A seven-year-old boy from Sheffield tossed a message in a bottle into the North Sea and was amazed to receive 22 replies – on his birthday! Finley Hibberd from Lowedges, threw the bottle into the sea at Bridlington with the message, “Hello My Name is Finely. I am from Sheffield, England. Please tell me where… Read more »
No this is not a hi-tech birthday card, but a rather clever Granny who caught her thieving carer pinching her pension; by hiding a mini camera behind a birthday card.Eileen Forte, 87, who suffered from a stroke, got her granddaughter Tina Priestman, 47, to set up the camera. And the clever move proved to be… Read more »
A time capsule in celebration of John Lennon’s life will be buried on his 70th birthday. Three pods will be buried on October 9th and will not be opened until 2040. Fans of The Beatles star are being called by organisers to come up with ideas for items to fill the capsules and are also… Read more »
A British student on a field trip to the Alps found a mail bag from the Malabar Princess, an Air India Lockheed Constellation which crashed killing 40 passengers and eight crew members 60 years ago. The third year geography student was on a three day trip to examine global warming and added to the legend… Read more »
A Royal Mail Postman has been sentenced to 240 hours of community service after being caught opening children’s birthday cards in the hope of finding money. The Londonderry Postman, Brendan Taggart, from Sevenoaks in the Waterside, kept undelivered mail in the back of his car for more than two months. Taggart admitted to the charges… Read more »
Royal Mail’s income from customer penalty fees rocketed to 50 per cent after it created mass confusion by changing the way it charges for letters. In August 2006 the organisation moved to a system of charging based on the size rather than the simple system of sticking on a first or second class stamp. Many… Read more »
At ecards.co.uk we are all about celebrating people’s birthday’s and what better birthday to celebrate than the famous Etch A Sketch toy we have all owned. Over 100 million of the toys have sold worldwide since it first went on sale in the US on July 12 1960 for just $2.99. “Etch A Sketch is… Read more »