Stage-coach and Mail in Days of Yore, Volume 2 (of 2): A picturesque history of the coaching ageHarper, Charles G. (Charles George)
History
Stage-coach and Mail in Days of Yore, Volume 2 (of 2): A picturesque history of the coaching age
Harper, Charles G. (Charles George)
Coaching (Transportation) -- History
“Merchants, buyers, and the public in general, visiting London
and Manchester, are respectfully informed that a new coach,
called the ‘Beehive,’ built expressly, and fitted up with superior
accommodation for comfort and safety to any coach in Europe,
will leave ‘La Belle Sauvage,’ Ludgate Hill, London, at eight
every morning, and arrive in Manchester the following morning,
in time for the coaches leaving for Carlisle, Edinburgh, and
Glasgow. Passengers travelling to the north will reach Carlisle
the following morning, being only one night on the road. The above
coach will leave the ‘Beehive’ Coach Office, Market Street, near
the Exchange, Manchester, every evening at seven, and arrive in
London the following afternoon at three. All small parcels sent by
this conveyance will be delivered to the farthest part of London
within two hours after the arrival of the coach. In order to insure
safety and punctuality, with respectability, no large packages will
be taken, or fish of any description carried by this conveyance.
The inside of the coach is fitted up with spring cushions and a
reading-lamp, lighted with wax, for the accommodation of those
who wish to amuse themselves on the road. The inside backs and
seats are also fitted up with hair cushions, rendering them more
comfortable to passengers than anything hitherto brought out in the
annals of coaching, and, to prevent frequent disputes respecting
seats, every seat is numbered. Persons booking themselves at either
of the above places will receive a card, with a number upon it,
thereby doing away with the disagreeables that occur daily in the
old style. The route is through Stockport, Macclesfield, Congleton,
Newcastle, Wolverhampton, Birmingham, Coventry, Dunchurch,
Towcester, Stony Stratford, Brickhill, Dunstable, and St. Albans,
being the most level line of country, avoiding the danger of the
steep hills through Derbyshire.
“Performed by the public’s obedient servants,
“ROBERT NELSON, London;
“F. CLARE, Stony Stratford;
“ROBERT HADLEY & CO., Manchester.”
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