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RALPH ALLEN OF CROSS POST FAME 6
HIS RESIDENCE AT PRIOR PARK, BATH 9
HIS TOWN HOUSE IN BATH 13
HIS TOMB AT CLAVERTON 16
JOHN PALMER, INTRODUCER OF MAIL COACHES 18
OLD ENGLISH "FLYING" MAIL COACH 21
MAIL COACH PLATE DEDICATED TO PALMER 34
THE WEST COUNTRY MAIL COACHES ABOUT TO LEAVE PICCADILLY 36
THE LAST OF THE MAIL GUARDS 44
ARRIVAL OF THE BATH AND BRISTOL MAIL COACH AT ROADSIDE INN 48
START OF MAIL COACHES FROM BUSH INN, BRISTOL 52
THE OLD PASSAGE, AUST 56
JOHN GARDINER 71
THOMAS TODD WALTON, SENIOR 72
THOMAS TODD WALTON, JUNIOR 74
EDWARD CHADDOCK SAMPSON 79
SIR FRANCIS FREELING, BART 83
THE BRISTOL HEAD POST OFFICE IN 1899 117
THE "GREAT WESTERN" 152
R.M.S. "MONTEREY" 159
THE PUBLIC HALL OF THE BRISTOL POST OFFICE 186
THE TELEGRAPH INSTRUMENT ROOM, BRISTOL 204
CRIBBS CAUSEWAY POST OFFICE 261
MR. EDWARD BIDDLE 263
LETTER BOX AT WINTERBOURNE 269
HANNAH BREWER, THE BITTON POSTWOMAN 276