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Another of the surviving London cabmen's shelters which were very similar in pattern to the Butt Bridge shelter in Ulysses. This shelter is located nearly opposite the Albert Hall and backs onto Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park. The upper panels between the windows are decorated with a pattern of holes that includes the monogram "CSF" (Cabmen's Shelter Fund). The railing that runs around the shelter was intended for tethering horses but its practical value must have been limited. Cabs were required to line up one behind the other which meant that most of the horses were out of reach of the railing.
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Kensington Gore Cabmen's Shelter, London SW7. Photograph by Alan Fisher.
Photo provided by Alan Fisher, editor, Call Sign Magazine.