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Thursday, February 27, 2025

Taxi Call Lights

Taxi Call Light Harley House

London, like every city and town, is full of street lamps, some of which are affixed to buildings, while others sit atop lampposts. 

While the majority of these are powered by electricity a small percentage are still powered by gas, like the one below..

Gas Powered Lamp, Green Park

However, unlike anywhere else that I know of, London also has taxi call lights. These call lights are usually attached to hotels, private residences and the occasional Government building, like the one below at the Palace of Westminster.

Taxi Call Light Palace of Westminster

Monday, December 18, 2017

Cabmen's Shelter

London The Unfinished City
The Plaque on the Temple Place Cabmen's Shelter.

I had spotted a few of these little green shelters, on my various jaunts through the Unfinished City, and had always wondered what they were for.

I knew they were used by taxi drivers, but that was all.