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Rakeway - Old packhorse route

Vivienne14

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An interesting account of the old packhorse route into Birmingham (from the Birmingham Daily Post on 5 February 1940). “Rakeway” was an old route used by pack trains to avoid the busy Birmingham market areas. Viv.

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Source: British Newspaper Archive
 
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