Final London cabmen's shelter given heritage status

The last of London's remaining cabmen's shelters -- distinctive green huts that once provided much-needed rest stops for licenced horse-drawn cab drivers -- has been given protected heritage status, it was announced Tuesday.Once numbering in the thousands, the last of London's hansom cab drivers stopped operating in 1947.

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