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From: Teresa Goatham <>
Subject: Re: [DEV] DEVON Digest, Vol 5, Issue 312
Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 16:33:08 +0000
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Then as now there were often several ways of travelling. How much could
they afford? What did they need to take with them? How important was
speed or a journey at a convenient time? Did they own their own horse /
pony / coach?

If they were moving house a pony and trap might be used - I have been
told this was how some of my ancestors moved all the way from Devon to
Yorkshire. In the 1920s/ 30s there were plenty of trains from London to
Margate, but many holiday makers went by steamer from the Thames and
around the coast (I think it was cheaper).

I would be wary of making assumptions.

Teresa

Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2010 12:17:35 -0400
> From: "liverpud" <>
> Subject: [DEV] Falmouth > Starcross
> To: "DEVON-L" <>
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> If someone wanted to travel from Falmouth to Starcross in 1860s,
> how would they go -- ship, stagecoach....?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Edna - Ottawa

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