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Tweeting historical #police ephemera and occasional entries from a 1950s pocket notebook • account run by @InspDaveWise •

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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.

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.
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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.

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.
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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.

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.
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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🕯️

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

PC Brian Goodhead of Doncaster Borough Police photographed in 1968, the same year his force merged with others to form <a href="/WestYorksPolice/">West Yorkshire Police</a> before later becoming part of <a href="/syptweet/">South Yorkshire Police</a>'s force area.
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Five young black police cadets, Ashley Blaize, Peter Muschett, Louis Nwaegbe, Gladstone Thomas and Ronald Wright, in London on 27th September 1973. 📸 P Shirley

Five young black police cadets, Ashley Blaize, Peter Muschett, Louis Nwaegbe, Gladstone Thomas and Ronald Wright, in London on 27th September 1973.
📸 P Shirley
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A vintage postcard featuring police officers taking a break during the Epsom Derby in Surrey on 31st May 1911. 📸 Bob Thomas

A vintage postcard featuring police officers taking a break during the Epsom Derby in Surrey on 31st May 1911.
📸 Bob Thomas
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These cards may be a little late, I didn't get a chance in Southampton to post them or even to buy them and by the time the train had got back to London it was after 5 o clock.

These cards may be a little late, I didn't get a chance in Southampton to post them or even to buy them and by the time the train had got back to London it was after 5 o clock.
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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.

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.