Mind the Gap: Getting Around London Part 3 – the Black Cab
In the first two articles in this series, we shared about the Underground and the busses. The final transport we want to cover is also an iconic classic—the legendary London Black Cab, although today not all of them are fully black. Once known as a “Hackney Carriage,” the term “Hackney” comes from a part of London where horses were supplied to the city of London. Hence a “hackney” was a horse-drawn carriage. Curiously, the …