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This was Fireworkds Night and there were little coloured explosions blossoming briefly all over. But with only an automatic, short-exposure camera and no tripod, you can barely tell.
This photo is being used on a great site. Check it out at www.thebritishhorse.com/HackneyPonyBreed.html
Waiting for a London bound service to cross onto the up suburban. These trains usually use the up fast to london but today there are engineering works.
A hackney or hackney carriage (also called a cab, black cab, hack or London taxi) is a carriage or automobile for hire. A livery carriage superior to the hackney was called a remise
Europe Trip 2010 - Day 13
January 5, 2010
A hackney or hackney carriage (also called a cab, hack or London taxi) is a carriage or automobile for hire.[1] A livery carriage superior to the hackney was called a remise.[2]
In the United Kingdom, the name hackney carriage refers to a taxicab licensed by the Public Carriage Office in Greater London or by the local authority (non-metropolitan district councils or unitary authorities) in other parts of Great Britain, or by theDepartment of the Environment in Northern Ireland.
In the United States, the police department of the city of Boston has a Hackney Carriage Unit, analogous to taxicab regulators in other cities, that issues Hackney Carriage medallions to its taxi operators.[3]