General Chat

In Ireland of old, a 'Carman' was a sort of Taxi Driver. But this was long before Henry Ford came along with his mighty invention.

Meanwhile, the 'Carman' drove his travelling customers using his pony & trap. Witness such an event in 'The Quiet Man' film with John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara & Barry Fitzgerald, et al.

Great days I'm told.

Allan

I know .........

I think Shirley was trying to keep all the comments on the same thread ..... this one


but now I realise that I posted my second comment on one of the others.



I give up!

Sylvia, Alexandra has two other posts regarding this query: here is the link to one which has also received replies

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/general_chat/thread/1352032

The two posts are now on page two of General

by googling Vestry, I found the following explanation in Wikipedia ................

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A vestry refers to a robing and storage room in or attached to a place of worship.

It also referred in England and Wales to the committee for secular and church government for a parish which met in the vestry of the parish church, and consequently became known colloquially as the "vestry".

The vestry was a meeting of the parish ratepayers chaired by the incumbent of the parish, originally held in the parish church or its vestry, from which it got its name.
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Now, the vestry is the name given to the meeting of parishioners of a church who meet and vote on the volunteer positions needed to run the church ..... church warden, etc etc


Would you please give us the name of the person that you are looking at so that we may see the record for ourselves, and possibly see something else that may better explain your guy.

Nudge again

Nudged up

The vestry was the forerunner of the local or parish council, and a carman was the driver of a horse-drawn carriage, whether a delivery vehicle or an omnibus or tram.


It could be though he was operating a Vestry Road sweeper. Vestry was, & still is, a brand name for road sweeping machinery.

Can somebody please tell me what a "Vestry Carman" did?
I can't find a definite answer on google.
I've found that Vestry meant Council, so I'm assuming he was a council worker, but what exactly would he have done?