Broughton Cabs

 

The paragraph below is quoting a newspaper article from the Mercury in 1929.Mr W Broughton’s grandchildren went to Albuera Street School.

 

HOBARTS CABS

Their Last "Stand"

Fifty Years on the Box

 

Mr. W. Broughton's

Reminiscences

Horse drawn cabs in America to say are unknown In London too they have been totally displaced by the ubiquitous taxicab motor driven. There are however, still a few of these old conveyances in use in Hobart as in other Australian capital cities and some of the reminiscences of the doyen ' of Hobart's cabmen Mr. W Broughton, make interesting reading. When Mr. Broughton, who has been connected with the cabs and horse for over 50 years all of which time has been spent In Hobart, began to earn his living at the tender age of eleven, trams were unknown here and horse drawn vehicles were the sole means of conveyance in and about the city while coaches were running on the Main Road between Hobart and Launceston. To his friends and acquaintances who are legion he is known as "Dodger”.