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Rick · Site Admin Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22790 Location: UK

Great to see that several have been preserved in London

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13284549/Cabmens-shelter-taxi-London-listed.html

RJ
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Ray White · Joined: 02 Dec 2014 Posts: 7143 Location: Derby

Yes, and not before time!

They were always something of a 'closed shop'; being only available to Cabbies. I wonder what rest places were available for all the Coachmen and Carriage Drivers who visited from outside the Capital?

Shocked

Rootes75 · Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2024 10:29 am Post subject:

They need to be preserved and protected, so many things like this just disappear without any of us knowing about them.
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Penman · Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 4866 Location: Swindon, Wilts.

I wonder if any of the remaining "Tardis" boxes are also listed?
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Bristols should always come in pairs.

Any 2 from:-
Straight 6
V8 V10

ukdave2002 · Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 4242 Location: South Cheshire

I have had a good bacon butty from the one on the corner of Russel Square, its a cafe now open to anyone.

Ray White · Joined: 02 Dec 2014 Posts: 7143 Location: Derby

Of the 61 shelters built only 13 now remain.

ukdave2002 · Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 4242 Location: South Cheshire

Rootes75 · Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2024 3:46 pm Post subject:

Not so unlucky 13 then.. Wink

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peter scott · Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 7215 Location: Edinburgh

I'm not aware of any cabbies bothies in Edinburgh but you can still see the remains lorry drivers' bothies in Spain. They often have distances on their gables.

Peter
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