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From the earliest days of stage coaches and hackneys, to the beginnings of the modern "tube" system, finding ways to get around London has never been easy! Traffic jams and traffic accidents have plagued the city since, perhaps, its beginnings - and were certainly a feature of Victorian London. Horse-drawn transportation also had the side effect of creating a great deal of mess - a problem that was handled by London's many child-workers in the form of street sweepers and "scavenger boys"!
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- Metropolitan Public Carriages, Hackney and Stage Coaches, etc.
(Illustrated London Almanack, 1845)
- Regulations regarding carriages and stages.
- Distances of the Principle Towns from London
(Illustrated London Almanack, 1846)
- Table of Hackney & Cab Fares within London
(Illustrated London Almanack, 1846)
- Metropolitan Public Carriages, Hackney and Stage Coaches, etc.
(Illustrated London Almanack, 1851)
- Rules, fares, and more.
- The Cab-Stand
(Leisure Hour, 1860)
- About Buses, by F.M. Holmes
(Cassell's Family Magazine, 1890)
- About London Cabs, by F.M. Holmes
(Cassell's Family Magazine, 1891)
- Aboard a Thames Steamer, by F.M. Holmes
(Cassell's Family Magazine, 1892)
- About Trams, by F.M. Holmes (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1892)
- Some of the history of the London tram system, and what it is like to ride one.
- On the "Underground," by F.M. Holmes (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1893)
- Riding the train in London's Underground.
- Through London on a Barge, by F.M. Holmes
(Cassell's Family Magazine, 1893)
- A look at canal barge life.
- Cabby Chronicles, by W.J. Wintle
(Windsor Magazine, 1896B)
- In 1625, four carriages were placed for hire in London; by 1895 the number of "cabs" had increased to 13,498. Here's a look at the work, and some of the tribulations, of the London "cabby."
- Underground London: A Chat About Its Railways, by G.E. Mitton and Wilfrid Klickmann
(Windsor Magazine, 1897B)
- A Day in the Life of a Scavenger Boy, by J.D. Symon
(English Illustrated Magazine, 1899A)
- The life of the "street orderly boy," responsible for keeping London's streets clean.
- How Cab, 'Bus and Tram-Car Drivers Are Tested in England and America
(Strand, 1901B)
- "Those hexams are getting wus and wus," says a London cab driver.
- The Making of a London "Tube," by Gertrude Bacon
(Good Words, 1902)
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