Senior moment, sorry.
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My home was in Chelsea 
The taxi driver would often wait to make sure I was safely in the door. It was wonderful being young back then.
I also wore ‘taxi shoes’ back then, which were not for the bus 
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I used to get in the taxi first and then tell him I lived in Battersea.
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You get a shiver in the dark
It’s raining in the park, but meantime
South of the river, you stop
And you hold everything
Dire Straits, Sultans of Swing 1978
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Yeah but you were wanting to go to Sarf London. A perfrctly reasonable reaction from a taxi driver asked to go there. Especially before Clapham got all poshed up.
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They look so young!
I always thought, perhaps wrongly, that the fast blacks were legally obliged to accept the destination requested once you were in the cab? Possibly, I’m mixing up this law for one in a different country. Like Singapore!
I believed so, but then I’m talking early 80s. I suspect these days the cab remains locked until you’ve told them where you want to go.
Well they were young! 
It was 47 years ago!
I saw them live at Guildford Civic Hall (as was) soon after that single came out, when they were still playing smaller venues.
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Contactless payments might have changed things, but mid to late 90s, drivers wanted to know you weren’t wasting their time.
Doubly so if we were going back to hers in Stockwell after midnight and not a swanky bar in Clapham.
Handing over an Apple Core up front made things much more pleasant for all concerned.
Once I’d moved to E18, cabbies were delighted to have me as a last fare as an inordinate number of them seemed to live out East and basically being paid to drive home was a right result.
Didn’t realise you knew Princess Margaret - Stockwell Crescent one of her favourite venues.
Alas, I’ve not met Phillip’s best son.
Hmmm… after my time I think 
Surely not!
Once I got to university, I lost contact with…er…popular music 
I once got in a black cab in Piccadilly and asked to go to Putney/Wandsworth. The cabbie came out with the immortal line:- “Blimey Guv, I don’t even go that far on me holidays..” but still graciously agreed to take me there …
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Must have been my friend, Billy driving the cab
Maybe re-read the article - it says enough for 72 hours, between €70 and €100 per person.
Personally, that amount would last me more than a month in a crisis.
Isn’t that what I said? So not sure who you are addressing this to?
Me too, I rarely spend that much in a fortnight on food unless family are coming round to eat. I take no notice of what I am supposed to have or do by any government any more, usually just placating us minions. What happened to the booklets every home was supposed to receive regarding what to do in case of war, terrorism or other nasties? If you are intelligent, you know keeping a bit of cash handy is normal and no shop is going to turn away cash customers.