In mailcoach days it would more likely be delivering the mail to whoever dealt with it locally. The local postmaster might possibly also have been an innkeeper or similar. I don't think you got delivery to every house then. I don't think postboy was an exact synonym for postman. ----- Original Message ----- From: ashpat <ashpat@tinyonline.co.uk> To: Malcolm Borrowdale <mjborrowdale@btinternet.com>; <ENG-CUL-COPELAND-L@rootsweb> Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2002 6:50 PM Subject: Re: [CUL-COP] Re: Post boy > Thank you Malcolm > > So it is delivering the Mail > > Regards > Patricia > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Malcolm Borrowdale <Mjborrowdale@btinternet.com> > To: <ENG-CUL-COPELAND-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2002 4:51 PM > Subject: Re: [CUL-COP] Re: Post boy > > > > I'm fairly sure that the term postboy also applied to the men who carried > > the "crossposts" on foot or by horse. Crossposts were the lesser routes > > connecting with mailcoach routes. > > > > Malcolm Borrowdale (Swinton, Lancs.) > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <Doronic@aol.com> > > To: <ENG-CUL-COPELAND-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 7:50 PM > > Subject: [CUL-COP] Re: Post boy > > > > > > > Hi, Patricia > > > > > > > Could someone tell me what a Post boy was > > > > > > I may be quite wrong, but the only definition I have come across is that > > of > > > the chap who sat guard on the mail coach (often not a "boy" at all, and > > quite > > > a responsible job) . Several are mentioned in Tom Bradley's book "The > Old > > > Coaching Days in Yorkshire" who worked on the mail coaches until quite > an > > > advanced age, or until the system was superseded by the advent of the > > > railways. Sometimes the job seems to have been handed down from father > to > > > son, and postboy were employed by the post houses (inns) along the route > > of > > > the mail coach. > > > > > > However, I stand to be corrected! > > > > > > Best wishes, > > > Roz > > > > > > ______________________________ > > > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > >

Malcolm You have explained it very well for me. I thought it was something to do with weaving as his wife and the children all in weaving. just goes to show I should not surmise Thank you again Patricia ----- Original Message ----- From: Malcolm Borrowdale <Mjborrowdale@btinternet.com> To: ashpat <ashpat@tinyonline.co.uk>; <ENG-CUL-COPELAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2002 6:50 PM Subject: Re: [CUL-COP] Re: Post boy > In mailcoach days it would more likely be delivering the mail to whoever > dealt with it locally. The local postmaster might possibly also have been an > innkeeper or similar. I don't think you got delivery to every house then. I > don't think postboy was an exact synonym for postman. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: ashpat <ashpat@tinyonline.co.uk> > To: Malcolm Borrowdale <mjborrowdale@btinternet.com>; > <ENG-CUL-COPELAND-L@rootsweb> > Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2002 6:50 PM > Subject: Re: [CUL-COP] Re: Post boy > > > > Thank you Malcolm > > > > So it is delivering the Mail > > > > Regards > > Patricia > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Malcolm Borrowdale <Mjborrowdale@btinternet.com> > > To: <ENG-CUL-COPELAND-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2002 4:51 PM > > Subject: Re: [CUL-COP] Re: Post boy > > > > > > > I'm fairly sure that the term postboy also applied to the men who > carried > > > the "crossposts" on foot or by horse. Crossposts were the lesser routes > > > connecting with mailcoach routes. > > > > > > Malcolm Borrowdale (Swinton, Lancs.) > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: <Doronic@aol.com> > > > To: <ENG-CUL-COPELAND-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 7:50 PM > > > Subject: [CUL-COP] Re: Post boy > > > > > > > > > > Hi, Patricia > > > > > > > > > Could someone tell me what a Post boy was > > > > > > > > I may be quite wrong, but the only definition I have come across is > that > > > of > > > > the chap who sat guard on the mail coach (often not a "boy" at all, > and > > > quite > > > > a responsible job) . Several are mentioned in Tom Bradley's book "The > > Old > > > > Coaching Days in Yorkshire" who worked on the mail coaches until > quite > > an > > > > advanced age, or until the system was superseded by the advent of the > > > > railways. Sometimes the job seems to have been handed down from > father > > to > > > > son, and postboy were employed by the post houses (inns) along the > route > > > of > > > > the mail coach. > > > > > > > > However, I stand to be corrected! > > > > > > > > Best wishes, > > > > Roz > > > > > > > > ______________________________ > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, > > go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > >