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Robert Charles Tombs. The Bristol Royal Mail: Post, Telegraph, and Telephone
The Bristol Royal Mail: Post, Telegraph, and Telephone
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PREFACE
THE BRISTOL ROYAL MAIL
CHAPTER I
1532-1764. DEVELOPMENT OF THE MAIL SERVICES. RALPH ALLEN
CHAPTER II
1770-1818. MAIL COACH ERA.—JOHN PALMER
CHAPTER III
1819 ONWARDS. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INTERVENES IN MAIL AFFAIRS. OLD MAIL GUARDS
CHAPTER IV
VICTORIAN ERA, 1837-1899. MAIL TRANSPORT BY RAILWAY.—TRAVELLING POST OFFICES
CHAPTER V
1678-1899. BRISTOL POSTMASTERS
CHAPTER VI
NOTABLE POST OFFICE SERVANTS OF. BRISTOL ORIGIN
CHAPTER VII
POST OFFICE BUILDINGS
CHAPTER VIII
THE LOCAL POST OFFICE IN EARLY DAYS. SIR ROWLAND HILL.—RECENT PROGRESS
CHAPTER IX
BRISTOL AS A MAIL STEAMER STATION FOR IRELAND, WEST INDIES, AMERICA, AND CANADA
CHAPTER X
POSTAL SERVICE STAFF; ITS COMPOSITION, DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITIES.—VOLUME OF WORK
CHAPTER XI
CHRISTMAS AND ST. VALENTINE SEASONS
CHAPTER XII
PUBLIC OFFICE: ITS BUSINESS—THE SAVINGS BANK—PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS
CHAPTER XIII
TELEGRAPHS, TELEPHONES, EXPRESS DELIVERY
CHAPTER XIV
TELEGRAPH MESSENGERS
CHAPTER XV
LETTER DELIVERY SYSTEM. POSTMEN: THEIR DUTIES AND RECREATIONS
CHAPTER XVI
POST LETTER BOXES: POSITION, VIOLATION, PECULIAR USES
CHAPTER XVII
RURAL DISTRICT SUB-POSTMASTERS. RURAL POSTMEN. INCIDENTS
CHAPTER XVIII
GENERAL FREE DELIVERY OF LETTERS
CHAPTER XIX
LOCAL RETURNED LETTER OFFICE
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Robert Charles Tombs
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Notwithstanding Ralph Allen's innovations, the conveyance of letters between the principal towns was carried on in a more or less desultory fashion. Speaking of the want of improvement in 1770, and the haphazard system under which Post Office business was conducted, a local newspaper gave this instance of unpunctuality: "The London Mail did not arrive so soon by several hours as usual on Monday, owing to the mailman getting a little intoxicated on his way between Newbury and Marlborough, and falling from his horse into a hedge, where he was found asleep, by means of his dog." Mr. Weeks, who entered upon "The Bush," Bristol, in 1772, after ineffectually urging the proprietors to quicken their speed, started a one day coach to Birmingham himself, and carried it on against a bitter opposition, charging the passengers only 10s. 6d. and 8s. 6d. for inside and outside seats respectively, and giving each one of them a dinner and a pint of wine at Gloucester into the bargain. After two years' struggle his opponents gave in, and one day journeys to Birmingham became the established rule.
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