You're So Hansom

The Sherlock Holmes canon is a wonderful snapshot of the times. In particular, we get a good sense of the kinds of transportation that conveyed citizens around London and its environs.

The hansom cab is probably the most well-known, but there are a number of other types of horse-drawn vehicles that we find in the stories. What are they? Well, it's just a Trifle.

 

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Links / Notes

• This episode: ihose.co/trifles101

• Hansom cab

• Four-wheeler / Clarence

• Transport and Carriages in the Victorian Era

 

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• The Baker Street Irregulars Press

 

Music credits

Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra

Publisher Info.: Washington, DC: United States Marine Band

Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0