An envelope that was sent from America has arrived in the UK without the letter inside of it - 80 years after it was posted. The envelope, which is dated October 5, 1942 was discovered by manager Kevin Beattie, 39, when it arrived at The Sands Meadows care home in Hest Bank, Lancs,.
He immediately realised that 'it wasn't your average letter' and launched an appeal on social media to try and find out who the envelope belonged to. Kevin then discovered it was from Phillip Tattersall, who was living in Florida at the time while he was training for the British Flying Training School but he sadly died in 1996.
It is believed Phillip tried to send the letter from Florida to his parents Cornelius and Ethel Tattersall, who lived at the property which is now the care home. Although the actual letter was missing, Kevin said when he opened it and 'saw the age of the envelope', he realised it was something he has 'never seen' before.
