Well, yes, here you are, general t’interweb surfer, close friend or family member, or (like me) London obsessive. It’s all a bit intimidating really, there I was thinking that I would set up a web site, talk about my London and generally put the world to rights. Now, after much umming & not a small amount of ahhing, the web site is real and there is actually some stuff for you to look at. Already, the site has undergone about 25 revisions but is finally settling down into something that reflects me and my London. Hopefully you will find the site easy to navigate around and you might even find something interesting here.
So have a rummage around then and, if you like, tell me what you think by contacting me at richardcudlip@yahoo.co.uk.
Yours,
The Cabbie
writing as a cabbie’s punter and general East End lass…nice blog.
Great website, Richard!
I share your interest about London and its buildings and streets etc. I rarely walk around the capital without a camera. My children are (understandibly) fed up with me stopping at just about every street corner, to take pictures of roofs, balconies, scaffolding, churches and well…trafffic lights or litter bins.
Plus, interesting to find so much information on the world of cabbies on one single website. Taking a cab and chatting with cabbies is part of the joy when visiting London. You learn so much and I have always admired your very special knowledge.
I will add your site to my blog roll and keep reading.
Richard I’m glad you found our site, i,ve read a couple of your blogs a like what I see, I’ve also linked you to our site.
Nice blog
I’ve heard from a couple of cabbies that their fares often jump in and assume that they can share a nice bit of racism in some kind of taxi based bubble.
Does this happen to you. How do you deal with it if it does?
It’s happened a few times, people try and test the waters with a couple of general right wing comments. If I don’t nip it in the bud it can quite quickly descend into an anti immigrant rant. It’s then that I bring out the big guns and give my passenger a quick London history lesson, pointing out that without immigrants coming in for the past 500+ years London would not be the magnificent, vibrant city that it is. It doesn’t always shut them up completely but there’s normally a few minor rumblings and then silence for the rest of the journey.
My cab is a bigot free zone, front & back of the cab.