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  • N vincent on Fri 9 Jan 2004, 04:49am

    A man who drives a four[or more] wheeled delivery wagon no sides [have up to 8 horses pulling] delivering goods [Haulage].

  • N Grahamt on Sat 10 Jan 2004, 11:07pm

    A drayman today…
    is a brewery delivery man. Beer is traditionally delivered on flat bed wagons/trucks or drays.
    Some UK breweries still retain a team of shire horses and a traditional dray to attend beer festivals and pub openings etc.

  • N Bullus Hutton on Wed 4 Feb 2004, 09:19am

    I know that the wagon was called a dray..
    because my old Yorkshire grandaddy used to say that the difference between a war-horse and a dray-horse was that the former would dart into the fray.

  • N Peter on Wed 4 Feb 2004, 09:48am

    Nice one Bullus. Reminds me of the difference between a marksman and an incontinent owl. (One shoots and hits …)

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