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Victorian and Edwardian Horse Cabs Trevor May

Victorian and Edwardian Horse Cabs By Trevor May

Victorian and Edwardian Horse Cabs by Trevor May


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Summary

The Hansom cab is one of the most striking images of the Victorian city, but it was not the only type of cab in use during the Victorian and Edwardian periods. This title traces the origins of the horse cab and the improvements in its design in the period, and celebrates the cab drivers themselves, who had a reputation for quick-wittedness.

Victorian and Edwardian Horse Cabs Summary

Victorian and Edwardian Horse Cabs by Trevor May

The Hansom cab is one of the most striking images of the Victorian city, but it was not the only type of cab in use during the Victorian and Edwardian periods. Much of the work was done by the 'growler', a four-wheeled cab that rattled through the streets, laden with luggage and with families eager to catch a train. Trevor May travels through the streets of Victorian and Edwardian England to trace the origins of the horse cab and the improvements in its design throughout the period, and to celebrate the cab drivers themselves, who had a reputation for quick-wittedness and repartee equal to that enjoyed by today's taxi-driver.

About Trevor May

Trevor May is the grandson of a coachbuilder who worked in Watford and Harrow around 1900. He is a professional historian and former teacher-trainer. 'Gondolas and Growlers', a study (based on his doctoral thesis) of the London horse-cab trade, was published in 1995. He has written ten other books, including seven other Shire titles.

Table of Contents

1) Before the horse cab 2) The first horse cabs 3) The origins of the hansom cab 4) The four-wheeled 'growler' 5) The men who ran the cabs 6) Policing the cabs 7) Improved cabs 8) The beginning of the end 9) Further reading 10) Places to visit

Additional information

GOR001612570
9780747804307
0747804303
Victorian and Edwardian Horse Cabs by Trevor May
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
20090527
32
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