Century of the London Taxi
Details:
- Author(s) Munro, Bill
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2005
- Pages 192pp; illus
- Publisher Crowood
- Place Published Ramsbury
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Narrative history published for enthusiast historians. Has chapters: 1903-07 - in the beginning'; '1908-18 - turbulent peace and devastating war'; '1919-28 - the seeds of change'; '1929-39 Mann & Overton Ltd supreme [pp58-74, dealers and repairers]'; '1939-45 - cabs in wartime'; '1946-55 - diesel and steel'; '1956-66 - upheaval and uncertainty'; '1967-80 - the FX4 - monopoly by default'; '1981-87 - a new challenger'; '1988-2005 - facing the future'