Eighteenth Century English mail hacks (2001)

Re:Eighteenth Century English mail hacks (2001) by Symbiote on Monday April 09, 2018 @10:20AM (#16793144)

[1] is a timetable for Sutton Coldfield in 1902.

It seems fairly reasonable that you could send a letter to Birmingham and have it delivered within two hours + travel time, but not to another part of the country unless you were lucky with the timings.

Remember, it was usually possible to post a letter from a station, which presumably gave it a very good chance of being on the next train.

[1] http://www.sutton-coldfield.net/rail/1902%20train%20timetabl...

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Re:Eighteenth Century English mail hacks (2001) by isostatic on Monday April 09, 2018 @12:49PM (#16794674)

If your letter from London to Edinburgh was posted at Kings X at 0800, and sent on the 0830, it may have arrived in Edinburgh at 1530 and arrived at the office at 1600. The contents could be "I'm taking the 1000 train, meet me when it arrives at 1700"

If you were to then catch the 1000 train, arriving 1700, that would give the recipient time to get to Waverley in time for the arrival.

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