My brother once addressed a letter to me as “The girl with long brown hair that laughs a lot” followed by the road we lived in and the rest of the address (no post code). It reached me (but the postman did know me).
I also remember being told that a letter was addressed thusly:
Hill
John
Hants
And apparently John Underhill, Andover, Hants received it.
I do not know if this really happened or if it was just made up, but I thought it very clever.
I would imagine that they can, 67 being the house number, the postcode relating to a group of houses in a certain street in a certain town.
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JH: Getting the urge to try it now, Andy.
My brother once addressed a letter to me as “The girl with long brown hair that laughs a lot” followed by the road we lived in and the rest of the address (no post code). It reached me (but the postman did know me).
I also remember being told that a letter was addressed thusly:
Hill
John
Hants
And apparently John Underhill, Andover, Hants received it.
I do not know if this really happened or if it was just made up, but I thought it very clever.
……
JH: Long brown hair, eh? 🤔