‘Supernanny’ taxi on the way

by Bud Wilkinson | Wheels Republican-American

John Harris, owner of the White Horse Country Pub & Restaurant in New Preston, Conn., has a 2003 LTI TXII as a company car. The London taxi model was used for years by Jo Frost on the TV series "Supernanny" before landing in northwestern Connecticut in 2011.

Her name is Audrey. Her current owner applied that name after rescuing her from a vagabond life. “It’s got character,” said John Harris of the 2003 LTI, a TXII model that’s always on display at his White Horse Country Pub & Restaurant in New Preston. “It needed a name and Audrey is just a nice old English lady’s name.”

If Audrey could talk, she’d likely have some tales to tell from spending six years transporting “Supernanny” Jo Frost around the country on her TV series that began in 2005. Harris acquired the taxi after the show folded and has swapped the car’s “SPRNANNY” rear license plate for a Connecticut marker that reads “WH ONE.” READ MORE