a short time one wonders how long a letter would have taken to get to him.
I am not sure if Air Mail was common in those days.
Remembering sending letters to overseas relatives when I was a lad it seems to have taken quite a long time to get to them.
Rob