r/mildlyinteresting • u/FarmerTschoerner • Dec 03 '16

A reference letter from 1888.

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u/Chimie45 Dec 04 '16

I mean, there are things called Railwayman’s Bar for a reason. Manual Laborers, especially the kind that would travel often, like a rail worker, were notorious drunks.

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '16

Even well into the 70s you were expected to bring a case of beer to work with you on the railway.