A More Expeditious Conveyance: The Story of the Royal Mail Coaches by Bevan Rider Mail coaches John Ferguson began making horse

John Ferguson began making horse drawn carriages in Aspatria in 1850

The engineering of early cars and automobiles owes a debt to the legacy of these spring makers and engineers who forged new paths in design and invention in their pursuit of perfection

This is a great booklet for both beginning and advanced carriage drivers on understanding the carriage driving harness

Rim and spoke failure and repair

A More Expeditious Conveyance: The Story of the Royal Mail Coaches by Bevan Rider Mail coaches John Ferguson began making horseby Bevan Rider During the summer of 1784 an announcement appeared in Farley's Bristol Journal: "Monday next the experiment for the more expeditious conveyance of the mails will be made which will be delivered in London the next day." This book tells the story of that first Mail run and how it was to grow into a service which created standards and a tradition still admired to this day. The book is published to conicide with the bi centenary