In message ,
Colin Rosenstiel writes
In article ,
(Mike Hughes) wrote:

OK then, take me from Manor House station to Gibson square.

LOL

(For those who don't know that is the very first 'route' in the
'blue book' issued by the Public Carriage Office to those intending
to become taxi drivers)

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Mike Hughes
A Taxi driver licensed for London and Brighton
at home in Tarring, West Sussex, England

What is there in Gibson Square that taxi passengers would want to go to?

Nothing that I know of. but because you can get to and leave it by using
Theberton Street and Barnsbury Street (via Milner Square) it starts to
build up a picture in your mind. There are however other 'points nearby
such as the Almeida Theatre, Waterloo Gardens (flats) and several of the
pubs and clubs in nearby Upper Street that an examiner could ask when a
student is up for an 'appearance' (test).

This is only the first route out of 320 that have to be learned as the
basic 'skeleton' which is then fleshed out with all the other roads and
points of interest within a 6 mile radius of Charing Cross - that covers
from Alexandra Palace in the north to Streatham Common in the sout and
from Chiswick to Stratford in the east - that is why the average time
taken is about 3 years.

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Mike Hughes
A Taxi driver licensed for London and Brighton
at home in Tarring, West Sussex, England