bamber 128 Posted September 24, 2013 Report Share Posted September 24, 2013 Courtesy of google here's a short(ish) article about Nottingham City Police's Captain Popkess. Hard to think of any his modern counterparts arousing the interest of the press down-under. http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1301&dat=19590503&id=LYNWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6uQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6403,7650309 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted September 24, 2013 Report Share Posted September 24, 2013 Great find Bamber Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,681 Posted September 25, 2013 Report Share Posted September 25, 2013 His name has cropped up a few times here . He can be seen at the beginning of this news-reel that describes his new burglar alarm system http://www.britishpathe.com/video/new-police-alarm-to-fight-theft-wave/query/nottingham The last 20 seconds or so looks interesting on the street scene....any ideas what street ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bamber 128 Posted September 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2013 From memory it was on High Pavement. It was a typical piece of movie makers' geography. I do wonder if the City Police chose the location for the demonstration because it was almost directly opposite the Nottinghamshire Constabulary HQ at the Shire Hall. City Police at the time referred to their shire counterparts as "sheep dippers". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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ValuerJim 277 Posted February 28, 2016 Report Share Posted February 28, 2016 What was the make of the car? It looks like something out of a 1950s NYPD movie? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,115 Posted February 28, 2016 Report Share Posted February 28, 2016 I remember back in 1959 going to a protest demonstration in the Market Square to get Popkess reinstated after he had been suspended by the watch committee. He had launched an investigation into corruption by labour councilors. His suspension became a national scandal and he was subsequently reinstated. He retired not long afterwards and never set foot in Nottingham again. Details can be found on the Internet. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fogrider 179 Posted January 31, 2019 Report Share Posted January 31, 2019 On 2/28/2016 at 1:54 PM, ValuerJim said: What was the make of the car? It looks like something out of a 1950s NYPD movie? A wartime ford WOA, Ford V8 side valve engine, the front tyres look bald ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Geoff _Sleath 1 Posted May 13, 2020 Report Share Posted May 13, 2020 Captain Popkess's son was at Henry Mellish school in Bulwell at the same time as I was though he was probably a couple of years older. That would be early 1950s (I left in 1956 at 16) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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