Anyone remember old abbey taxis

[Amyrach 10]

i remember keith he drove the white merc x

and ken wasnt sure jack heath was still alive

[davill 10]

yes i worked there 33 years ago in accounts

[beemerchez 10]

got a treat for all the old Abbey taxi drivers

here a very old pic of uncle Ernest taxi

 

http://i51.tinypic.com/6fsghc.jpg

[DIDO 11]

That photo brings back memories, its the reg no I remember the most

[Hornet919 10]

got a treat for all the old Abbey taxi drivers

here a very old pic of uncle Ernest taxi

 

http://i51.tinypic.com/6fsghc.jpg

 

God I,ve spent some hours under bonnet of that.

[Hornet919 10]

http://www.picturesheffield.com/jpgs/u03597.jpg

 

Norman in cab on left if link works

[DIDO 11]

Were they the cabs he sent to Sweden.?

[maggie007 10]

is keith still around i knew keith quite well in the early 70s he was bent as the proverbial 9 bob note but a nice bloke also geoff who ran the snack bar at the limes and dialhouse clubs love to hear from them

[beemerchez 10]

No Maggie I Think you have the wrong Keith

 

mines as honest as they come all 5ft and 8 stone of him.

lived down Attercliffe,(carbrook) then moved on the Arbourthorne. Still there.

and a very very BIG Elvis fan ;o)

 

in 60s - 70s he worked at British Steel Shopcote lane

as a overhead craine driver.

Edited November 19, 2010 by beemerchez

[maggie007 10]

will the real keith (bats for the other team) who was one of the original abbey drivers step forward and make himself known

[tare19 10]

Shefftax bought Abbey and moved it down to Bedford Street. I think they still use the name and phone number but its all black cabs no private hire cars.

Norman died earlier this year.

I still work with a couple of cab drivers who were on original Abbey like Alan Hogg and Bill Green. I still see Ken (62) and Jack Heath knockin about.

I worked at Abbey on Rutland Road for 16 years.

 

I used to run Bedford Street Taxi,s which was basically a continuation of Tomlinson,s when they closed down the taxi side,after 18months i sold and moved to the east coast,Shefftax moved in later. Any of the original Bedford Street Taxi,s drivers still around? I started "cabbing" in 1964 there were no "private hire" in those days. good memories though!

[Hornet919 10]

Norman Hattersley was the one who introduced private hire cars to Sheffield working with a two way radio system from his living room on Pexton Road sometime in the 60's.