Cinderford RSO?

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Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 3,439 Send Message	Geoff	Report	15 Apr 2004 19:42
	Railway Sub office (a postal thing). "Post, M. O. & T. O., T. M. O., Express Delivery, Parcel Post, S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office. - Thomas Rhodes, sub-postmaster. (Railway Sub-Office. Letters hould have R. S. O. Glos. added). Letters arrive at 6.45 a.m. & 3.45 & 5.45 p.m.; dispatched 9.15 a.m.; North mail, 5.45 p.m. & London mail, 7.45 p.m.; no delivery or dispatch on Sudnay."
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 45 Send Message	Shirley	Report	15 Apr 2004 14:36
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 45 Send Message	There is a Cinderford in the Forest of Dean - Could it be RFD written and transcribed badly? Could be Royal Forest of Dean? ShirleyB
Member Since: December 2002 Posts: 1,773 Send Message	Michelle	Report	15 Apr 2004 13:37
	Sue, it is actually RSO, looked on Google, it appears to be something to do with the Post Office. Strange. M.
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 577 Send Message	Sue in Sx	Report	15 Apr 2004 13:33
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 577 Send Message	Morfydd - is it RSO or RS 'D' ~ if it's a D it could mean Rural Sanitary District. Sue
Member Since: December 2002 Posts: 1,773 Send Message	Michelle	Report	15 Apr 2004 13:13
	A relative appears on the census as being born in Cinderford RSO, what is this please? M.