https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/08/30/a-tour-of-the-cabbies-shelters/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Sun, 30 Aug 2015 13:46:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/08/30/a-tour-of-the-cabbies-shelters/#comment-1009475 Sun, 30 Aug 2015 13:46:26 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=137632#comment-1009475 Such gorgeous photographs, and like all the other posts this week well worth re-reading.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/08/30/a-tour-of-the-cabbies-shelters/#comment-1009440 Sun, 30 Aug 2015 11:43:25 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=137632#comment-1009440 As a child these diminutive green ‘houses’ always held mysterious fascination and appeal. A wonderfully varied and distinctive set of structures in the photographs.. Am delighted to find our ‘local’ Kensington Park Rd included, which is frequently passed on the way to the tube stn.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/08/30/a-tour-of-the-cabbies-shelters/#comment-1009372 Sun, 30 Aug 2015 09:30:33 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=137632#comment-1009372 A key feature of the shelters was that , unlike pubs of course, they were alcohol free. They were part of the broader campaign to encourage temperance. Alongside this went an encouragement to treat horses beningly including watering and feeding them. It was felt that sober cabbies were more like to behave in this way. Drinking troughs for horses were often found nearby.

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