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Category Archives: Stagecoaches
The End of an Era
Snippets 82. In 1898 Daimler sold a double-decker bus to the Motor Traction Company, to be used in London. By 1910 double-decker buses were being mass produced and were becoming a common sight on the streets of London. In 1908, … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century, Books, Britain, England, History, London, Stagecoaches, Travel
Tagged Buses, Transport
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Victor Meldrew, 1855-style, revisited
Snippets 62. The English Hotel Nuisance by Albert Richard Smith (1855) is one long glorious rant about how annoying it was to stay in a hotel or inn at the time. We previously looked at a quote from the book in … Continue reading
Posted in 19th Century, Books, Britain, England, History, Humor, Humour, Snippets, Stagecoaches, Travel
Tagged Albert Richard Smith
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Journals 13.1 – Reminiscences of an Idler (Part 1)
Henry Wikoff was a reporter for the New York Herald and a man of great independent wealth due to a large inheritance. He spent years travelling around the world and climbed the society ladder, gradually making social connections to work … Continue reading
Posted in 19th Century, Autobiographies, Books, Britain, England, History, Journals, London, Nature, Stagecoaches, Travel
Tagged Lincoln, William Huskisson
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Journals 1.2 – England in 1815 by Joseph Ballard (Part 2)
The following is a continuation of my essay on Ballard’s journal. See the earlier entry from 14th May 2015 for the first part. Ballard’s tour of the North of England continued with a visit to Manchester. Although he admired the … Continue reading
Posted in 19th Century, Britain, England, History, Joseph Ballard, Journals, Stagecoaches, Travel
Tagged Child Labour, Factories, Factory Acts, Industrial Revolution, Leeds, Manchester, Poverty
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Lovely view, shame about the corpse (Snippets 1)
The following quote is taken from The Autobiography of a Stage-Coachman, by Thomas Cross, published in three volumes by Hurst and Blackett in 1861. The author describes a journey by stagecoach in the year 1806: I have been on many … Continue reading
Posted in 19th Century, Autobiographies, Britain, England, Highwaymen, History, Law, London, Snippets, Stagecoaches
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