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Great Malvern
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"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'.
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.
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.
