worked for Western Union or other telegraph companies.

In the United Kingdom

Telegram boys became popular in the United Kingdom after the General Post Office took over control of inland telegraphs from the railways and private telegraph companies. Many of the boys employed by these services to deliver telegrams transferred to the Post Office.

In some respects, the life of a telegram boy was not unlike that of someone in military service. They were expected to behave in a manner

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