Archive for March, 2009



False Alerts, False Movement, False Flags « Over the Bridge

Tuesday 31 March 2009 @ 11:03 pm

Rumours have been on the go for a good while now about paramilitary attacks (including at least one attempted shooting) on black cabs and various unspecific threats being made against some of the smaller, more partisan, taxi companies

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escape to insanity » Black Cab Sessions

Tuesday 31 March 2009 @ 11:03 pm

March 31, 2009, 7:22 pm · Filed under Music. I found this site linked from one of the people I’m following on Twitter… Black Cab Sessions. From their site: We like the idea of taking a musician/artist out of their habitual context and

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THE RT. HON. JOHN DENHAM MP HAILS BLACK CAB APPRENTICES | European

Tuesday 31 March 2009 @ 3:03 am

Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, the Rt. Hon. John Denham MP, has visited LTI Vehicles to meet apprentices and some of the staff who have benefited from Government funded training via Train to Gain.

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The Musical Chairs » From taxi cabs to bandstands: Alternative

Tuesday 31 March 2009 @ 2:03 am

The Black Cab Sessions is the London equivalent of the Takeaway Shows but always shot in one principle location - the back of a taxi. Many new artists have performed for this website including Fleet Foxes, Slow Club and Amanda Palmer.

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Cabbies’ backlash at council’s bus lane ban (From Gazette)

Tuesday 31 March 2009 @ 12:03 am

Private hire firms criticised Essex County Council after it passed a traffic order which only allows black cabs along a lane designated for buses and taxis in Nayland Road, Colchester. The cab companies said the order, which was made by

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Birmingham Post - Business - Business News - Financial

Monday 30 March 2009 @ 11:03 pm

A team at RBS in Birmingham is funding an environmental engineering firm which converts diesel engines to liquid petroleum gas.

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Mossel Bay Taxis eyes a slice of the tourism pie | Travelwires.com

Monday 30 March 2009 @ 1:03 am

humans originated more than 165000 years ago - and I’m very excited that we’ll soon be able to offer our overseas visitors the unique experience of traveling in taxis which are as iconic in South Africa as black cabs are in London.”

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"I was in the back of a London taxi yesterday and I was asking the

Monday 30 March 2009 @ 1:03 am

“I was in the back of a London taxi yesterday and I was asking the cabbie, Mark, about the…

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Funny Image: Black cab with funny advert

Monday 30 March 2009 @ 12:03 am

I spotted this black cab decorated with a funny advert. Ok i know it could be better if the cab was warrying an extra male passenger at his back. I also spotted a different version of this advert. Unfortunately my photo is not sharp

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Financial: Gloucestershire firm wins £150000 to help turn black

Sunday 29 March 2009 @ 11:03 pm

A team at RBS in Birmingham is funding an environmental engineering firm which converts diesel engines to liquid petroleum gas.

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