1974: Take a Trip in a West Belfast BLACK TAXI | Nationwide | Retro Transport | BBC Archive

[@jules5394]

They provided a great service even out to the suburbs...I used them going to Uni and too work 😀

[@paulgilliland2992]

My brother and I were one of the first black taxis on the road . My last registration was Jgd707l. We filled our tanks from our central heating oil tank . No chance of ever getting stopped by revenue.

[@rockall66]

I remember watching this first time around, aged seven.

[@Yourballix]

I always loved visiting Ireland esp Belfast

[@phillipcarter8045]

This is good idea , just ask three or four people , if you’re going to the same destination and share the cost .

[@bvedant]

Similar concept still exists in India-- the share auto.

[@stevedickson5853]

Love the early FX4s with the bunny ears indicators on side of the roofs 👍

[@job7973]

Crazy times,lol

[@markbrown4039]

£40 per week in 1974 is now around £370.

[@zebedep]

Nice to see plenty of the early Austin FX4's that had the small rear lights.

[@meliacogan1586]

This was a fun one:) 💫🤩

[@robertdoyle687]

I get a taxi from the ferry port into the city centre and its still the same 😂

[@jimcazador6057]

I remember travelling in some of these Taxis, the earlier ones were literally falling apart, some broke down halfway through the journey. The Taxis were a way of giving a lot of ex Prisoners an income and also paramilitaries drove them as they were often unemployed and the Busses were deliberately burned so the Taxis took the trade, the same with city centre pubs being bombed so the shebeens (Illegal pubs) were set up in working class areas to fund the troubles and work for people in the communities.

[@ironman8257]

You are a the man with a clear head not lost to nostalgia

[@OlafProt]

Im honestly quite surprised this posh Englishman was thrown at the cabs back then, especially along the Falls, but it shows that actually 99.9% of the people here were dead on. And not as the media portrayed them. The service is still going now. And quite a few are the old FX4s. They drop off at Castle Street, back of Castle Court. They were essential for both communities, but especially the catholic areas. They have of course changed with the times, and a big tourist attraction now is black cab tours of the loyalist and republican areas.

[@rgarlinyc]

I've yet to meet an Irish person whom I haven't immediately liked and appreciated, and I wouldn't be surprised if I never ever will!

[@rgarlinyc]

@@Scottish666 Did I refer to the specific people in the video? 🙄

[@Fordprefect1000]

@@Scottish666 They can be either or both

[@rgarlinyc]

@@Scottish666 i was not referring to the people in the video, Einstein...🙄

[@JohnMcMahon.]

@@Scottish666 You’re ignorant. They are 100% Nationalist, Irish. I’m one of them.

[@stephensmith4480]

@@Scottish666 Somehow I think the residents of The Falls would disagree with you.

[@jasonayres]

Something reminiscent of the Philippino Jeepney, except less colourful. Well, one colour. Black. But some very colourful characters on their journeys, I suppose.

[@BrassLock]

In many cities in Thailand, this concept has been in use for decades. The usual chassis type in today's Cab is the Iszuzu Truck body (called a Utility in Australia), with two bench seats facing each other in the covered rear tray body. Passengers hail the "Red Cab" (Songthew in Thai) or Blue or Yellow or White depending on the geographic journey known by each community and pay the driver a small fee of about 20 to 30 Baht for a trip down a major highway from the city center to any location along that highway to the periphery, and sometimes a popular location off the highway. School children get a similar but localized round journey specifically attuned to their Primary or Secondary school running at correct times for lessons. The common European type bus service so easily utilized in those countries exists in Bangkok and to a minor degree in Chiang Mai, but haven't been as popular. In the past decade, Taxi Cabs in large Thai cities (like those used in Europe and America) are now competing with "Grab-Cars" that are secured over the phenomenon of on-line services via passengers smart-phones, and may eventually take over the whole known universe 😅😅

[@jasonayres]

@BrassLock That's the most fascinating thing, brief and to the point that I've read in a good while. Thanks for sharing!

[@ach6239]

I would like to find one 🚕

[@Kyteasahigh]

I’m ex service I served in Northern Ireland I can’t sleep right now I’m drunk seeing masked Irishmen at the bottom of my bed in balaclavas with that strong Belfast accent telling me “night night tell Jesus I said what’s the craic” while the other one slowly walks up towards me grinning his teeth together in unexplainable anger then bang it’s all over. And this happens over & over & over. Every. Single. Night. God bless you. Time 22:42

[@premierfuncasino]

Two crashed on Falls Rd. 260 people taken to hospital

[@madanto2394]

Remember the lay-by top of grosvenor road they used to be lined up all day long as of today no activity at all. Blame 'on paper' rapid transport system.

[@RolandoRatas]

Coming back to the UK soon due to public transport being too dodgy.

[@orderofmagnitude-TPATP]

Unfortunately price isn't do able these days...

[@martinhumble]

Are there any car left today?

[@monkofmayhem1373]

Loads, its still going strong.

[@Yourballix]

No theres not

[@pallasathena1555]

1:01 is Belfast in Britain?

[@RolandoRatas]

@@pallasathena1555 nope, it is in the UK though.

[@pallasathena1555]

I think that misconceptions such as this are evidence as to why people had to get a taxi over buses in 1974 Belfast

[@Billie-p2t]

Shankill Butchers!

[@sleepyheadsleeps]

😗

[@user-ve3gh5xg9q]

Free irish Belfast

[@beausexon7546]

I’m not happy with this video, it needs reporting. It is sexist (he talks about taxis being for gentlemen), then it is dangerous by showing so many people crammed in. It’s reckless of the bbc showing this.

[@gazza1858]

Get a grip

[@NoahLena.]

And? It’s from 1974, everyone can reasonably assume things weren’t as progressive back then. It’s better to acknowledge the sexist past than pretend it didn’t happen.

[@andydixon2980]

Oh dear me. How upsetting for you. Yes report this 50 year old video immeadiately, its a disgrace and it's ruined your morning.

[@orderofmagnitude-TPATP]

Cry harder I've seen this thin skinned profile before

[@rgarlinyc]

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