Cab proprietor

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Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 328 Send Message	Mandy	Report	15 Aug 2006 14:02
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 328 Send Message	Was a cab proprietor someone who ran a coach and horse or something? A bit like an old fashioned taxi service? It sounds like it could be that to me!
Member Since: August 2004 Posts: 1,541 Send Message	NicolaDunbyNocula	Report	15 Aug 2006 14:21
	I think it means that he owned the cab, whether it is a horse drawn one or a motorised one. I might be wrong Nicola
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 1,461 Send Message	Judith	Report	15 Aug 2006 14:22
	Yes, Hansom cabs were the horse drawn forerunners of todays taxis.
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 328 Send Message	Mandy	Report	15 Aug 2006 14:28
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 328 Send Message	Thank you for your help. I just needed it clarifying. Cheers
Member Since: November 2004 Posts: 1,670 Send Message	♥Athena	Report	15 Aug 2006 15:17
	Just adding on to this...if he was a cab proprietor he may have owned either just the one cab or a whole fleet of them, employing horsemen, coachmen etc. My grt grandfather started out working as a horsekeeper/coachman for one of his elder brothers who was an omnibus proprietor and he then became a cab proprietor later on with his own fleet of cars once things turned motorised.