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Old Coaching Days in Yorkshire" who worked on the mail coaches until quite an advanced age, or until the system was superseded by the advent of the railways.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

You may be right, I never thought of that, just thought with the rest of the family in weaving of some sort, it was to do with that. May be I should stop thinking!!! Thank you Patricia ----- 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 advanced age, or until the system was superseded by the advent of the 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 >

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 > > ______________________________