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Message: Emoticon Listing HTML Help	[quote]A different explanation regarding "Packman," which probably fits better: A packman is a travelling salesman, or door to door collector, and the puzzle was a puzzle to such people! It fits in with the rest of the explanation above. This is probably a more likely explanation that Packman being the name of the owner of the houses, as I have not come across the name Packman in my research. (In the 1881 census, although West Street and North Street are named, the rest of the area what was built at the time, was named differently, namely Taylor's Row, Williamson's Row, and Erewash Row,[/quote]
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replied on: 8/25/2004 9:56:43 PM

A different explanation regarding "Packman," which probably fits better:

A packman is a travelling salesman, or door to door collector, and the puzzle was a puzzle to such people! It fits in with the rest of the explanation above. This is probably a more likely explanation that Packman being the name of the owner of the houses, as I have not come across the name Packman in my research. (In the 1881 census, although West Street and North Street are named, the rest of the area what was built at the time, was named differently, namely Taylor's Row, Williamson's Row, and Erewash Row,

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