'Dating apps didn't exist' for these long-lost 'lonely hearts'

Two "lonely heart" letters from the 1930s have been uncovered which give an insight into the search for long-distance romance before dating apps were invented.

The letters were sent by post to the lord mayor of Belfast from Seattle in America and Kent in England in 1935.

One was from a 35-year-old man seeking an "Irish colleen" who "must be Protestant".

The other was a handwritten letter from a 29-year-old woman looking for a "farmer, minister of religion or clerk" in Northern Ireland.

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