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rocky999 | 12:43 Sat 25th Nov 2006 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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Which early workforce were called "ROBINS"
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The Bow Street Runners were known as Robin Redbreasts.. They had a blue dress coat and a bright red waistcoat. They were known as `redbreasts`. Could this mean that others knew them as Robins? Source - The Cassell Dictionary of Slang.
14:12 Sat 25th Nov 2006
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A second possibility is postmen. They wore red uniforms in the past and were known as Robins or Robin Redbreasts.
14:28 Sat 25th Nov 2006
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Thank you boaw, will google them further.
18:19 Sat 25th Nov 2006
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i thought it was postmen because they used to wear red jackets-- a bit like a shorter version of the chelsea pensioner coat. i thought the bow street runners or early peelers wore blue coats
20:32 Sat 25th Nov 2006

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