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WWII veterans gather for emotional film screening, Hastings Oberver
World War Two veterans enjoyed a screening of ‘Return of the Liberators’ and a singsong around the piano. The cinema was full, the...
Nov 18, 2016
Frank and Ian interviewed on BBC Radio 5 Live as part of the Remembrance Day commemorations
Thank you to war veteran, Frank Ashleigh (91), and Taxi Charity committee member, Ian Parsons, for appearing on BBC Radio 5 Live on 11...
Nov 15, 2016
A song from late war veteran Jim, Blackpool Gazette
Footage of a Blackpool war veteran will form part of a drivethrough art exhibition in central London this weekend. Film-maker Janet...
Oct 6, 2016
Meet the London cabbies taking war veterans on tailormade trips, The Telegraph
It is time for celebration at the Royal Chelsea Hospital. Wartime classics float around a handsome, wood-panelled room, as three smiling...
Sep 1, 2016
London taxi organisation for war disabled crowned UK's best charity, Evening Standard
The London Taxi Benevolent Association for War Disabled charity has been crowned the UK's best voluntary organisation, following a public...
Aug 28, 2016
London's war heroes and taxi drivers named UK's best voluntary/charity project, Lottery Good
Strictly star Katie Derham was taken for a spin as she presented them with their National Lottery Awards trophy The London Taxi...
Aug 26, 2016
Two 90-year-old World War II veterans parachute into field where one was shot down 72 years ago, Peo
More than 70 years ago, Fred Glover was a member of the British Airborne Division in World War II when his glider was hit by...
Aug 26, 2016
Pair of 90-year-old D-Day veterans make tandem parachute jump for charity - five days after jumping
Two 90-year-old D-Day veterans made their second tandem parachute jump in just five days - with one landing on the battlefield he was...
Aug 26, 2016
WW2 veterans prove you're never too old to skydive, Forces TV
Skydiving for charity is nothing unusual - but skydiving at the age of 90 is. Two second world war veterans did just that for the Taxi...
Aug 26, 2016
Second World War veterans, 90, complete tandem parachute jumps for Taxi Charity, BT
Two 90-year-old Second World War veterans made their second tandem parachute jump in just five days on Thursday, with one even landing in...
Aug 25, 2016
D-Day veterans, 90, parachute from plane into field where one was shot down 72 years ago, Evening St
Two 90-year-old Second World War veterans parachuted into a French field where one of them was shot down by the Luftwaffe 72 years ago. ...
Aug 25, 2016
Second World War veterans, 90, complete tandem parachute jumps for Taxi Charity, Belfast Telegraph
Two 90-year-old Second World War veterans made their second tandem parachute jump in just five days on Thursday, with one even landing in...
Aug 25, 2016
Deux vétérans de 90 ans sautent en parachute pour la bonne cause, Europe 1
Deux vétérans britanniques de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, âgés de 90 ans, ont sauté en parachute samedi dans le Calvados pour récolter...
Aug 21, 2016
Fred and Ted parachute into the Merville Battery 72 years after D-Day, Mature Times
It was a strategic operation that didn’t go to plan and has taken has taken on a legendary quality in the retelling of the history of...
Aug 18, 2016
The taxi charity hoping to win the lottery, The Suburb Circular - July 2016
An article about the Taxi Charity, written by committee member, Ian Parsons, is featured in the July issue of The Suburb Circular. You...
Jul 18, 2016
Taxi Charity receives support from fellow service charities for National Lottery Award
A huge thank you to The Confederation of Service Charities (Cobseo), which includes Help for Heroes, Blind Veterans UK, ABF The Soldiers'...
Jul 15, 2016
Shooters Hill WW2 veteran fundraising for charity run by London cabbie, News Shopper - 6 July 2016
A Shooters Hill World War Two veteran is fundraising for a taxi charity that arranges free outings for ex-soldiers. Geoffrey Pattinson,...
Jul 6, 2016
Taxi Charity in the Press: Still giving, OnRoute magazine - June/July 2016
They say charity begins at home, but for some war veterans it also travels abroad. The Taxi Charity has been busy fundraising with...
Jun 24, 2016
400 veteran servicemen stop off for elevenses at South Holmwood, Dorking and Leatherhead Advertiser
THE sun shone down and villagers lined the streets waving Union Flags as scores of Second World War veterans arrived in South Holmwood...
Jun 23, 2016
Taxi Charity committee members interviewed on London Live
Watch Taxi Charity committee members, Frances Wyhowska and Ian Parsons, being interviewed about the Worthing outing on London Live this...
Jun 22, 2016
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