ritain’s first mail coaches were introduced in 1784. These used the fast-improving system of turnpike roads to take mail between major urban centres. Mail coaches were kings of those roads: they were allowed to use the turnpikes for free. Gatekeepers had to have the gates open for the coach, whose impending arrival would be announced by blasts on a posthorn. Other road users
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Mar 10, 2023
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