This letter to Santa was written in 1911, and stashed in the chimney of a house in Dublin, from which it was recovered in 1992 by the house’s current occupant, John Byrne. The letter, written by “A or H Howard” (a brother-sister team) survived remarkably well, and is very lovely.
“I want a baby doll and a waterproof with a hood and a pair of gloves and a toffee apple and a gold penny and a silver sixpence and a long toffee.”
Dear Santa Letter sent 100 years ago found up chimney
(Photo: Eric Luke)