A History Of Taxis, Also Every Minute Cabman Stands, Inwards England
the short dark-green houses like the i inwards the photograph below, were stance of inwards the mid 1870s, every 2nd private was required by times law trace to stay amongst the horse inwards add-on to buggy, no matter the temperature or weather.
Well, approximately would pay a local pocket-size fry to scout the rig, inwards add-on to teach hang out inwards a pub for warmth, a brace pints, inwards add-on to approximately hot food.
Right upwards until, every 2nd the legend goes, a local newspaper guy who happened to concur upwards a rich Baronet, inwards add-on to retired Capt, wanted a ride home, inwards add-on to all the cabbies were also drunkard to drive.
So, he fired upwards the aristocracy inwards add-on to changed the means things were done. He had these dark-green cabman stands built inwards add-on to in addition to then cabbies would stay out of the pubs, concur upwards sober, inwards add-on to always concur upwards able to turn over him a ride home.
Only nearly a dozen however exist... simply if you're always alone close London, at inwards i case you'll know what they are inwards add-on to why.
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http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/how-cab-drivers-changed-the-london-landscape
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