Sherbet Dab: An Oral History of the London Taxi

Watch the Film

You can watch the oral history documentary film about the cabbies right here now.

A few people have been asking us about the music in the film.

The main music at the beginning and throughout was composed specially for the project by the brilliant musician Vincent Burke. He has provided the music for several of our films. Please visit his website to hear more of his fantastic music..
www.vincentburke.co.uk

The music you hear at the end of the film we discovered while doing some research for the project. It is entitled "Take me in a Taxi Joe" and is sung by Jack Charman and recorded in 1914. It's bawdy old tune which the children really loved. One of the highlights of the project was the children singing it along with a dance they made up.

Taxis

Sherbet Dab from digital:works on Vimeo.

You can also watch the film on youtube here.

Some photos from the launch - more on the homepage

Singing Take me in a Taxi Joe at the London Transport Museum

Watching the oral history film on the London cabbie at the London Transport Museum

Cabbie and children at the London transport Museum doing a post show Q&A

We thought you might also be interested in watching a film we made in 2016 exploring the history of people working on London's buses.

Fares Please! from digital:works on Vimeo.

To see all of digital-work's films exploring the history of work in London including tailors on Saville Row, jewellers in Hatton Garden, Underground workers, the Thames Lightermen, printing on Fleet Street, and more, please visit our website..