Tag: Hansom cab

  • Compare and Contrast, Then and Now.

    Compare and Contrast, Then and Now.

    Look at this car from the 1950s . No horse could have those colors. Oh…yes they could! Look at this! What about this? What about the coaches that took groups of people from one place to another like this colorful bus? Horses drew “bus” carriages as well . What about the heavy duty transport like…

  • Monday Minstrel: Uber or Hansom Cab?

    Monday Minstrel: Uber or Hansom Cab?

    When Sherlock Holmes said to Dr. Watson:”the game is afoot!” that meant they were off to solve a mysterious case. A murder? A robbery? And when the ‘game was afoot’ how did they get to the crime scene? This was long before Uber taxis. In Holmes day the way to get across London was in…

  • Monday Minstrel: The Hansom Cab

    Monday Minstrel: The Hansom Cab

    today….things have changed even more!