taxi rank early 1980s

[Dr. Martin Gooter Bling]

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.

[watty]

A hackney?

[Taxi driver42]

Late 70s
Id say

[Rat Catcher]

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.

[Punter]

Remember orange --go faster stripes front and back on roof !

[Taxi driver42]

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

[Rat Catcher]

That's the one... didja keep it?

[Taxi driver42]

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

[Dr. Martin Gooter Bling]

the cars with roof signs look like proper taxis.
the other ones look like mickey mouse cars.

[Taxi driver42]

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

[Dr. Martin Gooter Bling]

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.

[markmiwurdz]

Is that FDS second away?

[Rat Catcher]

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.

[Taxi driver42]

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

[Rat Catcher]

They might be when they get older... it's all part of the tapestry of life that turned them into professionals.