London Taxis. A full history
Details:
- Author(s) Munro, Bill
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2011
- Pages 239pp; illus
- Publisher Earlswood Press
- Place Published Redhill
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Deals with the taxi vehicle, its manufacturers, etc. In appendices gives production figures and technical specification. Chapters include: 'The Bersey'; 'The first motors'; 'The motor cab comes of age'; 'The Great War - turbulent peace; 'The 1930s'; 'The Second World War'; 'Steel bodies and diesel engines'; 'Towards modernity'; 'Uncertainty, upheaval and innovation'; 'Monopoly by default'; 'A newcomer and the beginnings of London Taxis International'; 'Towards wider markets'; 'The new millennium'; 'Today and tomorrow'