Lots of drivers are asking about the Bell and Horns Taxi Shelter in Cromwell Gardens.
From the outside it looks to have been fully restored and has been positioned on the pavement adjacent to the Victoria and Albert museum, a much safer location, considering the times it’s been hit by vehicles in the middle of the road.
Not knowing for sure if it was to stay in situ on the pavement the Cabman’s Shelter Fund were contacted.
Unfortunately, their answer is inconclusive. Even though the shelter looks from the outside to have been fully restored, they said:
The Situation with the Bell and Horns Shelter….The discussions over the insurance of the shelter are still dragging on. No decision on where or when the Shelter will be restored have been discussed with the Cabmen’s Shelter Fund.
On 3 April 1913 Emmeline Pankhurst was sentenced to three years in prison for inciting supporters to place explosives at David Lloyd George’s home
Living in Cheyne Walk Keith Richard once had his Bentley Flying Spur fitted with Turkish flags to fool the police he had diplomatic immunity
The precarious nature of Albert Bridge, known as The Trembling Lady, forced authorities to order troops to break step when marching over it
It was once illegal to die in The Houses of Parliament for to do so the deceased would be entitled to a costly and undeserved State funeral
After the Dissolution much of Westminster Abbey’s revenues were transferred to St Paul’s hence the phrase ‘Robbing Peter to pay Paul’
The Underground roundel was taken and adapted from one used by the London General Omnibus Company, it was modified by Edward Johnston
At Twickenham on international match days fans consumed 120,000 pints, their dispensing system can pour a pint of beer in under 3 seconds
Saracens are the world’s first rugby union club to play competitively on an artificial surface, come the end of the season the edges are rolled back for athletics
The Jubilee Line is the only one to connect with all the other Underground Lines. The Jubilee Line was named to mark Queen Elizabeth II’s Silver Jubilee in 1977 – but the line did not open until 1979
The Great Exhibition of 1851 was the first opportunity the public got to glimpse a rugby ball, even though the manufacturer, leathermaker William Gilbert had supplied pigs’ bladders to Rugby School since 1820s
Georgian London used the farmland that became Belgravia to dump its excrement in such volume asparagus was said to have an undesirable taste
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