A woman is on the hunt for the recipient of a mystery postcard from 54 years ago – which she uncovered after doing DIY work on her home.
Emily Rose Faulkner was stunned came across the sweet letter – written from a father for his young daughter, named Michelle Bernard – after removing some skirting boards in her Campbeltown dwelling in Argyll and Bute last weekend.
Now she’s determined to reunite the touching memento with its rightful owner – even going as far as joining genealogy websites.
The weathered and beaten postcard, dated November 1969, has some visible water damage and features a National Giro stamp.
The touching letter is addressed to a little girl, who would have lived in the house at a time when it served as housing quarters for the former RAF Machrihanish station.
Emily Rose Faulkner (pictured) was stunned came across the sweet letter – written from a father for his young daughter
The weathered and beaten postcard, dated November 1969, has some visible water damage and features a National Giro stamp
Its front is adorned with a picture of two kittens sitting atop a green tartan couch together.
The communication had passed through a post office in Saffron Walden, Essex as the stamp declares it was sorted on 21 November 1969.
‘Dear Michelle,’ the message reads. ‘Thank you very much for your nice letter.
‘Glad to hear that you are being a good girl.
‘I will bring you back a present.
‘Love Daddy xxx’.
The postcard had been delivered to the base and lay dormant under the skirting board before being unearthed again.
Emily, 30, has now launched an online appeal to track Michelle down.
Its front is adorned with a sweet picture of two kittens sitting atop a green tartan couch together
‘The date stamp is November 1965,’ she explained. ‘I understand Michelle may be married now with a different name but I feel it would be lovely to reunite her with this postcard sent from her father.
‘It may hold a lot of sentiment and if anyone remembers going to school with her or could help point me in the right direction, all help would be appreciated.
‘Here’s to the power of social media.’
Her post was met with a flurry of supportive comments, praising Emily’s efforts to track down Michelle.
‘What a fantastic idea from a brilliant heart,’ one commenter praised.
‘That is so lovely, hope she’s found to reunite it with her,’ another added.
Her post was met with a flurry of supportive comments, praising Emily’s efforts to track down Michelle
A third remarked: ‘Hope Michelle is found, what a lovely keepsake.’
But Emily admits she’s so far had ‘no joy’ in finding Michelle thus far.
‘I’ve joined ancestors.com and searched all Michelle Bernards but no joy in placing anyone as of yet,’ she explained.
‘She most likely has changed her name when married but I’m hitting brick walls as I’m no expert in this field.
‘It doesn’t help that RAF families would have moved around regularly so she could have settled anywhere.’
She remarked there is ‘something quite nostalgic’ about the sweet postcard, revealing it was an unexpected find.
‘We were surprised it was still there considering the house was housing quarters for the old RAF Machrihanish so would have seen considerably more people come and go than a usual house,’ Emily added.
‘There’s also something to be said for the idea being that whoever it belongs to could have quite possibly been one of the first people to have lived in the house back in the late 60s.
‘The house has definitely not been renovated to the degree we have done it to so it would have been easily missed by previous occupants.’
According to Canmore – an online database of information on historic structures in Scotland – RAF Machrihanish was ‘unusual’ in that it had ‘three separate periods of existence’ and was at one point in the 1960s even used as a weapons facility for the US Navy.
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