On 21/02/2021 04:50 pm, tim... wrote:


"JohnP" wrote in message
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Don't know why it came into my head - but I recall at one time London
Taxis
had an open luggage space on the nearside front.

presumably the logic behind it is that many people would be travelling
with a trunk

which wouldn't otherwise fit anywhere else in the cab

With the boot being hinged at the bottom (and strongly reinforced and
fitted with very robust cable stays), it was possible to carry luggage
in the boot (with the lid open).