Posted by Robert Hill on January 15, 2006 at 01:24:43 from 195.92.168.163 user eclrh.
In Reply to: Re: Signs of the Times - speedy postal service posted by Rob Marshall on January 14, 2006 at 23:24:56:
Going back a bit further in time, I seem to remember reading somewhere that in Sherlock Holmes's day there were 11 postal deliveries a day in London. Of course, it would have been far fewer in the Lakes, but it gives you an idea of how things were before the telephone.