Edwin Bebbington, roadman for Bramshall

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Date:1900 - 1920 (c.)

Description:Edwin Bebbington who was a roadman for Bramshall, near Uttoxeter in the early 1900s.

Edwin told his grandson Ted Bebbington that he remembered going to the annual Gayboys' Market, Uttoxeter on the first market after Christmas Day. Farmers and would-be farm workers met in the market and arrangements were made for a 12 month period. The contract was 'bonded' by the gift of a shilling in a similar way to recruiting sergeants in the Army who clinched the enlistment of a recruit with the King's Shilling.

Information from Ted Bebbinton's Story in 'The Road to Chartley Part 1', Jim Foley, 1998.

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Creators: Mr Ted Bebbington - Contributor

Image courtesy of: Mr Jim Foley

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