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History Forum / General / British History / November 2003Cab Whistles
In Victorian Times lots of cab whistles were in use. Whistling one time would call a four-wheeler, two times a Hansom. Later, somewhere after 1905, whistling one time would call a motorcab, two a four-wheeler and three a Hansom, i believe. Do you when the cab whistles were abolished? During WWI? And why? Cheers, Matthias > In Victorian Times lots of cab whistles were in use. Whistling one time > would call a four-wheeler, two times a Hansom. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Cheers, > Matthias Due, I would suspect to air raid wardens using whistles during the first Zeppelin air raids. And also to search and rescue parties using whistles to try and locate people and summoning for help. |
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