How to be a 1960s London Taxi Driver: what was it like? Chat with my Dad 1
Channel: Neil Mossey
Date: 2018-08-06

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This is the first part of my chat with my Dad, about what was it like becoming a London Taxi Driver in the 1960s.  
I'm saying it's an oral history but really it's so my kids and future generations can hear what the job was like.
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Next part here: https://youtu.be/ThE2yuVFCYg

Ian also answers basic questions about how do you become a licensed London Taxi Driver (A black taxi cabbie!)
How do you qualify the difficult test called "The Knowledge", set and examined by the Metropolitan Police at the Public Carriage Office in the Angel?

1:17 He also talks about his work as a film unit driver before he applied, 
3:30 How he signed up and what he had to do during the interviews called "Appearances", testing him on the Blue Book that was white, every 28 days.
7:50 The Appearances were there to test your temperament as well has places of interest.
9:00 On the moped learning the runs on The Knowledge.

Thanks for watching - the full chat with my taxi driver Dad is here: https://youtu.be/2eDuR1QEp34

The transcript for this video is here: https://neilmossey.blogspot.com/2018/09/how-to-be-1960s-london-taxi-driver.html

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I talked with my Nan too about her life in London & Brighton in the 1940s here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtZM4-pHDwPmHzdMH6gGcMnS84bIp-FTt

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