Globe-trotting butler’s lost postcards found on Isle of Wight

Ms Parham, who lives in Stamford in Lincolnshire, said they were a “late Christmas present”.

She continued: “It was Christmas Eve and I found a message from Jim that had been sat in my Facebook Messenger junk messages for six months, so it was sort of magic that I’d stumbled across this message.

“Jim gave us lots of information and sent the postcards to us, which was great.”

Liz Parham, who is Ms Parham’s mother and the granddaughter of Mr Hills, has stored the postcards in a folder at her home in Sonning Common, Oxfordshire.

The 72-year-old lived with Mr Hills for several years growing up, and said he was “reserved”.

“I lived in a family home with my parents, sisters and grandparents and so I lived with Frank until he died,” Mrs Parham explained.