Re: Neither nor construction

miseri wrote:
On Jan 20, 11:02 pm, "Mike Lyle" <mike_lyle...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
[...]

It's interesting to think of postmen's early adoption of such a
rigorous public-service ethic. I've read somewhere that there was
even at least one fatality in 19-C England when a postman died of
exposure trying to take the mailbag onward on foot after snow had
stopped the coach.

[...]
Hi
I think the postman you?re referring to was Robert Cunningham, who, I
think, was overwhelmed in a storm whilst he was delivering his last
letter (the last letter bit may not be accurate) in Ballentrae,
Ayshire, Scotland about 1907 to 1909ish - it was round about the
time of Sir Ernest Shackleton?s Nimrod expedition ? I remember reading
it an article in a British newspaper (on microfilm) when browsing for
Shackleton stories.

Thanks for that. And it ill behoves one of Scottish extraction to have
said it happened in England! But I do wonder if there were other cases.

OB a.u.e., though OT: Clearly Robert Cunninghams are a dogged breed, not
to be trifled with.

--
Mike.


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