John McLaughlin

John McLaughlin, who was a shoemaker, ⁽¹⁾ became the next Postmaster. ⁽²⁾ He conducted the business in the cottage of J Stevens on the Great Western Road. ⁽³⁾ He did not last very long, as there was probably no money in the business. He had for his sureties, James Sanders, Innkeeper and Philpott Robbins, Wheelwright from Penrith, ⁽⁴⁾ whose son Edward became the Postmaster in 1888.

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