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"You’re my witness,"
Colin Sims (O48) said to one of Call Sign’s
snitches as they chatted by the coffee machine at Dial-a-Cab
House. "Why’s that," #31926 responded cautiously? And so Colin’s story unfolded... "Well, last May while returning from a failed business trip in the Canaries, I accidentally left my wallet containing all the usual credit cards and stuff - plus £4000 in cash at the Gatwick Airport car park pay counter. In a panic, I returned to the parking services counter to find they had kept my wallet securely locked away in the safe. They had counted out the money and told me how much was there. Fancy that, them telling me how much was in my wallet... as if I didn’t know! I offered them a reward but they steadfastly refused, so I got my wallet with all its personal contents and my 4G’s back intact!" At that point, Colin looked visibly relieved at just recalling the experience before jumping forward to the present day. "So now I’ve just completed a couple of street trips and one of the two has left a leather bag in the |
back of my cab. It could be a male
or female style bag and I’ve got no idea which of the two punters it
might have belonged to," Colin continued. "I’ve looked inside it and there are no clues to ownership, but there is a whole heap of cash - £600 to be precise - and I intend to hand it in to a police station because, although I’d have handed it in anyway, I like to think that it’s my way of reciprocating the favour and you are the witness as to my honesty and integrity as a person and Dial-a-Cab subscriber," he declared, leaving snitch # 31926 humbled by the responsibility. Colin then promised to let us know once he’d handed it in and true to his word, Colin called Call Sign the very next morning to let us know that he had telephoned the London Taxi & Private Hire (LTPH) folks at Palestra and they had indeed received an enquiry from one of Colin’s passengers just 15 minutes earlier! The LTPH staff got the two parties together and Colin was able to safely deliver the bag with all its private contents and that all important £600, back to the rightful owner within 18 hours of the bag and owner parting |
 company! "He offered me a reward or at least compensation for my time, but I declined and explained aboutmy earlier experience at Gatwick. I added that the look on his face when I handed the errant bag back to him was all the reward I needed and it brought back to me the relief I felt when getting my own property back." Finishing, Colin added: "What goes round comes round and the reputation of the London taxi trade and Dial-a-Cab in particular remains untarnished!" Yet another reason why private hire with their rich owners but grossly underpaid drivers could never compete with Licensed taxis... © Call Sign Magazine MMX |
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ASHFORD CRASH OUT OF FA CUP While DaC’s goalkeeper is out injured... Would Ashford Town (Middlesex) have progressed
further in this season’s FA Cup – perhaps even as Some good news though in that Jamie Lawrence is continuing to play for at least another season. Even at 40, the player-manager’s form has been too good for him to drop himself! Dennis Latchett |
far as a dream game in the first round proper – had Dial-a-Cab
driver and Ashford Town goalkeeper Lee Pearce (J71) not been
injured earlier? We’ll never know, but even though an 87th minute
equaliser from Ashford’s 17 year old Lewis Wombwell earned
the team a replay against Worthing in the home preliminary round, 41
year old stand-in goalkeeper/coach Paul Burgess couldn’t stop
the Sussex team knocking in 5 in the 5 – 1 away replay defeat.
Worthing now face the trip that Lee Pearce told Call Sign
he fancied the sound of – a cup match against Ryman League Division
1 North outfit, Enfield Town – a team once known for being
the nursery club to Tottenham Hotspur. But the FA Cup has now
gone for 2010!