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from TBirdFrank  contains these words:

> Seriously Charlie - there was such a thing as a horse and trap even
> then.

And they cost money, Frank. Even a donkey and cart cost money, although
not quite as much as a pony and trap. The best hope, and the nearest
thing to cheap public transport in a rural area, was to beg a lift into
town on market day with a local farmer - but if he had cattle to sell
he'd be walking anyway, driving the cattle in front of him. 

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Dave,                                     
Frodsham