The London Cabbie

by Alf Townsend

Forty years ago Alf Townsend passed The Knowledge - after 14,000 miles on a moped round central London. Since then he has covered millions of miles in his taxi. This book includes a selection of his extraordinary and hiliarious tales of everyday life as a cabbie, in which we meet Mr Whippy and Violent Pete, Bread Roll Mick and the Motorway Mouse, Claude the Bastard and the mysterious Mr X. Alf also examines the history of cab driving in the capital, including the variety of taxis that have been used over the decades.

Genres: Nonfiction

208 pages, Paperback

First published April 15, 2007

Reviews

[Darla Ebert]

The main compelling parts were the actual cab driver experiences along with the history of London cab drivers and their evolution over the years (the actual "cabs" themselves.