Belfast Stage-Coach of 1752.

Belfast Stage-Coach

Belfast to Dublin

                                                                             1752

 

                                                Belfast Newsletter of October 1752

                                            Courtesy of British Newspaper Archive

 

This being the period when the blunderbuss held sway while driving or riding the roads and turnpikes of this period. 

               NB: "Outside passengers and children on lap half price"!!

                               Fabulous social history from the mid 18th century.

                                                 David Stroud ramrodantiques.co.uk