Address when you live in a city: 36 Smith Road Manchester M1 PQL Address when you live in a tiny village of 7 people: 1 Keepers Cottage The Mill Flunkbury Pilbury-on-Trout Guffhampton Glompershire GM87 ENN

I had to spell out the name of my parents' farm to an irate man in the post office earlier this week who couldn't comprehend there not just being a number.

We (in the US) have one English recipient on our Christmas card list, and every year I have to block out a whole morning just to address that one envelope because it looks just like this.

Ridiculously accurate

That's very different from where I grew up. Our address was just a postcode which narrowed it down to an area so large it takes about 15 minutes to drive from one end to the other. The poor postie had to know where everyone lived by name alone. There were no street names or numbers even.

Actual address needed for village Tom Worsley GN87 ENN

This is like writing to you, @cherryaimless.bsky.social, I've had to buy bigger envelopes 😂

Address if an Oxbridge student: Worsley Jesus Oxford

My favourites are ones that are like Beside the Mill Opposite the Church etc.