My taxi was broken into and THIS is what they STOLE!
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- Опубликовано: 6 май 2023
- This episode details a break in I experienced and also an insight into the knowledge of London examination process.
#theknowledge #greenbadge #blackcab #nigelhawthorne #londontaxi #theknowledgefilm
In episode content courtesy of the film 'The Knowledge'
Directed by Bob Brooks
Screenplay by Jack Rosenthal
Based on Bob Brooks (idea)
Produced by Verity Lambert (executive producer)
Christopher Neame (producer) 
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Proper rotters! 😩 so glad you were able to make light of the situation!
Thanks Tom, first time it’s happened to me! all sorted now thankfully
Brilliantly both informative and entertaining, thankyou very much Mark.
9:43 Liverpool was in the middle of a Dynasty, eventually winning the 1978-79 First Division title, their 3rd in 4 seasons. Later made it 4 in 5 in 79-80 season (the film was released in Oct, 1979).
Hi Mark, sorry to hear about your loss....b'stards! Liking the new glasses! x
None of the examiners were like that when i did the K in the early noughties. A lot of the tricky ones were ex coppers but that had more or less finished when i started.
Thanks for this I really enjoyed this!!!
Excellent video Mark, your new badge number is exactly 10 above mine, as I've recently passed the KOL.
I never had to re-submit my criminal records when I work in the taxi call centre. However: In my casual work in arenas and stadia, I do. I had to give up that job because: A: I work mostly weekends in the call centre, B: I have to resubmit my criminal record every 6 months. To keep my own record clean, I don't drive much. I even have a Kiwi Access Card, which is a separate ID Card for anyone over 18 but has yet to get a Learner's or a New Zealand passport.
Nigel Hawthorne, Michael Elphick, Gary Holton, David Ryall, Frank Jarvis, Royce Mills all passed on now.
I did work with Kim Taylforth when she was at Holloway in her follow up career!
She’s still doing pantomime I believe.
Great film.
All amazing talents! thanks for watching
As always great job Mark..Back in my Dads day the tyrant was Mr Finlay. Great to see a clip of the Rosenthal classic. Keep up the good work!
Thanks Aiden! I know now it was actually Finlay not Ormes Mr Burgess was based on. Thanks for watching!
@@Marktaxi I think Mr Ormes was in a BBC documentary about the knowledge in the 90s called Testing the Knowledge.
I totally understand how you feel about your badge number.
I drive London Buses and have my original badge which I wear everyday in service and feel proud to wear it.
I don't think they issue them out anymore post Privatisation.
Obviously your fellow cabbies will be giving you hell as being the new boy again.
Thank you for a lovely insight and I have total respect for the London Cabbie as I know the work that they went through.
They don't rely on a sat nav like some do today.
Thanks for watching! Yep I miss my old number now I have lots of Taxi drivers tutting at me every day ahhh the life of a butterboy
Superb content. I was a Hackney carriage driver in Birmingham, I managed to do the knowledge in 2 months , obviously no where near in depth as London. Packed up about 15yrs ago after a bypass operation. What a mistake they were probably the best days of my life, if only I had realised at the time. So easy when your a cabbie to get negative as most of the other drivers seem to try and tell you what a terrible job it is.
Really glad to hear you enjoyed the job! No 2 days the same in this job, sorry you had to pack it in, and thanks for watching!
Marks channel is so underrated the best black cab channel on RUclips
Thank you for your support 🙏🏻
Hi Mark
Nice video brother I really enjoyed it. I am also doing the knowledge now. Wish me luck.
Hey! Good luck buddy and thanks for watching! Are you doing the blue book on a bike?
Oooooh nooooo! As a dual badge holder in cheshire, i feell your pain.mine is always around my neck.
This was really fun, thanks. I can't believe there's a movie about The Knowledge! Sorry about your number changing. I don't understand how any of you keep all of that 'knowledge' in your heads - or how there's room for anything else afterward haha.
Since i left ive heard they've toughened up fit and proper, suspending drivers for points on your licence, ie going 23 in a 20 zone or getting caught on your phone waiting on a taxi rank
It’s a nightmare out there! All of it about revenue raising of course
Hahaha, i'll have to find that film, that dude looked 'proper frit' 🤣😂
Well worth a watch !
