WWII veterans Jeff Haward, Ray Whitwell and Eric Taylor were in France in late May and early June 1940 with the British Expeditionary Force when more than 300,000 allied soldiers were evacuated from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk in an operation codenamed Dynamo Jeff Haward, 100, who lives near Rochester, in Kent, fought from…
This May the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans would have been taking WWII veterans to 75th anniversary Dutch Liberation and VE Day celebrations. Sadly, these events had to be cancelled due to the COVID-19 restrictions and many of the veterans will be spending the 8th May alone The Taxi Charity wanted to remind WWII heroes…
Two of the fundraising group Cabbies do Kilimanjaro join a team of supermarket drivers to deliver food during the pandemic Two of London’s licensed black cabbies who saw their work driving cabs in London dry up almost overnight have joined a leading supermarket to make food deliveries during the pandemic. Daren Parr from Blackheath and…
On 15 February The Coco Club in Devizes raffled an original picture by renowned artist John Hammond to raise funds for the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans Artist John Hammond kindly donated the original artwork to The Coco Club to raise funds for a charity that is very close to their hearts –…
London Cabbies Stuart Lockhart 47 and Lynsey Lockhart 45 married in July 2019 in Scotland. Stuart has been a cabby for 16 years and Lynsey for 8 years and they met in their roles as cab drivers. Recently they climbed in the Atlas Mountains as part of a holiday to Morocco and they were hooked…
This year London’s shortest cabbie Claire Zazzara plans to lose four stones, get fit and climb Mount Kilimanjaro, while raising money for the London Taxi Driver’s Charity for Children Claire Zazzara, 46, has been a London Cabbie for eight years. At only 4ft and 10 inches she is proud to be London’s shortest cabbie. Over…
On Sunday 19 January, the London Taxi Drivers Charity for Children hosted its annual Mad Hatters Tea Party for over 600 disadvantaged and special needs children, at the Grosvenor House Hotel on Park Lane The children were entertained with a disco and live music from Britain’s Got…
D Day Veteran Bill Gladden, supports the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans through his lifelong love of painting Bill Gladden, 96, from Welling in Kent, travels to Normandy and Holland every year with the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans, for the annual commemoration services to remember the comrades he lost. These trips are all provided…
Beautifully photographed WWII veteran’s portraits will be on show in the “3945 Portraits Project” exhibition at the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum Photographer Glyn Dewis designed the 3945 Portraits Project to honour and remember surviving WWII Veterans by photographing as many of them as is possible, to provide both the veterans and their families with classic,…
In September 2018 a group of London Cabbies, including Daren, John and Brian decide on a mammoth challenge to lose weight, get fit, climb Kilimanjaro and raise money for The Taxi Charity www.taxicharity.org One of the cabbies Daren Parr has written this moving account of the last push to reach the summit of Kilmanjaro The…
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