LMS Route: Stratford Midland Junction - The Shakespeare
Route
Stratford on Avon Station: smjsa282
A 1923 photograph of J Stubbs, 'Tacker' Harris, Harry
Barrett, in the dickey seat at the rear, and Mrs Jordan. The horse-drawn
carriage provided a taxi service for passengers wishing to travel to their
hotels or guest houses. 'Tacker' Harris who is holding the reigns got his name
from when he was a boy working in the goods yard for the E&WJR. His job was
to take down the numbers of the wagons in the yard so from the description
'number taker' came his nickname 'Taker'. J Stubbs in the other seat was a
booking clerk whilst Mrs Jordan, the mother of Arthur Jordan, was Manageress of
the refreshment rooms.
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