Last London cabmen's shelter gains heritage status

The Manila Times

Last London cabmen's shelter gains heritage status  Victorian-era coachmen's shelters in London, now all protected, with the last 19th-century cottage recently listed as heritage, serve as significant community hubs, according to Andrey Armanda-Markovic, caretaker of one for 18 years.  Video by AFP  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe    Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net    Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital    Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #themanilatimes  #tmtnews  #cabmenshelter #london

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00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:23 Today, the Wellington Place Cabin Shelter just behind me

00:27 has just been listed at grade two.

00:30 It's one of 13 surviving cabin shelters in London.

00:34 And these are really important because they

00:36 are relics of the age of horse-drawn Hanson cabs

00:40 in London.

00:41 There's an unbroken history from 1875 all the way up

00:45 to the present day of these serving licensed cab

00:48 drivers in London.

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01:12 And you always have the end window,

01:15 which would have been for passers-by to be

01:17 able to order tea and coffee.

01:19 But inside the shelter, it was always reserved for the cabin.

01:24 No chocolate, just a bloody coffee.

01:25 I'm in.

01:26 I'm in.

01:27 What do I eat?

01:28 Listing obviously doesn't protect shelters

01:30 from being crashed into by cars or buses,

01:32 as does happen sometimes.

01:34 But it means they have to be carefully thought about when

01:35 there's road widening schemes or there

01:37 are changes in road layout.

01:39 So we have to think about these being important elements

01:42 of that street scene.

01:43 [MUSIC PLAYING]

02:05 So this shelter is more than just a taxi shelter.

02:08 This is like a little hub in this community.

02:11 So we have all sorts of people.

02:14 We have the workers, the police, the celebrities.

02:20 They come here, have a cup of tea.

02:21 No one bothers them.

02:22 Everyone's treated equally here.

02:24 So it doesn't matter how famous you are, how poor you are.

02:30 We're a family rather than a business.

02:33 That's the difference between this and, let's say,

02:35 pret a manger or something else.

02:37 This is real.

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