By Harry Mount PUBLISHED: 19:43 EST, 7 January 2014 | UPDATED: 06:33 EST, 8 January 2014 Daily Mail feature writer Harry Mount emulates P.G.Wodehouse by throwing letters out of his window in the hope that passers-by would drop them in the post box To find the most trustworthy people in Britain, head for Cornwall and Wales. So I’ve discovered, after carrying out an experiment invented by P.G. Wodehouse a century ago. I left 20 stamped envelopes addressed to my North London flat across the country — on pub tables, in cathedrals and beneath town hall porches — to see if anyone would post them.
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Harry Mount left 20 envelopes addressed to his flat across country
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Only one region tested had a 100 per cent success record... Wales
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He was carrying out experiment invented by P.G. Wodehouse century ago
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Writer never posted letters, instead he flung them out of the window
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He was so assured of the good character of British he trusted them to do it
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How England Made The English by Harry Mount(Penguin, £9.99).
Extending the @placeholder experiment around the country, Harry reported more disappointing results.