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An endless taxi queue; Mail bag.


LASTWednesday evening I paid a visit to Huddersfield.

After alighting from the bus at Sainsbury's on Market Street I was amazed to see eight taxis parked up - engines ticking over - from the top of Cloth Hall Cloth Hall may refer to:
  • Cloth Hall in Ypres, Belgium
  • Sukiennice (Cloth Hall), in Kraków, Poland
 Street down towards St George's Square. Across the street on the side road a further five taxis were parked up in readiness.

Having reached the square I made my way to the Head of Steam pub where a further eight to 10 taxis were parked up astride a·stride  
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 an oil slick - no doubt created by the taxi drivers sitting for hours on end with the vehicle engines ticking over.

Could anyone from Kirklees Council explain why Huddersfield needs more taxis than pigeons in the town centre? I'm sure that they cause far more mess and are a bigger health problem than the pigeons.

B.SPENCER Crosland Moor Crosland Moor is a district of the town of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England.

It begins 1.5 km (1 mile) to the South West of Huddersfield town centre. The electoral ward of Crosland Moor and Netherton, in the Colne Valley constituency.
 
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Title Annotation:Letters
Publication:Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
Date:Nov 17, 2009
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