Comments on: The Cabbies Shelters Of Old London https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/03/07/the-cabbies-shelters-of-old-london-i/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Thu, 09 Mar 2023 18:59:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Marcia Howard https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/03/07/the-cabbies-shelters-of-old-london-i/#comment-1503710 Thu, 09 Mar 2023 18:59:07 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=195049#comment-1503710 I’ve always loved the sight of the Cabbies Shelters. One of our close friends was a former London cabbie, though has retired now to the south of France! The Shelters are also in existence elsewhere in the country, with one particular familiar to me on the market place of Ripon in North Yorkshire.

]]> By: Baden Smith https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/03/07/the-cabbies-shelters-of-old-london-i/#comment-1503594 Wed, 08 Mar 2023 08:41:48 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=195049#comment-1503594 An episode of Marty Feldman’s “It’s Marty!” TV show had a parody of World War 2 films, staging it as a battle being the taxi driver and their dreaded foe….the pedestrian. Plenty of shots using a cabbies shelter – not sure whether this was a real one borrowed for the occasion, or a prop built by the art department. Still, amusing viewing if you’re of a certain age…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wE-iE4l3Js&t=11s

]]> By: David https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/03/07/the-cabbies-shelters-of-old-london-i/#comment-1503549 Tue, 07 Mar 2023 19:05:37 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=195049#comment-1503549 The Kensington Road shelter nicknamed All Nations is so called due to its proximity to The Great Exhibition.

]]> By: Michelle https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/03/07/the-cabbies-shelters-of-old-london-i/#comment-1503542 Tue, 07 Mar 2023 16:26:04 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=195049#comment-1503542 Thanks for this piece, for all the photos, and for introducing me to the other remaining cabbie shelters.

The last time I was in London, the one in Russell Sq caught my attention. I did a little background reading and found the story fascinating. I’d love to know more about what motivated Shaftesbury and what else he did.

]]> By: Joan Johnson https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/03/07/the-cabbies-shelters-of-old-london-i/#comment-1503531 Tue, 07 Mar 2023 14:04:39 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=195049#comment-1503531 Lovely to see these quirky little retreats, which I didn’t even know existed.

]]> By: Steve Hanscomb https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/03/07/the-cabbies-shelters-of-old-london-i/#comment-1503524 Tue, 07 Mar 2023 12:52:09 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=195049#comment-1503524 There is a tea room on Red Lion Square in Holborn that looks very much like a cab shelter from the back, but it’s a tea shop for the gardens. It’s painted white with some green.

]]> By: Bernie https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/03/07/the-cabbies-shelters-of-old-london-i/#comment-1503509 Tue, 07 Mar 2023 10:38:40 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=195049#comment-1503509 When I was a Londoner, in the 40’s and 50’s, they were not open to the public, as far as I know, But I would delight in patronising one now if only I could manage to get to Town before the Reaper calls for me.

]]> By: Christine Swan https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/03/07/the-cabbies-shelters-of-old-london-i/#comment-1503507 Tue, 07 Mar 2023 10:13:08 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=195049#comment-1503507 I used to wonder what those little green houses were when I was a child. Good to see that they are now listed buildings which will offer some protection.

]]> By: Mathilde Grange https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/03/07/the-cabbies-shelters-of-old-london-i/#comment-1503504 Tue, 07 Mar 2023 09:30:48 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=195049#comment-1503504 Lovely little green houses. Great piece.

]]> By: Michael https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/03/07/the-cabbies-shelters-of-old-london-i/#comment-1503500 Tue, 07 Mar 2023 09:00:37 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=195049#comment-1503500 The only cabbie shelter that I knew of was in Ealing Broadway. As a child, it used to fascinate me why to have what from the other side of the road looked like a garden shed next to the taxi rank.

Incidentally, the etymology of the word ‘garage’ is French for ‘shelter’.

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