Resources

Don’t miss these key books

Cabbie

by Alf Townsend

Sutton Publishing, 2003

A taxi driver gives a history of the trade in his memoir, which the History Press republished as The London Cabbie in 2007.

Cab, Sir?

by Herbert Hodge Michael Joseph, 1939 Hodge was a taxi driver and radio personality.

The History of the London Cab Trade

by Philip Warren

Taxi Trade Promotions, 1995 This chronicle runs from the 17th century to the present day.

The Horse-World of London

by WJ Gordon

Religious Tract Society, 1893

Freely available at archive.org,

this book includes a chapter on the cab horse.