Themes

War and Conflict

Group with Royal Mail Donkey Shay, Ruan Minor, about 1914-1918

Number	HESFM:2016.13973
Place	Ruan Minor Cornwall United Kingdom
Date	1914 — 1918
Keywords	Ruan Minor People Trades and Professions Post Office War and Conflict World War One
Photographer	Unknown
Copyright	© Helston Museum

A large group of men, women and children with the Royal Mail donkey shay that delivered local news, letters and parcels in Ruan Minor, taken around 1914-1918. The man in uniform holding the donkey's reins is thought to be Tommy Daw, a well known face in the Parish, who would have returned to his role as postman after serving in World War One.