The Times 1801 - 1810 Nov 14 1808 - Walking Post

Nov 14 1808 - Walking Post

The Times, Monday, Nov 14, 1808; pg. 3; Issue 7518; col C THE WALKING POST. - The name of this extraordinary person, whose labours surpass any of the boasted pedestrian achievements, is WILLIAM BROCKBANK. He is a native of Millom, in Cumberland. He daily performed the distance between Whitehaven and Ulverstone, on foot, under the disagreeable circumstance of frequently wading the river at Muncaster, by which place he constantly went, which is at least three miles round, and, including the different calls he had to make, at a short distance from the road, his daily task was not short of 47 miles. He is at present Walking Post from Manchester to Glossop, in Derbyshire, a distance of 16 miles, which he performs every day, (Sundays excepted,) returns the same evening, and personally delivers the letters, newspapers, &c. in that populous and commercial country, to all near that road, which makes his daily task not less than 35 miles, or upwards: and, what is more extraordinary, he has performed this business for upwards of two years, without the intervention of a day, except Sunday. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

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