Help wanted to settle an argument please .Can anyone tell me how long the street is from end to end , and how far it is from the Unicorn to the Globe ( by car from car-park to car-park ) .
The argument started over a £4:50 taxi fee . Apparently the minimum charge by the taxi firm is £2:70 for upto and including the first mile of any journey . The driver said that his trip read 3.8 miles . I can't see how this is possible on a street that is alledgedly exactly one mile long , and we only travelled around half the length of it .
Taxi firm's local team colours feature on JJB's testimonial shirt if anyone is interested in avoiding similar charges

He didnt have a red skoda did he

The council set the fares a few years back at:
£2.50 for the 1st mile
and £1 for every mile thereafter.
Should've refused to pay, sat in the cab and rang the office, they'll tell you how much it should've been and would've sorted the driver.

Anyone who gets a taxi to travel half a mile deserves to be screwed

Good point

Mug!!!!

You're right.

I don't need a warning to avoid them. Thanks all the same.

Oh, and the unquestionable resource that is Google Maps confirms the length of Bramley Town Street at 0.9m

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good god


lazy sods, no wonder they got owned

Who's the taxi firm? Stanningley cars?

Mini cab??

Good Price!

For you my friend.... Muuuuuch cheapness.

I got an all round 4 mile walk tomorrow!

Thanks for the answer BramleyRhino .


And for those who think it is an act of laziness to get a taxi for a half-mile journey.. Would YOU like to walk it with a busted ankle ?


Thought not .

Hop it

Depends on the severity of the ankle

Are we talking bruising or breakage

Walk it off.

Your as bad as my PE teacher who told me to walk off a dislocated knee!

I had a PE teacher who helped one of our class walk off a dead leg, it was only when the screams got too loud that he agreed to call an ambulance - the lad had broken his leg.

Of course this was in the 1970's, he considered himself priviledged to have a broken leg, any talk of suing the teacher would have been greeted with roars of laughter from the courts.

i thought i just say i am a taxi driver in wigan.is this street in town and the taxi had to come a small distance to get 2 u because they will have a minium fare inside that particular distance.

Pah, soft lad...

Once had a taxi driver call me and my mate a pair of lazy barstewards for getting a taxi from the Gamecock to the Fernlea(rip) .He aslo asked how many beers my mate had had cos he fell out of the taxi and could barely walk to the Fernlea steps while I was paying the fare . He fell over twice between the car and the pub .

I had to explain that we had only had a couple of beers in the Gamey , and my mate is spastic . He walks worse than that without a drink or two .

BTW mate is a top lad and has been known to work occasionally for the Rhinos . He does the junior Rhinos discos and suchlike .
Anyone in need of a top class party DJ for weddings etc I can give you his number .

Joe Maxi's are bad man, I do use them often though cos they get me from A to B nice and quickly and are quite good.

To be honest i wouldnt walk through Bramley with ok ankles. Lol. I have a uniform and still hate walking through Bramley