Cabs Companies & Characters

<p>Bob McCulloch passed his topographical test in January 1979.</p><p>He started driving in City Cabs when he purchased a cab and plate with the radio call sign V36.</p><p>He became involved with the Edinburgh Taxi Trade Children's outing including a four year stint as treasurer.</p><p>For many years he contributed articles to Taxi Talk magazine.</p><p>Author of two books My Fare City and A Good Night Out he is also the compiler and publisher of Thompsons Street Directory known as the 'Taxi Drivers Bible.'</p><p>He qualified as a City tour guide in 1984 receiving many five star reviews.</p><p>He organized classes for potential tour guides under the auspices of the Worshipful Company of Hackney Carriage Drivers of which he became a member in 2005 gaining the Freedom of the City of London in 2006 the first Scottish taxi driver to do so. He became a Burgess of the City of Edinburgh in 2019 and joined the Incorporation of Baxters.</p><p>After retiring as a cabbie he continued as a tutor at the Kerlin Taxi School a position he has held for over twenty years and where he passes on his knowledge to potential taxi drivers.</p>