In 1800, the first waterman William Simpson began delivering mail from his tiny boat to the barges and ships moored on the River Thames.
The work of these brave men – as well as the scandals – have now been brought to life in an London exhibition While Amazon makes drone deliveries in the States and many of us in the UK receive items bought online the same day, it’s hard to imagine a postal service that relied on a pair of oars and a river. However, at at the start of the 19th century, many Londoners did just that.
He was caught and sentenced to death by hanging – although the sentence was later reduced to transportation to Australia for a lifetime of labour A letter written in 1821 by a River Postman Samuel Evans Senior outlines how dangerous the job was. He wrote: ‘I must inform you of the accident that happened to the Post Boat on Monday through the violence of the wind.
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