In
Victorian times the Royal Mail delivered
letters to your door as they do today but they did not carry goods. The
coaches would often take small parcels for
a charge, but most of the carrying of goods was done by local firms of
carriers or carters who would charge a fee for taking goods in their carts.
The list opposite tells us who the carriers of Crickhowell were at the
beginning of Queen Victoria's reign. Notice also that local people could
have their goods taken by barge along the canal
as well as by road.
Local
farmers or tradesmen would
also often hire out their carts when they were not in use. Poorer people
would borrow a cart from relatives or friends. When it became time to move
house poorer families could often get all their belongings on one small
cart.