History Copper

Sheep being herded from Hyde Park to Green Park under the watchful eye of a #police constable. Sheep were used to keep the grass trim in summer until 1935.

"Nowadays there are police women as well as policemen. Every force has at least one or two." ~ Ladybird 1962

Found this side profile shot of a constable in the 1960s - the caption reads 'PC in a tight corner'.

Police officer in uniform complete with medals at an event - possibly 1920s or 1930s.

Pc John Goldie of Blackpool Police reports for duty on skis. Having never been late in his then four years of service, John refused to lose his record just because of a bit of snow. Feb 1955.

A Portsmouth police officer (collar D233) pretends to direct the traffic for a young boy playing on his toy horse.

Mounted officers outside Buckingham Palace in 1982.

A vintage postcard featuring police officers taking a break during the Epsom Derby in Surrey on 31st May 1911. 📸 Bob Thomas

Five young black police cadets, Ashley Blaize, Peter Muschett, Louis Nwaegbe, Gladstone Thomas and Ronald Wright, in London on 27th September 1973. 📸 P Shirley

PC Brian Goodhead of Doncaster Borough Police photographed in 1968, the same year his force merged with others to form @WestYorksPolice before later becoming part of @syptweet's force area.

Officers of @BTPWestYorks and their police dogs working the track in 1956. 📸 btphg.org.uk

American soldiers let a British police officer inspect a Thompson submachine guns in 1942. 📸 David Scherman

Welsh police officer William George circa 1900. 📸 r/thewaywewere

Jamaican born Sislin Fay Allen was the first black woman to become a UK police constable when she joined the Met in 1968. She's been called a pioneer and civil rights icon but preferred to describe herself as an ordinary mother and an optimist. Fay passed away in July aged 83🕯️

Bow Street, London, July 1968 - The Kray Twins arrive at Magistrates Court where charges of conspiracy to murder were heard. The case was later committed to The Old Bailey and would become the longest murder trial in British criminal history at the time.

Members of Ipswich Borough Police pose in the garden of early 'photographic artist' William Vick circa 1880. Vick worked from his studio at the junction of Clarkson Street and London Road, Ipswich in the late 1800s.

London, 1969. Triumph 'Saint' 650cc Traffic Division motorbike ridden by (we think) Sgt Bert Oxford. Bert had a passion for police bikes and in retirement meticulously maintained a 1960 Met Police Triumph Thunderbird 751 ALD which was later acquired by London MC museum.