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A bicycle is still used to deliver mail in the old town.

When postal services developed, it became a requirement for properties to be numbered to aid deliveries. The Drake family refused and resisted as much as possible but finally they were forced to number their properties along the High Street. But they interpreted the requirement to number the doors in their own way – placing the numbers on the inside of the doors!
Author: J Harrison