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For over 70 years, the Taxi Charity has taken veterans to Worthing every summer to enjoy sea air, fish and chips, ice cream and a catch up with their friends. Sadly, this year, the trip has had to be cancelled. Since 1949, the Taxi Charity has escorted veterans to Worthing for a day out in this popular coastal town. In 2020, for the first time in its history, the trip had to be cancelled due to COVID-19. Ian Parsons, chairman of the Taxi Charity, said: "Our veterans, voluntee

A 100 year old veteran from Sompting in West Sussex has been leading one of the region's D-Day commemorations. Major Edwin 'Ted' Hunt was...

On Saturday 6 June, WWII veteran, Major Ted Hunt, and Taxi Charity chairman, Ian Parsons, spoke with Joe Talbot on BBC Radio Sussex about...

On Saturday 30 May, Taxi Charity volunteer driver, Mike Hughes, spoke with BBC Radio Sussex about making special plans for Major Ted Hunt...

Every year, since 1948, the Taxi Charity has been taking veterans to Worthing for the day, to spend time with their friends and enjoy seaside favourites, fish and chips and ice cream. This year’s outing was only a week after many of the veterans spent a week in Normandy with The Taxi Charity for D-Day 75, remembering the friends they lost. Sixty kind-hearted volunteer London cabbies picked up 120 veterans and their carers from their homes across the South East on Tuesday 18 J

Every year since 1948, the Taxi Charity has been taking veterans to Worthing for the day to spend time with their friends and enjoy seaside favourites, fish and chips and ice cream. This year’s outing is only a week or so after many of the veterans spent a week in Normandy with the Taxi Charity for D-Day 75, remembering the friends they lost. Over 60 kind-hearted volunteer London cabbies will pick up nearly 200 veterans and their carers from their homes across the South Eas

We thank each and every one of our sponsors for their support of our trips this year, including The Netherlands, Normandy, Worthing and Portsmouth. My Taxi Blain Southern Contemporary Art Brompton's Musical Instrument Auctioneers Cab:App CabVision Charles Beddington Old Master Pictures Dads Defending Daughters The Fine Art Fund Humphrey Butler Fine Jewellery Josh Wood Colour Kenneth Warren & Son Violins, Chicago, USA London Cab Drivers' Club London Tax

Fabulous piece in the Worthing Herald about the Taxi Charity and our annual veterans' trip to Worthing. Click here to view PDF of the article #WorthingHerald #Worthing

On 12 June 2018, 100 volunteer cabbies from the Taxi Charity escorted veterans on a trip to Worthing. Following a tradition that began seventy years ago, the London cabbies picked up veterans and carers from their homes across the capital and headed off for their big day out. After a pit stop at South Holmwood village near Dorking in Surrey, for home-made sandwiches, cakes and refreshments, the taxis traveled in convoy along the A24 to Worthing. Once in Worthing, the veter

Every year since 1948, the Taxi Charity has been bringing veterans to Worthing for the day to spend time with their friends and comrades and enjoy seaside favourites, fish and chips and ice cream. Following a tradition that began seventy years ago, 100 kind-hearted volunteer London cabbies will pick up veterans and carers from their homes across the capital on Tuesday 12 June and take them for a much-loved day trip to Worthing. After a pit stop at South Holmwood village nea

London black cabs will transport veterans to visit Worthing as part of a tradition that will take place for the 70th time next month. The Taxi Charity has been bringing veterans to the town for seven decades and more than 100 black cabs will drive south on June 12. Graham Pike, one of the London cabbies taking part and a committee member of the Taxi Charity, said: “Our annual Worthing trip is something we look forward to all year. “It’s a pleasure to treat these ladies an

Recently returned from the trip of a lifetime to the beaches of Normandy, 90 London cab drivers are on the road again, this time taking...

The Taxi Charity was established in 1948 and we've been taking war veterans on an annual trip to Worthing ever since. This fantastic...

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...

A few of our favourite photos from this year's Worthing outing. Please visit our Flickr channel for more fantastic photos . #worthing

Now in its 68th year, it’s a highlight in the diary for hundreds of brave war veterans and their families. Nearly 100 cab drivers are volunteering their services to London’s Taxi Charity – full name, The London Taxi Benevolent Association For War Disabled, picking up veterans and carers from their homes across the capital, including the Royal Hospital, Chelsea from 6.30am [on Tuesday 21 June] for the charity’s annual seaside trip to Worthing. The taxis will arrive at Sout

Fabulous footage from our annual trip to Worthing, courtesy of British Forces News. #Worthing

Dame Vera Lynn honours taxi drivers' charity in Worthing NATIONAL treasure Dame Vera Lynn paid tribute to a charity for the war disabled, in Worthing today (Tuesday, June 16). Dame Vera was joined by actress Joanna Lumley for the unveiling of a painting by Rosa Branson to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the London Taxi Benevolent Association for the War Disabled. More than 400 war disabled veterans were brought down to Worthing today by a fleet of L

War veterans' charity anniversary celebration Hundreds of war veterans descended on Worthing to celebrate the 60th birthday of The London Taxi Benevolent Association for War Disabled The London Taxi Benevolent Association (LTBA) for War Disabled began in a pub in Fulham in 1948. A group of taxi drivers gave around 50 war veterans a trip to Worthing's seaside – an outing which became an annual event. On Tuesday, June 10, around 400 ex-servicemen and women gathered in

The London Taxi Benevolent Association for War Disabled made their 56th annual outing to Worthing on 15th June 2004. This was also the 60th anniversary of the D-Day Landings at Normandy. Taxis arrived in the quiet village of South Holmwood where the villagers welcomed the veterans and the taxi drivers, supplying tea and coffee. The convoy left for Worthing around 11am and with the assistance of the local police who used a rolling road block headed off to Worthing. Lunch