Our Lunch collections have become quite specific in recent years. The Installation Lunch collection goes to the Hackney Carriage Drivers for there annual trip to Disneyland Paris, a trip for terminally ill children and their carers in more than 100 London Taxis. The Company collected enough to pay for a taxi. Georgina and I were invited to the send off, which includes a very early ‘Big Breakfast’ in Canary Wharf. This is a splendid affair, with all those involved sitting down and having breakfast together, then leaving before the rush hour.
The send off included bands, the Lord Mayor’s representative (he himself was in China this year), both Sheriffs, and the unusual sight of so many taxis waiting outside. The convoy, escorted by English and French motorbike police, the AA, and an ambulance all the way, was three miles long as they made their way to the Channel ferry, led by the Master Hackney Carriage Driver and the organiser, Phil Davis, who has made it all happen for 22 years. The photos show the front of the taxi queue and the Water Conservators’ Taxi leaving the East Wintergarden.
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