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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...
East London Cabbies Outing Cancelled for 2022

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...

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103-year-old WWII Veteran Takes to the Skies

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...

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