Shivers down my spine! Faces from the past! Was a Radio Operator with Reg back then at Combined, when I was called Rick. 45 yrs passes in a moment, enjoy what you have while you still have it... it'll be gone all too soon!
What a great video. I remember coming home from shopping with mum when cabs were HQ Kingswoods and XA Falcons. Loved seeing the metal cars of the 70s !
Some of my most enjoyable car rides have been in a taxi listening to the driver tell me about the people he has picked up in his lifetime,you couldn’t buy them stories!
My dad drove a taxi, from Granville depot since i could remember. He was driving in 1980 when this was made that's for sure. When i was 17 i took his cab and got a fare in Merrylands and was tipd lol i didn't even have the meter running.
I was nearly born in a taxi on the way to King George V in 1969. For a moment I thought the driver's story was about me until he mentioned that the baby's father was telling his wife to, "bear down." This driver was driving taxis when I was born, however my father was at work in Erskineville when I was born. Thank you for posting this documentary.
true.most of these guys would be in shock at what rideshare has done to their businesses.we are not talking legitimate taxi alternatives such as smart car(that exist in adelaide since 1996 and are therefore locals)but all these uber(american(didi(chinese)and ola(spanish)run businesses out to hurt the traditionalists.i'll never use any foreign owned business as I have had a mate whose done all of that but has since switched to driving buses.
Love that old Rocker cabbie, started driving Ford Mercurys in Sydney when he started -- that was before my time. I can only remember Falcons and Holdens at the earliest.
I took up taxi driving as some work to get me off Centrelink. At least 1 in 3 passengers are intrigued that I'm one of the only white Australian taxi drivers they've seen.
Depressing. Diversity is killing western nations. It’s ok for Koreans or Kenyans to protect their own culture and people but western people are labelled racist for wanting the same. Evil.
@@AlonsoRules I have a hungarian mate who used to work in this profession but drives buses these days.one of the few people whose a born here Australian even if the parents are europeans or maybe he was a migrant to break the mould of the types of driver we get.
Those where the day's when an Aussie cab driver drove an Aussie built cab,....fast forward to 2022 and its a foreigner driving an imported car turned in to a cab.
if you have to swing across a medium strip you wanna be driving a tough old falcon trust me. was a 1974 fairlane that is probably a good reason as to why I am here still today.
@@MrWackozacko oh really smarty pants... it looks like good enough proof to me. you drive your FIAT while I will happily love my old fords. how does that sound?
The Camry the cabbies use are from Australia, except the XV70 version which is from Japan. They also use Toyota Priuses For wagons they use Toyota Prius Vs Toyota is a popular choice by the cab industry, but some cabbies are opting for other models e.g. Kia Cerato, Hyundai Elantra etc.
@@theytwatcher950 The Corolla is way too small to be used as a Taxi unless It's just yourself and maybe one companion.as is the Camry.40 years ago we had Falcons with six seats.Today unless you order a Maxi Taxi you for the same job need an Uber XL.
long gone.you will very rarely find one in this industry these days or a Greek or an Italian.I would rather use two buses to get to the airport in my home town or if out of it a shuttle bus or a train.
When I was driving cabs in Sydney in 1989, I picked up a group of League footballers and as soon as they saw me they said, "Hey! Spot the Aussie!" (because even in 1989 most cabbies were Asian by then - mainly nice Indian dudes). But those League footballers were a bit rough: "Ya wanna tip driver? Well here's a tip in the f_ckn gutter, har! har! har!" They said that a few times, they were pretty tanked. But they did give me a tip - a huge joint. (No, I waited till it was my day off.)
by the mid 90's this would have been changing obviously to what we see now. I know as a kid in the 90's you would still see the odd white guy driving but yeah...
Very interesting, thanks for posting. Cab drivers were very different back then - all "white bread" English speakers and none of them wearing seatbelts!
Anyone who speaks out about immigration , gay rights , etc , is branded as right wing extreme ! I can assure anyone that people of Indian , Pakistani , and other races hate white Austrailians in a lot of cases! In particular if an Aussie is working poor and person of colour is tertiary educated like a doctor they look down on them !
it's going to get worse now.this new age commodore coming soon is about the same size as the old kingswood but is front drive.good luck getting more than five people into one of those and it's a hatchback.
