‘Magic’ – Butler’s lost postcards from the 1920s reunited with family The family of a globe-trotting butler who mingled with royalty have said it was a stroke of “magic” after they were reunited with postcards he wrote in the 1920s.
A series of eight postcards documenting his travels while on a grand tour in the 1920s, and addressed to his wife and baby daughter, ended up at an antiques fair on the Isle of Wight, seemingly lost to time.
After tracing Laura Parham, Mr Hills’ great granddaughter, he sent the postcards to the family on December 28, which she described as a “late Christmas present”.
Frank Hills died in 1962, but spent the majority of his working life as either a valet – a personal attendant – or a butler for various affluent people.
