HERE'S ONE
20th January 1925, Page 3
20th January 1925
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Unfortunately, his first day of taxi-driving coincided with the descent upon London of a dense fog. A pretty girl engaged him at Victoria to drive her to Maida Vale, and be groped his way for hours, finding that his " knowledge-of-London " course was as useless as a map in the circumstances.
At one point he got down and, in despair, sought information from a bystander, and, returning, got into the seat of another cab, whose driver had descended on a similar errand. Reaching his destination, he opened the door, and his triumphant " Here we are, miss, at last! " froze on his lips as his gaze fell on a white-haired old lady. " Streuth I " he ejaculated, "I didn't know I'd been as long as all that! " and promptly fainted. B19