Now it's the commodore.can you imagine something that's known as an INSIGNIA in Europe as a Taxi.it's barely much bigger than say a Mazda 6 for instance and you don't see a lot of these or Subaru Liberty's as cabbies does one now.
hahaha yeah its funny isn't it... after all considering people are only getting much larger but the cars are literally toys now and as we are saying smaller too.
@@sanctuaryism I have seen Corollas even used as Taxi these days.would not be surprised if it's a mix of those or we go the Jetta/Golf or even Mazda or Honda small cars(almost the size of where an Accord was 30 years ago and barely much smaller than a Falcon of about the same era become the future cabs).
Don’t know, I drove cabs for 2 years in the late 90s, on my first shift I drove an old Ford that had a hidden (to me) seat adjustment lever. The seat was set up high and forward, so I just put up with it with my head slightly tilted pushed up against the roof and my gut close to the steering wheel. I’m 6.2” & 120 kgs, so not too comfy! I got it sorted by my 2nd shift. lol
There has always been an intensive demand for taxis, be it metropolitan or rural. People shall always shell out heavily for the convenience. They might be sozzled, or got a load of shopping, or they wanna cut out the public transport crap, or they just wanna get somewhere on time, or they wanna freight something heavy in the boot, or they are geriatric or somehow infirm, and so it goes on. The taxis have traditionally been speed demons, so that they are not attempting rip off and over-servicing by going slow. They are zip-zip merchants, get a fare done in order to get onto the next fare.
Time Traveller: *In 40 years, taxis will pretty much be minimal and people will order private cars from miniature phones/computers in their pocket* Cabbie : *Ah fuck off ya lunatic*
if only such a service did exist way back in 1980.The last time I used a Taxi for say an airport transfer was in 1998 $31 from my old house in Salisbury to the Adelaide Airport.Coming home was in a HUGHES LIMOUSINE for $39 they were subcontracted to Ansett Australia as a Chauffeur drive in those days.I on the way home might have got an older car(1989 Fairlane)but in the absence of parents unable to pick me up it was reassuring after a week in Singapore using local taxis there and being a passenger in a relatives honda accord to have someone take me home safely and in comfort.
@@fatsnorkel VERY RARELY.this week or rather next Tuesday I have ordered an Uber Premium to work as one upmanship to prove a thing or two to the clowns who are still using Taxis.the other way has me using a mix of Uber to the local bus stop and a bus back to town.
You ring now, 1st September, 2023, and the algorithm answers with a femake voice....then a taxi van arrives, the kind that takes passengers to the airport, its dark ....the van looks oldish....yes, its 2023, and Uber its not better, go the dystopia ......,🤣
Shivers down my spine! Faces from the past! Was a Radio Operator with Reg back then at Combined, when I was called Rick. 45 yrs passes in a moment, enjoy what you have while you still have it... it'll be gone all too soon!
My family worked and lived in paddington...it fasinates me ,to see how my nana and mum lived back than ...
What a great video. I remember coming home from shopping with mum when cabs were HQ Kingswoods and XA Falcons.
Loved seeing the metal cars of the 70s !
I have the same memories 💕
Oh yes I remember the HQ's and XA falcon taxis oh so well 🇦🇺🤠👍🍻 Cheers mate
Some of my most enjoyable car rides have been in a taxi listening to the driver tell me about the people he has picked up in his lifetime,you couldn’t buy them stories!
My dad drove a taxi, from Granville depot since i could remember. He was driving in 1980 when this was made that's for sure. When i was 17 i took his cab and got a fare in Merrylands and was tipd lol i didn't even have the meter running.
I was nearly born in a taxi on the way to King George V in 1969. For a moment I thought the driver's story was about me until he mentioned that the baby's father was telling his wife to, "bear down." This driver was driving taxis when I was born, however my father was at work in Erskineville when I was born. Thank you for posting this documentary.
st. george kogarah for me back in '85. yep great to watch this.
King grordes hospital camperdown... yep thats me too.
