101 things to do with OoP when it comes out/postcodes

[Mary Ann]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "martha" 
<fakeplastikcynic at h...> wrote:

> On another note: As far as I'm aware, all of Cornwall has Plymouth 
> postcodes (which start PL), even though Plymouth is pretty small, 
> because nowhere in Cornwall is big enough to warrant getting its 
own 
> postcode. Plymouth, by the way, is in Devon, not Cornwall.

:::::pulls out holiday accommodation papers:::::  Actually, Penwith, 
the southerly tip of Cornwall by Penzance, has a TR code, which I'm 
assuming is Truro.  I thought it was PZ for Penzance, but that's the 
code on the fishing boats.  Duh!

BTW Penwith is well worth a visit, if ever you have the chance.  
Beautiful beaches and Celtic stones, circles, and holy wells galore.  
And the locals are such friendly people.  It's my and DH's dream to 
move down there eventually, though the house prices have gone sky-
high lately.  
 
> Oh, and once a postcard made it to my Dad, despite being addressed 
> to "Neil, Snooty Towers, Big house, Corner of the road off Mutley 
> Plain, Cornwall, PL4".

Oh, I love it!  Royal Mail has a special centre in Belfast where 
incorrectly- and strangely-addressed letters are either deciphered or 
condemned.  I came across some examples once, and darned if I can 
remember any, but there were several along the lines of "the cottage 
with the blue door and flowery net curtains next to the post office 
in a little village on the number 5 bus route out of Reading".  Kudos 
to Royal Mail; a lot of these letters are properly delivered, albeit 
a few weeks late.
 
> Thanks for listening to my babbling,

And mine! 

> Martha the Punk House-Elf

Dizzy the eccentric List-Elf in charge of eclair baking
(aka Mary Ann)