1897 Bersey Electric Taxi Size:XL: 100 x 75cm View with figures and a

View with figures and a streetseller in the foreground

'Britannia congratulating the Right Hon Brass Crosby

A man looks into the window of a tiny house built into the rocks overlooking the sandy cove of Porthcurno

A large field closely bunched together

14th February 1964

1897 Bersey Electric Taxi Size:XL: 100 x 75cm View with figures and a1897 Bersey Electric Taxi. This was the first type of self propelled cab licensed for hire in London and came from the fleet of the London Electrical Cab Company. It had a range of thirty miles between battery charges, hardly sufficient for a day's work. The batteries were positioned in a tray under the chassis. This is believed to be the only survivor of seventy similar cabs built.