Category Archives: Stagecoaches

The End of an Era

Posted on July 18, 2016 by Roger Pocock

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 →

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Victor Meldrew, 1855-style, revisited

Posted on April 7, 2016 by Roger Pocock

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 →

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Journals 13.1 – Reminiscences of an Idler (Part 1)

Posted on March 7, 2016 by Roger Pocock

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 →

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Journals 1.2 – England in 1815 by Joseph Ballard (Part 2)

Posted on May 18, 2015 by Roger Pocock

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 →

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Lovely view, shame about the corpse (Snippets 1)

Posted on May 15, 2015 by Roger Pocock

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 →

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