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From: "Olive Harvey" <>
Subject: [Lon] Thanks
Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 22:02:45 +0100

After a few days away, I returned to find 64 replies to my queries regarding Hermes Street and "what is/was a carman"? It is too many to reply to individually, so, please, I thank you all for taking the trouble to contact me with so many helpful suggestions and so much information. I think geneaologists must be the most helpful people in the world. Jusdt an additional request. I have since discovered that my carman uncle was connected with the L.N.E.R. (London and North Eastern Railway) andI am wondering why a railway company would need a carman. If a carman moved things by horse and cart (this was pre-World War I) what would he be moving for a railway company? Or am I completely misunderstanding? Puzzled, but hopeful (I bet one of you knows the answer) Olive

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