CREATIVE CABBIES MORECAMBE CABBIE TURNS FACEBOOK BLOGS INTO E-BOOK
A taxi driver has writ- ten an e-book about some of his funnier tales and experiences picking up fares. Dave Price,
from
Heysham, who has driven a taxi in the Morecambe and Lan- caster area for six years, is now a fully fledged author as his book How To Annoy A Taxi Driver is for sale on the Amazon website. He told the More- cambe Visitor: “It all started two years ago as Facebook statuses. As something hap- pened, I would write a status about it. “I would get feedback and people thought it was funny. I wrote a blog for Facebook based on what
I
thought about people getting into the taxi.”
On my mobile I have a blog entry and I expanded upon that, and that’s how it all came together. “I’d be writing notes and working at the same time and I thought
going to get this book finished’. “At a certain point I had to draw a line under it.” He submitted his book for publishing and the rest is history. Dave’s Kindle e-book
Dave Price and inset his e-book “How to Annoy a Taxi Driver”
At Christmas, 2011, Dave received a news- feed telling him about Amazon allowing peo-
ple to self-publish books. Dave said: “I thought, I’ll see what happens.
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has already sold 40 copies
and he ‘I’m never
receives a third from sales. So far he has made £20. He said: “My aim is to entertain and I feel proud of myself for doing it. “Most of the passen- gers I’ve picked up are from round here, and there’s probably an
element of ‘Oh my word, that sounds like the sort of thing I get up to when I’ve had a drink!’ about it. “I guess it qualifies as local interest.” Dave’s next novel will be science fiction but he said: “I’m still writ- ing the blog and that could become another book.”
To purchase the book, visit the Amazon website at
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/ B007CTQUIS. Dave also has a Facebook fan page at
www.facebook.com/how-2annoy.
MANCHESTER CABBIE WHO IS ALWAYS SOUNDING HIS HORN...
Taxi driver Keith Cole- man loves taking his passengers to Baker Street. It’s just one of the hits the 57-year- old serenades cus- tomers with on his saxophone. Keith, known as The ‘Saxman’, pulls the horn from his car boot and plays his favourite songs - including the Gerry Rafferty classic - in between picking up punters. The driver is also happy
to take
requests, such as Happy Birthday. He regularly plays near Manchester Pic- cadilly Train Station and the Hilton Hotel, and can often be spot- ted sitting in his cab, playing along to a backing track. His repertoire includes jazz and blues num- bers, as well as Elvis Presley’s Don’t Be Cruel and the classic Blue Moon. The dad-of-three has been playing for ten years. Keith,
Heath, told the Man- chester
from Newton Evening
News: “When I have a quiet period or I’m waiting for a passen- ger, I like to pull up
Keith Coleman playing his saxophone in between picking up fares
Picture courtesy of Manchester Evening News
somewhere and go through some riffs and stuff. “I like to sit inside the car, open the window, put the seat back, put a backing track on and start playing. I’ve had a lot of people throw money inside before, which is embarrass- ing, and I give it all to charity. “Other times, I will get out of the car and play under the arches; the acoustics are good and amplify the sound. “I get a into my own lit- tle world and it takes the stress out of the job. I love to play the
horn - it is an escape for me. “People seem to love it - they dance around me and take pictures. Policemen give me the thumbs-up and even parking wardens seem to turn a blind eye if by accident I park on a double yellow line.” Keith, who works for Cresta Cars, has been driver for 12 years. He has saxophone lessons and dreams of making it professionally. He added: “I still have music lessons from a tutor as it takes a long time to master this instrument.”
PHTM JULY 2012
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