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SOAP BOX FORUM

H.E. MANNING,
24/26 DAULBY ST, LIVERPOOL L3 8JG

Dear Sirs,
May I be forthcoming in asking for your assistance in the purchase of second hand taxis, manuals if possible but autos will be accepted, in the age group R - B?
If you know of somebody who is selling or thinking of selling his or her taxi in the near future, we would be grateful if you could pass the information to us.

Tel: 051-709 7116
Yours faithfully, Eric B. Shaw
Sales and Finance Director
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Dear Editor,
   I should be glad if you would record in your magazine my appreciation of the Dial-a-Cab drivers who has been looking after me in the last few months.
   When I returned to London a year ago I soon go rid of my car because of parking difficulties but I have not missed it a great deal with Dial-a-Cab to take me around.
   Not only are your drivers good and careful - and they are without exception - and so helpful and courteous, it is a pleasure to travel in their cabs particularly if they are non-smokers.
Please thank all of them on my behalf.
   Yours sincerely,

Lady Winifred E. Fergusson

Dear Jery,
   May I comment on two items in Allen Togwell’s report in the last issue of Call Sign?
   Firstly, he suggests that drivers should try sitting in their cabs an hour or so earlier than they start in order to hear what work is being called.
   Can I say, Allen, in respect of the shift I work - I start at 4am- the radio is quiet for periods of 10 –20 minutes without a job being called. In fact, a couple of weeks ago I signed on and 40 minutes later the despatcher queried whether he had a cab to cover a job in the west.
   Since the BBC work, such as it was, was handed over to other circuits, the amount of work coming into the society between the hours of, say 3.30 am to 6.30am has diminished by at least 50% as compared with the same period 12 - 18 months ago, despite this now being the busy work season. Just driving around to see deserted streets and a silent radio will not make drivers eager to start earlier. Incidentally it would be nice to know if any of the 80 new accounts opened last month are all 9 - 5 callers in the city and west end as we seem to be very timid about developing new business in any other parts of London.
   Secondly in the last paragraph of his report Allen asks subscribers to display Dial-a-Cab logos on their cab doors. I have been trying since March to get these for my new cab along with seat adverts and telephone numbers stickers. All these advertising items have been out of stock to my knowledge since March. If the society does not have them available, how can we advertise?
   Yours sincerely,

R.M Sorene (A53) _______________________________________

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