This book explores the history of travelling by stagecoach from the sixteenth century through to the end of the nineteenth century, focusing on the heyday of around 1750-1850. It looks at the improvements in road maintenance and the turnpike system, which made faster travel practical and thereby led to a great increase in the use of stagecoaches, which would shuttle people along main routes from city to city (for example, the Great North Road from London to Edinburgh), stopping only to hitch a new set of horses to the stagecoach at designated refreshment areas. It explains who might travel in...
This book explores the history of travelling by stagecoach from the sixteenth century through to the end of the nineteenth century, focusing on the he...
A memoir covering Louise Allen's abusive childhood in a foster home, how she survived and how she hopes to right old wrongs now by fostering children herself and campaigning for the improvement of foster care services.
A memoir covering Louise Allen's abusive childhood in a foster home, how she survived and how she hopes to right old wrongs now by fostering children ...
