Comments on: Addressing Envelopes

By: Leigh

Leigh — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 13:00:08 +0000

In school, we were always taught to put the suite, apartment, or office number BEFORE the street address. The rule was from top to bottom, travel from the specific (the person), becoming more general as the addresses descended, ultimately to a nation at the end of needed.

Like our British citizen above, before the Post Office established nationwide standards decades ago, my ancestors’ addresses were known by their estate or house name. For example,

Mazie Kemper
The Bob-o-Link
Morristown, Indiana

It was a lot classier then, but clearly less practical. (sigh)

By: Daran

Daran — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 10:50:30 +0000

You just put the name of the building after the addressee. My parents, for example, live in a Scottish croft*

After writing this, it occurred to me that my example isn’t one. Despite my informal usage, the “croft” in the address still refers to the parcel of land. There’s no ambiguity because there is only one dwelling on it, but if there were more it would be necessary to add an extra line to identify which one.

So there you have it: a valid UK address in which neither street nor building is identifed.

By: spike1

spike1 — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 08:12:25 +0000

Peter. Thought it might’ve been…
My train of thought got derailed when I wrote that…
I meant to say…
As for 80’s consumer programmes, only ones that I can think of are Watchdog (she DID used to present that, but back in the 80s it was presented by lynn faulds wood and john stapleton) and That’s Life.

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 05:18:02 +0000

Spike1: the title doesn’t ring a bell, but Points of View appears to the one I was thinking of with the letter, yes; thanks. I think the Bai Linn tea was on That’s Life, come to think of it.

By: spike1

spike1 — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:08:11 +0000

Didn’t “Points of view” used to have “when I’m 64″ as the theme tune?

As for 80’s consumer programmes, only ones that I can think of are Watchdog (she DID used to present that, but back in the 80s it was presented by lynn faulds wood and john stapleton)

Maybe your memory’s a bit scrambled and you’re just remembering bits from both programmes. Cos she did present both at different times.