Those old bikes they had were flippin' heavy as well! I had to use one oneday when working for a local supermarket to cycle around the New Forest collecting grocery orders, normally used my own but it had a puncture and did not have time to mend it so used the errand boys bike!! Okay downhill but a killer up hill with no gears and that heavy basket in the front! Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben Skeates" <benske01@primusonline.com.au> To: <hampshire-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2007 12:45 AM Subject: Re: [HAMPSHIRE-LIFE] Occupations How well I remember them when age 14 I worked at Winchester, Chris. Most of the bigger shops had 'gofers' Ben ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris & Caroline" <crhayles@btinternet.com> To: <hampshire-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2007 9:33 AM Subject: Re: [HAMPSHIRE-LIFE] Occupations > Exactly as the name suggests David > He ran errands for people such as employers or maybe deliver messages > I worked at a grocery shop which had two errand boys who delivered the > groceries on Errand boy bikes, these were large bicycles with a metal > frame > in the front to hold a large basket which held the goods. sometimes they > may > have had two or three parcels to deliver at one trip. > Basically they were what are termed as gofers!! Go fer this and go for > that! > Chris