| The Ironmasters' Bags Contributor(s): Reynolds, Paul (Author) |
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ISBN: 1445742152 ISBN-13: 9781445742151 Publisher: Lulu.com OUR PRICE: $39.85 Product Type: Hardcover Published: June 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History - Language Arts & Disciplines | Communication Studies |
| Dewey: 383 |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6" W x 9" (1.27 lbs) 276 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: During its development and at the time that the south Wales iron industry was at its most successful the only way (other than by personal contact) in which contact between the different branches of the industry could be maintained was by letter. Thus the postal service - both the General Post Office and a multiplicity of private posts - made a vital contribution to the success of the industry which so far has received little attention. This work traces the development of the postal service in the south Wales valleys from its primitive state in the mid-18th century to what had become a recognisably modern postal service a hundred years later. It is based on information derived from the archives of the Post Office itself and of the various iron companies, from contemporary newspapers and from oral tradition recorded by later historians in the Valleys. |