10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CABMEN»
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cabmen in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
The Home and Foreign Record of the Free Church of Scotland
We are sure every friend of that blessed institution will rejoice to mark this
advancement in the appreciation of its value — that even our cabmen have come
to see that this day has obligations which they are bound to respect, privileges
which ...
Free Church of Scotland, 1855
2
A Handy Book of the Law of London Cabs and Omnibuses ...
William Thomas Charley. ttood work from the commencement) is the.energetic
missionary. His district is a very large one, containing more than 1800 licensed
cabmen. It is bounded on the east by Tottenham Court Road, on the west by
Notting ...
William Thomas Charley, 1867
My Dkar Christian Friends, — For several years, although able to do little in the
cause, I have taken a particular interest in the position of the cabmen of
Edinburgh. From the nature of ray occupation, joined with the circumstances of
advancing ...
thomas guthrie, d.d., 1867
4
The Most Intentional City: St. Petersburg in the Reign of ...
Conveyance at a price was provided by cabmen, who carried not only people but
also freight. Peasants spending a few months at a time in the city swelled the
number of cabbies even before Catherine's reign. As early as 1757, a fodder ...
5
Streetlife in Late Victorian London: The Constable and the Crowd
Although individual trial cases only offer small glimpses of the world of London
cabmen, together they make up rather a vivid image of the nature of their work
and the community of cab drivers meeting each other on the road or in the
cabmen's ...
6
The Weekly record of the temperance movement [afterw.] The ...
It is almost unnecessary to say, that as matters at present stand the cabmen,
destitute as they are of every other resource, are all but forced into taverns to
obtain their meals, or to seek shelter. from the weather whilst on the rank. The
Divine ...
National temperance league, 1870
7
The Victorian City: Images and Realities
OH ! here's a great and glorious row, All over I>ondon. sirs, 1 row, A few words of
which 1*11 tell you now, Tlic strike of the London Cabmen. Some days ago they
pass'd an act. About the cabs— it is a fact— Which made old swells and codgers
...
Harold James Dyos, Michael Wolff, 1998
8
Victorian London Street Life in Historic Photographs
There is no better abused set of men in existence than the London Cabmen ; but
recent events and disclosures have helped, at least in part, to remove the blame
from their shoulders, and attribute it to those who in this matter are the real ...
9
Atlanta and Environs: A Chronicle of Its People and Events, ...
The writer wanted a story about Atlanta's cabmen; the policeman didn't think such
a story could be written because the horse cabs of the city were passing. 'They'll
all be gone inside of five years,' said Patrolman W. H. Andrews, 'and I'll really ...
Franklin M. Garrett, 2011
10
London's Strangest Tales: Extraordinary But True Stories
1965 For centuries London's cabmen andporters werevitaltothe efficient running
of the city, but as long as they continued their work nothing much was thought of
them. In the eighteenth century this began to change when a porter's rest was put
...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CABMEN»
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cabmen is used in the context of the following news items.
LiberTeas: debate Magna Carta over a cup of tea
Brian Byrne with his 60p tea from the Wellington Place cabmen's shelter. "If there is anything about living in Britain, it's the presumption that it is ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
Uber drivers are so busy they "pee in bottles in their cars and throw …
... to stop without getting a ticket, and there are only 13 of the once famous 'green hut' rest stops, run by the Cabmen's Shelter Fund, remaining. «Cosmopolitan UK, Jun 15»
Galloping into carnage: Newly discovered account by a boy sent to …
the cabmen would shout as I rode off. As soon as I was old enough, I signed up for the Territorial Army, joining a mounted unit of the Royal ... «Daily Mail, Apr 15»
Rotary Rowels hand out grants
... Ripon's market square on Saturday, April 18, from 10am, when local residents can have their blood pressure taken in the Cabmen's Shelter. «Ripon Today, Apr 15»
Dench and Gatiss lead Donmar and Channel 4 election night first
... televisualisation of Beachcomber, we had the joy of Sir Michael Redgrave's readings from the Directoy of Huntingdonshire Cabmen. Reply | «The Guardian, Mar 15»
Charles Kenyon's Country Diary: Carols for the homeless on …
In London, St George's church in Hanover Square offers a coupon scheme for homeless people to buy meals at the traditional Cabmen's ... «Third Sector, Nov 14»
Anya Hindmarch's Guide to London
I'm also obsessed with the green Cabmen's Shelters that have served fry-ups and tea to cabbies since the late 1800s. There are only about 13 ... «Condé Nast Traveler, Nov 14»
The Knowledge, London's Legendary Taxi-Driver Test, Puts Up a …
These tourists, the story goes, inundated the city with complaints about the ineptitude of its cabmen, prompting authorities to institute a more ... «New York Times, Nov 14»
Introducing the Great Round England quiz
21 Its cabmen were famous thanks to frequent appearances in the Daily Express Beachcomber column. 22 St Piran is the patron saint of tin ... «The Independent, Nov 14»
Black future of London's cabbies inspires art events
“I think most people classify our trade as a dinosaur today,” said Len Fox, 61, a cab driver and trustee of the Cabmen's Shelter Fund Trust, ... «Financial Times, Sep 14»