NZ$15 is the standard cost to replace a debit card. It's $60 to replace a Kiwi Access Card.
This is also why trackpants with zips becomes my own "uniform", just so I won't lose my locker keys and tags at work.
16:01 Fair enough. I'd never get the same numbers for my bank cards or even drivers license. Why would this be different?
Great video.
‘The Knowledge’ movie is on RUclips.
In the film there was one examiner who started blowing his nose while listening to someone trying to call a run, there was a real examiner named Mr Finlay back in the 70’s,just like him, I was calling a run and he got up from behind his desk and put his hat and coat on as if he was going to leave the room, someone said he took his dentures out, all done to put you off your stride, everyone dreaded an appearance with him.
Gosh I would of cracked in an appearance with him! Glad I didn’t get him
Sounds tame compared to mr ormes.
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- are the drivers beginning 8 the newly-qualified lot who can't reverse into a tight spot? Sorry to hear about the break in, and thanks for the Nigel Hawthorne clip.
Sorry to hear about the break-in and theft. Not sure about your definition of "macaroni". I think it's actually a convoluted form of Cockney rhyming slang for "pony", which can refer to £25, but in this instance refers to "pony and trap" - or crap; ie: all the stuff they've got to learn for the Knowledge. Oh, and it's Mick Ford, not Mike.
Sir Nigel Hawthorne!
Mick Ford was excellent in 'Scum' too... 👍🏼
Had exactly the same about 7-8years ago, got a mid 7 number now. I wouldn't bother sticking up the note with your old number underneath as it immediately marks you out as a tw#t 😂
oh no, sorry to hear about your loss.... Will you put under your new number your previous number, as some people do..
Yes definitely!
Was it always the case back in the day, if you lost your badge they issued you with the latest number.
Wear it upside down.
Haha never thought of that
As Airline staff, I wear my ID from hallside table to hallside table. Losing it means I cannot physically get in to work. I'm so sorry for the stress and time these nasty people created. Also, we have bullet proof glass on Hotel to Airport Crew Transport vehicles in certain countries. Adds considerable weight and is arguably a safety risk: you can't smash it from the inside, but the benefits outweigh the risks.
Sounds like you have a good safety regime in place, thanks for watching 🙏🏻
Apparently back in the day if you lost your badge you were invited to take a lucky dip in a bag of surrendered (presumably on retirement) badges rather be compelled to have the most recent number. I have seen a single digit badge number, on Charing Cross. Think it was a 6 or a 9.
Yeah that's right
Why didn't you leave it in your safe under the drivers seat?
The truth be known, at that time I didn’t even know I had a safe under the seat, thanks for watching 😊
I thought that there was some way of getting a copy of your old number?
Anyway sorry to here your Cab was broken into Mark.
Be Lucky.
I suppose it makes sense for them to issue a new number if the original badge is potentially being used fraudulently.
Apparently I’ve recently been informed there is! Some guy does bespoke replicas I’m in the process of tracking him down
My father was a blue badge guide and co-founded the blue badge (tourist guide) system. His badge was number 6. What number was your original badge Mark?
6! Wow I’ve never seen a single digit badge. My old badge was 67475 apparently there is a place you can make a copy as a keepsake. Do you have anymore info on tour fathers co founding founding of the blue badge?
@@Marktaxi Hi, I'm sorry, I may be misremembering or overstating. My father was a tour operator and tour guide with Wessex Tourist Services in Salisbury where we moved to in 1971. He was certainly very involved, along with colleagues in Wessex Tourist Services and a fellow guide called Don Cross in maybe bringing the Blue Badge system to Salisbury. He certainly got a very early Salisbury Blue Badge.
I hope you find somewhere you can get a replica of your original badge.
I suppose they have to give you a new number because the old number is deemed compromised.
Yes exactly that
Hi great video as always shame about the scum hope you didn't wait to long for badge and new door glass be lucky
i idid not know how much you had to do
Number being different is probably a good thing really, if police spot that old number, well, someone will be getting a good talking to. Shame it had to happen to you though. There is nothing to gain from stealing a cabbies badge.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Motorway_Junction
There IS a "Spaghetti Junction" in Auckland. Commonly known as such due to the various motorway paths and even various speed limits. My bus to work is directly above the junction, so it avoids the motorways altogether.
Yes there is! Thanks for the link and thanks for watching 🙏🏻