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27-09-09, 21:36
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Carmen
I sort of know what one of these is but should there be lots in the 1770's in London? I thought cars weren't invented back then? Lol!
 
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27-09-09, 21:38
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*Dances around with a bunch of bananas on her head*
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27-09-09, 21:38
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Yes, there should be lots in the 1770s but proportional to the population, so there would be more in the 1800s.
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27-09-09, 21:43
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27-09-09, 21:47
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They drove delivery wagons! Transported goods rather than people. Sort of 'white-van-man' equivalents. Erm.....I have read that sometimes they were the sorts of people who evaded the law in various ways
 perhaps percentage-wise more frequently than drivers of other sorts of transport. I have a great photo - hang on.....
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27-09-09, 22:09
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That's brilliant thanks Merry! I wonder if that's where the word "car" came from later then? Perhaps they couldn't spell cart?
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27-09-09, 22:11
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Don't forget the car started out being called a "motor car" to distinguish it from other types of car.
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27-09-09, 22:22
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I thought it was opera too..........
I have a few generations of carmen on one line. It was obviously a very skilled occupation passed from father to son 
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