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Winging It – The Cab Chat Show E258
CAB CHAT IN ASSOCIATION WITH WEDDING TAXIS 020 8304 6645 weddingtaxis.co.ukELECTRIC MEDIA electricweb.net (To listen to the full show including the music please use the Mixcloud player, for just the chat please use the player at the top of the page) In this...
MAGICAL TAXI TOUR SETS OUT
This year’s annual trip to Disneyland Paris is due to leave the East Winter Gardens, Canary Wharf on 16th September. This is the 27thh time that members of The Worshipful Company of Hackney Carriage Drivers have organised the event, taking sick and terminally ill...
We Were Part Of The Queen’s Coronation
We Were Part Of The Queen’s Coronation Veterans Vic Needham Crofton and Tom Weatherall have become great friends as part of the Taxi Charity Fundraising Bucket Collection Team. Little did they know when they first met through the charity that they had both played...
Herne Bay WWII Veteran Peter Smoothy to join the Taxi Charity in Normandy for the D Day Commemorations
On 3 June volunteer London Cab drivers will take 25 WWII veterans to Normandy for the D Day commemorations, amongst them will be D Day veteran Peter Smoothy On 6 June 1944 Peter Smoothy was one of the 156,000 allied servicemen that took part in the...
30 black cabs transport WWII Veterans who were honoured in Dutch Liberation Parade
Twenty-five WWII veterans were applauded and honoured as they led the Dutch Liberation Parade through the streets of Wageningen on 5 May. The veterans were taken to The Netherlands by the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans in a fleet of 30 black cabs. Their first...
East London Cabbies Outing Cancelled for 2022
The East London Cabbies Outing has been cancelled for 2022 The trip has been cancelled for a 3rd consecutive year, this year it cannot take place for a number of reasosns including a lack of drivers and committee resignations. With a lot of drivers leaving the trade...
103-year-old WWII Veteran Takes to the Skies
Veteran Ray Whitwell enjoyed a flight in a glider on 3 May over the skies of Arnhem where he fought during World War Two. Ray Whitwell, 103, from Malton, North Yorkshire, was delighted when glider pilot Arjan Vrieze offered to take him up in a glider at the...
Minicabs and others should also be able to use bus lanes and pick up passengers from the street
BLACK cabs could be at the end of the road — as the Knowledge Test faces calls to be axed. An influential think tank says drivers for ride-hailing apps including Uber should be allowed the same privileges as black cabbies. A report by the Adam Smith Institute...
The Cab Chat 250th Show
Cab Chat has reached the momentous acheivment of 250 Cab Chat Shows and creeping towards 500,000 downloads. And that is without the Cab Chat Interviews and all of the special shows that the team have done. To show their...
Uber London License Extended again!
Uber has won permission to operate in London for a further 2 1/2 years after allegedly meeting requirements on drivers’ rights. Transport for London said on Saturday that Uber will continue to operate in the city under a private hire vehicle operator’s licence. The...
Rosh’s Abseil for Different Strokes – 10th Sept 22
Roshan Varma is to do undertake an Abseil down the "twirly thingy" as he puts it, at the Olymic Park later this year on 10th September 2022. Rosh suffered a stroke last year and was in a comma a few weeks ago, Rosh is making good progress on his road to recovery and...
The Cab Chat Show is Back
Cab Chat returns with the Original Duo Hosting The Show After a break of 9 months the Cab Chat Show has returned with the original hosts @SuperCabby & @MacTheCab hosting the show. Jamie AKA SuperCabby said "I couldn't find the words to host the show through the...