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Portrait of Andrew Cowburn, who served as Postmaster at Morley from 1829 to 1869, having commenced as a "foot postman" between Leeds and Driglington in 1824. He became a well known figure in the town, as in addition to the responsibility of distributing and collecting letters from Morley and surrounding districts, the job often involved reading letters for the more illiterate townsfolk. In later life he was prominent in the administration of the town, being a member of the first Local Board in 1862.
Photograph from David Atkinson Archive. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Andrew Cowburn | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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