The Butterboy's Blog

A "butterboy" is a London Taxi driver in his first couple of years after passing "The Knowledge". Hopefully this blog will give you some idea of what it's like to start a career as a licensed Hackney Carriage Driver in London.

Monday, 17 March 2008

Coincidence?

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In my last post I mentioned a single called "Frustration". This was by a band called The Purple Hearts during the second coming of...

Monday, 10 March 2008

Frustration - I wear it like a suit

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Actually i don't, but it's the title of one of my hundreds of 7" singles that I've been digitising over the past few weeks....

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Thursday, 6 March 2008

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With another short week for me I was hoping to get out on Saturday to do a longer day shift before having to get back for a night out (I was...

Thursday, 28 February 2008

Thank you for the days

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Back into town again today. I really need to try to get some more night shifts in, or somehow talk my daughter into staying at school a bit ...

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Wednesday, 27 February 2008

Back in the swing

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No, i haven't joined the ranks of cabbie golfers, but after having some time doing nights and having days off for half term, I'm no...

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Wednesday, 13 February 2008

Another day another few quid short.

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After last week and my intention of making sure people had the right money, I went out at the weekend and had more people without the proper...

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Tuesday, 5 February 2008

Kippers for tea?

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Working my way through January, I was beginning to wonder if the kipper season was just another "the game's dead" type comment...

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Kev: Married with a daughter, decided on a complete change of career after 10 years as a stay-at-home dad. Started the London Knowledge in 2004 and finished in 2007. Finally got behind the wheel of a taxi in October and love the job... so far!

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