Wow very cool to watch I was born in 1973 it’s 2023 abs it’s changed so much it’s crazy always lived in Sydney Australia my whole life
When a cabbie was a cabbie. That was gold. 👍
true.most of these guys would be in shock at what rideshare has done to their businesses.we are not talking legitimate taxi alternatives such as smart car(that exist in adelaide since 1996 and are therefore locals)but all these uber(american(didi(chinese)and ola(spanish)run businesses out to hurt the traditionalists.i'll never use any foreign owned business as I have had a mate whose done all of that but has since switched to driving buses.
@@franzchong5889 OLA is Indian
Peak hour then is like a Sunday drive now!
Love that old Rocker cabbie, started driving Ford Mercurys in Sydney when he started -- that was before my time. I can only remember Falcons and Holdens at the earliest.
Notice that none of them are wearing seatbelts...LOL
Oh my god, it’s like hearing my old relatives tel stories
No Pakistani or Indian drivers that is so good and all Australian made cars. Boy how things changed.
true.the only way to avoid those is book citicar or smartcar or take a bus if not driving self.
My dad was a taxi driver in Sydney during the 80s
It was another much more colourful world back then, both within the industry and without.
I took up taxi driving as some work to get me off Centrelink. At least 1 in 3 passengers are intrigued that I'm one of the only white Australian taxi drivers they've seen.
I've seen one in ten years !
Depressing. Diversity is killing western nations. It’s ok for Koreans or Kenyans to protect their own culture and people but western people are labelled racist for wanting the same. Evil.
2022 update: still driving and still getting the comments
@@AlonsoRules I have a hungarian mate who used to work in this profession but drives buses these days.one of the few people whose a born here Australian even if the parents are europeans or maybe he was a migrant to break the mould of the types of driver we get.
I drove 2006 -2014 and only got one comment and am white. This was Sydney mind you.
Those where the day's when an Aussie cab driver drove an Aussie built cab,....fast forward to 2022 and its a foreigner driving an imported car turned in to a cab.
Back when it cost 20c to get over the Harbour Bridge......
Excellent old film of Sydney cabbie life in 1980
if you have to swing across a medium strip you wanna be driving a tough old falcon trust me.
was a 1974 fairlane that is probably a good reason as to why I am here still today.
Doubt it, old cars arent built to crumple. The occupant is free to bounce around the cabin but
@@MrWackozacko the evidence is sitting here typing to you... quite fine...
One instance doesnt equal evidence deano
@@MrWackozacko oh really smarty pants... it looks like good enough proof to me. you drive your FIAT while I will happily love my old fords. how does that sound?
not a Bangladeshi behind the wheel.....strange times
Include Indians, Somalians and Chinese
Struth! Not an Indian or Bangladeshi behind the wheel.....Nowadays it's hard to spot the Aussie.
@@fernortiz6090 and no uber or ola or didi crap
Point taken - (They won’t support each other.)
Before all Cabbies were Indians
Yes, when they were English, Scottish, Welsh or Irish, you mean?
Not much traffic back then. I loved Sydney back then free spirited place.
sydney was much better then today are only yuppies and immigrants
G'day samsung4109, glad you enjoyed the old Cabbie footage, good stuff, cheers Gezza
Sharp falcon with mags
Much prefer the XC or XA. Never liked the XB.
You cannot find an Aussie cabbie in Sydney anymore 😥😔
Andrew Young cringe.
What do you mean? Sydney is full of Aussie cab drivers. What on earth are you on about?
Is it Peter Luck doing the voice over here?.
So good bugger all traffic on the road 👍
"I'll give you a look at it for the other £-/6/6"!! for a trip to Kings Cross... sounds about right
That’s really depressing, we live in a totally different country now, life was great back then.
"hope she named the kid after me"
bahahahaha
1:58 and I don't want to take it. His own words would come back and haunt the taxi industry, when Uber and others take over nowadays.
Have you got the second part?
No Japanese or Korean cars as taxi's in those days, strictly Holden/Ford/Valiant!
The Camry the cabbies use are from Australia, except the XV70 version which is from Japan.
They also use Toyota Priuses
For wagons they use Toyota Prius Vs
Toyota is a popular choice by the cab industry, but some cabbies are opting for other models e.g. Kia Cerato, Hyundai Elantra etc.
