Hidden London

Hidden London

An eclectic mix of obscure, unknown and frankly bizarre sights and stories about London.

Check out these five pages of London miscellanea:

The Good
The Bad
The Sad
The Mad
. . . and The Ugly

and if that’s not enough drivel for you, consider joining me on one of my London Taxi Tours

1547 The Coronation of Edward VI took place at Westminster Abbey, he was just nine years old.
1965 The crimson backed hardwood 'Ghost Chair’ at Brompton Oratory Roman Catholic Church was stolen, it would resurface years later in a ruined South American church.

The number of people who have entered my cab:

Regular bloggery from a Black London Licensed Cabbie.
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Abstracts of Black Cab Lore by Sean Farrell
For four hundred years London taxi drivers have served the capital, the vehicles may have evolved but the driver has remained pretty much the same. But who were the men (and later women) who drove those cabs? London’s taxi drivers are continually voted the best in the world, each one of them having gone through the infamous test, ‘The Knowledge’, but very little is known about those who got us where we are today. Now, the history of the trade from the driver’s perspective is told for the first time, this huge tome contains hundreds of stories, compiled from a variety of sources, give a more intimate perspective than has ever been seen before.

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