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Description: | 19th century ferry token made from cast cu-alloy, complete except for the small suspension loop at the top which is missing.
The finder wrote to Liverpool Record Office and P Keogh got back to him offering the following additional information: "T.B. Maund and Martin Jenkins discuss ferry tickets in appendix 5 of volume 2 ??Mersey Ferries??. They state that season tickets were referred to as ??contracts?? and were used by ??middle Class?? customers rather than working people. Contracts were available for 3, 6, and 12 months. This table is from 1st April 1869: Seacombe: ??0.12.6d, ??0.19.0d, ??1.11.6d; Egremont: ??1.1.0d, ??1.11.6d, ??2.12.6d New Brighton: ??1.11.6d, ??2.12.6d, ??3.13.6d; An additional family member could be added to the ticket at a reduced additional cost. A report to the Commissioners of the Wallasey Board of Health on the Ferries and their Management, by the ferries manager Braithwaite Poole (1861) includes the following statement: ??Mr. Coulborn stated that he had in one day taken as much as ??290, all in threepences, at New Brighton alone ??.??" | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Boughton, Dot - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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