Irish Taxi Forum
Public Area => Taxi Talk => Topic started by: Dr. Martin Gooter Bling on September 24, 2026, 04:50:43 pm
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came across this photo of a taxi rank in ballymun.
taxis parked on it but also normal cars with just taxi in the window.
any ideas.
(https://i.postimg.cc/63cJggzF/FB-IMG-1781356314318.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/ygDbSfMT)
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A hackney?
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Late 70s
Id say
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The old taxi plate was what became the original hackney plate (on or after regulation in 1978) i.e. a small oval shaped plate fixed to the rear of the vehicle. Roof signs were optional back then.
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Remember orange --go faster stripes front and back on roof !
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The old taxi plate was what became the original hackney plate (on or after regulation in 1978) i.e. a small oval shaped plate fixed to the rear of the vehicle. Roof signs were optional back then.
My da had one
It was red oval thing
Signs were for radio companies
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That's the one... didja keep it?
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That's the one... didja keep it?
Its in the attic
He had small silver one before that
Have that too and his A psv badge
My profile blurred pic is me in his 1970s taxi a morris marina shite heap
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the cars with roof signs look like proper taxis.
the other ones look like mickey mouse cars.
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the cars with roof signs look like proper taxis.
the other ones look like mickey mouse cars.
Roof signs were Ryan's which became national or nrcthe other cars had triangle stickers on windows
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my dad always had this transparent triangle sticker on the window below the rear view mirror. was always peeling off. always wondered what it was. saw an old video of john usher in the 80s talkin beside a taxi and i spotted the same sticker i remembered and paused the video. it was some union sticker job.
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Is that FDS second away? rofl
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The triangle was ITDF... changed colour every year so drivers could tell whether their colleagues / competitors subs were up to date.
You could make a nice little framed collage outta that stuff, TD42. I doubt it has any monetary value but, being your dad's, might well have sentimental and some historic value... something that could survive generations, perhaps.
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My kids are collage degrees in computer science they won't be interested in attic junk
They laughed at my c64 and tape deck loading
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They might be when they get older... it's all part of the tapestry of life that turned them into professionals.
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They might be when they get older... it's all part of the tapestry of life that turned them into professionals.
Tanks but I doubt it
They will just wanna clear my bungalow and fuck every thing in the bin then pocket the 700 + 3ways
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came across this photo of a taxi rank in ballymun.
taxis parked on it but also normal cars with just taxi in the window.
any ideas.
(https://i.postimg.cc/63cJggzF/FB-IMG-1781356314318.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/ygDbSfMT)
We, in Checkers, used to run rings around the cosies parked up there.
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Workin for bus fares... yisser were never gonna be idle... Did you have a plate rented out for a bag a month like most of them hackneymen?
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The old taxi plate was what became the original hackney plate (on or after regulation in 1978) i.e. a small oval shaped plate fixed to the rear of the vehicle. Roof signs were optional back then.
We hacks in Checkers were finally given a metal oval badge fixed to the car, mine was 21413.
We all had ping pong balls on our whips. Aah, dem's was days Jem!! 8)
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Netted more dough than now !
Great days __if you wernt pulling 8 or 9 Pounds a week for short hours you failed --
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Workin for bus fares... yisser were never gonna be idle... Did you have a plate rented out for a bag a month like most of them hackneymen?
I made more per night working with Checkers than I do now working with the apps, go figure.
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Netted more dough than now !
Great days __if you wernt pulling 8 or 9 Pounds a week for short hours you failed --
RC was renting a cosy. All our punters hated the regular taxi drivers!!
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Some things never change.
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Ah, that's so cute. Warms my heart to see the elderly reminisce about the last century lol
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Workin for bus fares... yisser were never gonna be idle... Did you have a plate rented out for a bag a month like most of them hackneymen?
I made more per night working with Checkers than I do now working with the apps, go figure.
Uber has already figured that one out.
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Workin for bus fares... yisser were never gonna be idle... Did you have a plate rented out for a bag a month like most of them hackneymen?
I owned it from day 1.
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Workin for bus fares... yisser were never gonna be idle... Did you have a plate rented out for a bag a month like most of them hackneymen?
I made more per night working with Checkers than I do now working with the apps, go figure.
Uber has already figured that one out.
100% cash work. 55.00 punts to McGarry.
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How much were you getting in rent for your taxi plate to supplement the bus fares you were charging riders?
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How much were you getting in rent for your taxi plate to supplement the bus fares you were charging riders?
I wasn't renting a plate, and I wasn't charging bus fares. Thank you for your interest in this matter.
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Less than bus fares working for Checkers.
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Less than bus fares working for Checkers.
Nonsense.