Hobart had a few Peugeot 504 diesel taxis from 1979 till the mid 1980s
@@theytwatcher950 they had Nissan Pulsar Sedans for a while and also run Corollas at the moment.
@@franzchong5889 Corollas yes, Adelaide runs Nissan Pulsars. But unlike previously, theres a lot more models, like VW, Skoda, Honda etc.
@@theytwatcher950 The Corolla is way too small to be used as a Taxi unless It's just yourself and maybe one companion.as is the Camry.40 years ago we had Falcons with six seats.Today unless you order a Maxi Taxi you for the same job need an Uber XL.
bring back the taxi brothel
Ok but that chick is in her 60s now.
@@KingFahtah and the problem is? 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Anyone know what music is underneath?
When the cabbies Street Directory is their Bible. They knew the book from their hearts.
Unfortunately now many of them have barely been in the country a few months. Quite common also to have a cab that absolutely stinks.
this was years before uber and go catch had even been invented if we had cabbies like the ones in this movie such services would not even be needed.
The cabs stank back then too. Cigarettes, BO, hot vinyl and Hair cream to name a few stenches
That’s a XC Falcon taxi
where did all the aussies go???? 1980 to 2015 is not that long
long gone.you will very rarely find one in this industry these days or a Greek or an Italian.I would rather use two buses to get to the airport in my home town or if out of it a shuttle bus or a train.
penelope creighton- we all live in West Sydney mate
When I was driving cabs in Sydney in 1989, I picked up a group of League footballers and as soon as they saw me they said, "Hey! Spot the Aussie!" (because even in 1989 most cabbies were Asian by then - mainly nice Indian dudes). But those League footballers were a bit rough: "Ya wanna tip driver? Well here's a tip in the f_ckn gutter, har! har! har!" They said that a few times, they were pretty tanked. But they did give me a tip - a huge joint. (No, I waited till it was my day off.)
I totally agree, Sydney is not Sydney, :-)
by the mid 90's this would have been changing obviously to what we see now.
I know as a kid in the 90's you would still see the odd white guy driving but yeah...
I was driving taxis in Sydney in the 80s. Those radio room operators in Paddington were bunch of assholes.
mubd1234, will upload the other parts now cheers Gezza
40 cents a toll unbelievable
when was this on channel 72?
Very interesting, thanks for posting. Cab drivers were very different back then - all "white bread" English speakers and none of them wearing seatbelts!
I was there at the time, people complained bitterly about the cab drivers not speaking English and being new to the country.
back when they spoke English !! 🇦🇬🇩🇲🇱🇺🇵🇬🇺🇬
Your mum speaks English
The film is squashed vertically.
Back when Australia was full of Australians . what a great era.
It’s actually sad 😞 that it’s never going to be the same….they turned Sydney into a hornet nest
@@jerusalem5646 a megalopolis rat race
Still full of Australians last time I looked only millions more.
Full of foreign faces black hair brown eyes. Some diversity that is.
I used to be a cab
Were you a holden or a falcon?
@@thomasr53
Hyundai
@@sexobscura 😂😂
Anyone brave enough to respond in pc 2021 I dare you
Anyone who speaks out about immigration , gay rights , etc , is branded as right wing extreme ! I can assure anyone that people of Indian , Pakistani , and other races hate white Austrailians in a lot of cases! In particular if an Aussie is working poor and person of colour is tertiary educated like a doctor they look down on them !
tragic actually
GMH made a bad decision getting rid of the Kingswood as they lost the entire taxi cab market.
it's going to get worse now.this new age commodore coming soon is about the same size as the old kingswood but is front drive.good luck getting more than five people into one of those and it's a hatchback.
your not taking the kingswood lol ted bullpit
Now it's the commodore.can you imagine something that's known as an INSIGNIA in Europe as a Taxi.it's barely much bigger than say a Mazda 6 for instance and you don't see a lot of these or Subaru Liberty's as cabbies does one now.
hahaha yeah its funny isn't it... after all considering people are only getting much larger but the cars are literally toys now and as we are saying smaller too.
@@sanctuaryism I have seen Corollas even used as Taxi these days.would not be surprised if it's a mix of those or we go the Jetta/Golf or even Mazda or Honda small cars(almost the size of where an Accord was 30 years ago and barely much smaller than a Falcon of about the same era become the future cabs).
