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Family Managed, London/Chicago Based Transport Company Offering LHR/LGW/LCY Airport Transfers/Tours With London's Fully Licensed, Iconic Black Taxi's.

06/10/2024

That’s how you do it on game day. 🏈🇬🇧🇺🇸

11/09/2024

Never forget.🇺🇸🇬🇧❤️

04/07/2024

Happy 4th everybody, have a great day 😊🇺🇸🇬🇧

24/06/2023

Great to see Miss in town for 🎾 and using London’s finest Black Cabs. Thank you Genie.

22/06/2023

A stunning picture taken in Richmond Park a few days ago, as we welcome in the summer solstice.

Photo Cred : James Kleffin

15/06/2023

Well, it’s not us actually, but a very important day nevertheless. Happy Birthday Old Glory ! 🇺🇸

The name “Old Glory” was first applied to the U.S. flag by a young sea captain who lived in Salem, Mass. On his twenty-first birthday, March 17, 1824,

Capt. William Driver was presented a beautiful flag by his mother and a group of local young ladies. Driver was delighted with the gift. He exclaimed, “I name her ‘Old Glory.’” Then Old Glory accompanied the captain on his many voyages.

Captain Driver quit the sea in 1837 and settled in Nashville, Tenn. On patriotic days, he displayed Old Glory proudly from a rope extending from his house to a tree across the street. After Tennessee seceded from the Union in 1861, Captain Driver hid Old Glory by sewing the flag inside a comforter.

When Union soldiers entered Nashville on February 25, 1862, Driver removed Old Glory from its hiding place, carried the flag to the state capitol building, and proudly raised it for all to see.

Shortly before his death, the old sea captain placed a small bundle into the arms of his daughter. He said to her, “Mary Jane, this is my ship flag, Old Glory. It has been my constant companion. I love it as a mother loves her child. Cherish it as I have cherished it.”

The flag remained as a precious heirloom in the Driver family until 1922. Then it was sent to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., where it is carefully preserved under glass today.

24/05/2023

A truly beautiful Spring morning incoming ! 😍

29/07/2021

Howdy, we survived, so see you soon ! 😍🇬🇧🇺🇸

04/07/2020

Happy 4th everyone, no matter where you are. We hope you all have a great day ! 🇺🇸🇬🇧

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