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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


Photos from 'Acts of Remembrance' evening at Kino Teatr, St Leonards
A huge thank you to photographer Russell Jacobs for snapping our veterans at the 'Acts of Remembrance' evening on Sunday 6 November. They...
Nov 10, 2016


Acts of Remembrance - a screening and singsong, Kino Teatr, St Leonards on Sea - 6 November
On Sunday 6 November 2016, 'Return Of The Liberators', the documentary made by Janet Hodgson, our filmmaker-in-residence, will receive...
Oct 11, 2016


Taxi Charity to attend 'A Night To Remember' on 10 November
Taxi Charity committee members and veterans will be attending 'A Night To Remember - Words and Music for Remembrance'. The evening,...
Oct 11, 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


National Lottery Press Release: 75 Years of London Love: A wonderful World War II Story
The London Taxi Benevolent Association for War Disabled, also known as the Taxi Charity, was presented with the news that they had won a...
Sep 27, 2016


Fast Eddie's Blog: September 2016 Update
Hello again all you taxi troopers! Fast Eddie, your vice president, reporting in with a round-up of events over the last six months. At...
Sep 15, 2016


Press Release: Taxi Charity stars on BBC One at National Lottery Award ceremony
WWII veterans Fred Glover and Geoff Pattinson and volunteer committee members from the London Taxi Benevolent Association for War...
Sep 13, 2016


Taxi Charity attends 70th anniversary of the Airborne March
On Thursday 1 September 2016, the Taxi Charity took five Arnhem veterans to the 70th anniversary of the Airborne March, known locally as...
Sep 7, 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


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
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