The Hitchin Cabmen’s Shelter: its rescue, restoration and return to the town

Prisiclla Douglas and Pauline Humphries

Conditions were grim for the ‘cabbie’ as he plied for hire with his horse-drawn cab outside Hitchin’s railway station. Life improved with the arrival of a shelter on the forecourt which became a haven for generations of local taxi drivers. Now obsolete, this same shelter lay half-forgotten in a local garden until exciting the attention of Hitchin Historical Society.

In a year of remarkable co-operation, local companies and private individuals worked to restore this little example of Edwardian philanthropy and return it to the town. This is their story.

About the authors

Priscilla Douglas and Pauline Humphries are former local secondary school teachers and are long-standing members of the society. Priscilla was Committee Chairman for many years and Pauline is the Society Publications Officer.

Price £2.00p
©Hitchin Historical Society 1998
ISBN 0 9512109 3 9
Printed in England by Streets Printers, Royston Road, Baldock, Herts SG7 6NW

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