Anyone remember old abbey taxis

[Royston]

If you could get the drivers off the snooker table and out of the Nursery they were alright!! We would call the pub and ask one of the servers to tell xxxx to get to our address asap...and they usually did then head straight back to Vera's!! lol

[DIDO]

i worked for ABBEY TAXIS at the time "BABS" was on the radio, my call sign was "61" i also had another channel that was used if there was any good earners I.E. manchester airport or midlands airport runs, "BABS" used to give us a special message which we then would switch to another channel that none of the other drivers knew of !!! i got loads of "other work" that way, we drove cortina's then that were owned by MR hattersley, the only other driver i knew then was BILLY KIDD, I too used to work the radio when they were short staffed, good times remembered.

 

Didnt Babs marry P.J. and then move to Securicor.

[hulkhogan]

when abbey taxis was based on pexton road maggy was one of the radio operators who married ken fowler who had i think the first non black cab in sheffield it was blue. i had a radio in the cab i used to drive call sign 12.norman hattersleys wedding present to me were his 2 white mercs.greasys veras use to be on the corner of farm road and granville road. she was moved to the bottom of rock st where we all met after work.my brother had one of the first private hire vechiles on abbey a bronze ford capri.any one remember rupert?.a few more name from the good old days,bob colton,midge who use to have chips and six eggs in whimpies on fargate,and lover to name a few.the taxi officer was mr nelson who made me move off trap one on fitzalan square reason dirty cab.good days.

[Biscuit]

I, along with a few of my schoolmates worked shifts at weekends and holidays refuelling the taxis with LPG. This must have been around 1980/81. Waited in the little hut on the forecourt (Rutland Road). Sometimes helped out cleaning the taxis. I cannot remember the name of the guy who worked the pumps most of the time.

[DIDO]

when abbey taxis was based on pexton road maggy was one of the radio operators who married ken fowler who had i think the first non black cab in sheffield it was blue. i had a radio in the cab i used to drive call sign 12.norman hattersleys wedding present to me were his 2 white mercs.greasys veras use to be on the corner of farm road and granville road. she was moved to the bottom of rock st where we all met after work.my brother had one of the first private hire vechiles on abbey a bronze ford capri.any one remember rupert?.a few more name from the good old days,bob colton,midge who use to have chips and six eggs in whimpies on fargate,and lover to name a few.the taxi officer was mr nelson who made me move off trap one on fitzalan square reason dirty cab.good days.

 

Wasnt Bob Colton known as Liverpool Bob, and didnt midge sometimes carry 2 alsations in the front of the cab.

 

What was the name of the lad who drove the Abbey black cab that Norman took to Sweden, it had a union jack on the sides and day light running lights. He lived at Stannington and his call sign was 67.

[hulkhogan]

yes midge did have two dogs. he still lives on woodseats road.another name doug rooney.

[hagardriley]

I think there was a Pete Hancock, and the girl on the radio at night was called Babs.

 

Pete Hancock did indeed work for them. He was a very good mate of mine when he lived on Jordanthorpe in the late 1980s/early 1990s. His parties were legendary, as was his taste in practical jokes. He became involved in the Tenants Association and was the Chairman of Jordanthorpe T.A.

 

Lost touch with him after his wife passed away and not seen him for years, but I was told he moved to Mosborough. I'd love to hear from anyone who remembers him, or knows whatever happened to him.

[JacksNephew]

Does anyone know what happened to Jack Greaves and his sister Marion? I was their neighbour 40 years ago. Kieth with the White Merc was my driver when I was doing the school runs. My Husband Tony Crookes used to drive a black cab initially for Burton Street garage, then bought his own, Very happy times unfortunatly Tony died last year.....

 

Jack was my uncle and he passed away in 1989, just about every taxi driver in Sheffield went to the funeral at the city road cremorotium. Marion is my gran and she retired and moved to a small village in lincolnshire.

 

I don't know what happened to Pete Hancock, he was a good friend of my family as was Ernest, he used to pick up my gran every morning to take her to work, really nice man. Norman Hattersley was not a nice man!

[beemerchez]

Ernest with the red estate Merc (now passed away)

and Keith with the white Merc (still with us) are both my uncles

[freeshia]

Jack was my uncle and he passed away in 1989, just about every taxi driver in Sheffield went to the funeral at the city road cremorotium. Marion is my gran and she retired and moved to a small village in lincolnshire.

 

I don't know what happened to Pete Hancock, he was a good friend of my family as was Ernest, he used to pick up my gran every morning to take her to work, really nice man. Norman Hattersley was not a nice man!

 

hi there i thought your nan marion was a lady .we used to have lots of laughs together, did you know cynthia and alan he was a black cab driver and cynth worked on control in 70s they both thought they were up to jack greaves standards so went to casino with jack and his misses they couldnt get enough of the casino life, until they lost everything house the lot and they lived at jacks until they got somewhere to live, pete hancock was always asking for us to go on his boat with him yes i remember Ernest he was a lovely man.i was a bit timmed of norman hattersley i think it was how he came accross ,then there was denese who worked in reservations with your nan, nice to think back now and again patricia