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BYGONE DAYS Talk: The Role of the Royal Mail Guard: an illustrated talk by Martin Horler
Martin Horler presents his talk on the Role of the Royal Mail Guard in full livery. He explores the postal system from 1784 to the coming of the railway in 1840; the revolutionary introduction of Mail Coaches, which were provided by contractors, with regular changes of horses, keeping to a strict timetable, exempt from tolls and carrying an armed guard. Martin brings to the talk the weapons provided to guard the mail and demonstrates the calls blown by the guard on a 51 inch coach horn.
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Admission £3.00
The talk will begin at 7.30pm and is expected to last around one hour.
The talk will begin at 7.30pm and is expected to last around one hour.
Radstock Museum, Waterloo Road, Radstock, Somerset BA3 3EP
Tue 1 Nov 2016
Website:
radstockmuseum.co.uk/talks/
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