Pigot's Directory tells us who the local carriers were around Llanfair at the very beginning of Queen Victoria's reign.
These
are the local carriers listed for
the area in the Directory. Notice that two of the carriers - Anne
Davies and Mary Owen -
were women. They may have driven the carts themselves or hired a driver
to do it for them. Later in the Victorian period, as the railways were
built, the carriers would have taken goods to the nearest railway station
where they could be sent on by train
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.
It was also common to see families in the towns carrying their belongings
on their heads through the streets
to their new homes.
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