Why they sitting so close to the steering wheel.
Don’t know, I drove cabs for 2 years in the late 90s, on my first shift I drove an old Ford that had a hidden (to me) seat adjustment lever. The seat was set up high and forward, so I just put up with it with my head slightly tilted pushed up against the roof and my gut close to the steering wheel. I’m 6.2” & 120 kgs, so not too comfy!
I got it sorted by my 2nd shift. lol
Why is the picture all squished and out of proportion?
Filmed for 4:3 aspect ratio TV.
@James French duh, so why isn't it uploaded in 4:3?
There has always been an intensive demand for taxis, be it metropolitan or rural. People shall always shell out heavily for the convenience. They might be sozzled, or got a load of shopping, or they wanna cut out the public transport crap, or they just wanna get somewhere on time, or they wanna freight something heavy in the boot, or they are geriatric or somehow infirm, and so it goes on. The taxis have traditionally been speed demons, so that they are not attempting rip off and over-servicing by going slow. They are zip-zip merchants, get a fare done in order to get onto the next fare.
Time Traveller: *In 40 years, taxis will pretty much be minimal and people will order private cars from miniature phones/computers in their pocket*
Cabbie : *Ah fuck off ya lunatic*
but jokes on most of us except for anyone born in the last 20 years we will be dead by then.
@@franzchong5889 Yes we will all be dead by 2020. Quite right.
Ah the cabbies . Remember Varise Wolfe and Julia . Hey mate they were 2 blonde cheeky goodlooking teenage chicks many laughs catching a taxi
Yellow Cabs Greater Melbourne
Bloody cheap to get across the hb compared to now
pre- tunnel.
Aspect Ratio fail
@@denisovanhybrid9610 yes thanks captain obvious
But the aspect ratio has been further butchered
@@denisovanhybrid9610 thanks for missing the point
@@denisovanhybrid9610 if being dumb as dog shit was a sport you'd be on the Olympic team
our country is messed up now
Czar Bianchi it’s actually someone else country, you forgetting big time
bilawal bill wrong.
very. you can't relate to this now in any form except sit back and laugh at it... enjoy it.
Especially now, 4 years after your comment. Cant get a job because I'm not jabbed. Not the Australia I grew up in.
Black Cabs Victoria
Its nice to see true blue aussies driving cabs in this video! ONYA BOYS!!! You gotta miss the good ol days!
Back when English was spoken by cabbies
lol at the fake taxi story
sad
Thank God for Uber now. Last time I got in a Sydney cab the Indian driver was clueless on directions even with a GPS.
if only such a service did exist way back in 1980.The last time I used a Taxi for say an airport transfer was in 1998 $31 from my old house in Salisbury to the Adelaide Airport.Coming home was in a HUGHES LIMOUSINE for $39 they were subcontracted to Ansett Australia as a Chauffeur drive in those days.I on the way home might have got an older car(1989 Fairlane)but in the absence of parents unable to pick me up it was reassuring after a week in Singapore using local taxis there and being a passenger in a relatives honda accord to have someone take me home safely and in comfort.
Max Turbo big problem now is a lot of cab drivers are also uber drivers
Where did all the white people go? I feel like I’m the only one left
If a taxi driver saved your life by skilful driving, would you care what country he came from?
Since when has a cabbie ever driven skilfully 🤣
@@fatsnorkel VERY RARELY.this week or rather next Tuesday I have ordered an Uber Premium to work as one upmanship to prove a thing or two to the clowns who are still using Taxis.the other way has me using a mix of Uber to the local bus stop and a bus back to town.
No STINKY foreigners driving!
the last cab I was in had an Australian at the wheel they didn't get lost or try take me a long way round.
Giving away your racist attitude much?
@@jamesfrench7299 It's the truth. Now stop sooking it up and go sit down to piss.
@@jamesfrench7299 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I know what secret services don't honest Truth
You ring now, 1st September, 2023, and the algorithm answers with a femake voice....then a taxi van arrives, the kind that takes passengers to the airport, its dark ....the van looks oldish....yes, its 2023, and Uber its not better, go the dystopia ......,🤣