Following his taxi-driving father into the job and spending most of his life driving taxis, Mike is the ideal person to write this account.  Interspersed with his own story are many eye-witness accounts which make this book a fascinating account of a vital service we so often take for granted.

Titles by Mike Hanton

A Liverpool Taxicab: The Last Fifty Years

Read about the characters who made the Liverpool taxi trade what it is today.  The local characters who made the job just that little bit more interesting.  Like Peter the gigolo who took John McCormack's cab as far as Chester Zoo while trying to buy a snake to frighten the life out of the old dear he'd married.  Or Taffy Bentley and the trouble he had getting the fare out of his cab.  The unfortunate passenger died before completing his journey and nobody wanted the body.  Read about the quirky things that happen to a cab driver in the normal course of a day.

These and many other stories make the authors account of the taxi trade a thoroughly enjoyable read. 

Price £7.95

Details

• ISBN 9781901231809
• Publisher Countyvise
• Genre Non Fiction
• Setting Merseyside