bamber 128 Posted April 5, 2018 Report Share Posted April 5, 2018 It is now fifty years (01.04.68) since the abolition of Nottingham City Police . Any memories of Britain's "best" force? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Willow wilson 891 Posted April 5, 2018 Report Share Posted April 5, 2018 In 1966, three of us pals (early 20yrs) had big motor bikes. We were riding along Alfred street one day, one handed, holding a 3 way conversation, wandering from side to side, over the speed limit. Quite oblivious to any laws. We were halfway up Carlton hill when a police bike roared past us and flagged us down. He had us get lined up against the wall an read us the riot act in no mean fashion. He'd followed us from St Anne's and we were never aware of him. We followed the golden rule in these circumstances- 'keep ya gob shut'. He then offered us some practical advice on riding, it seems he was a keen biker, suggested some bike interest groups and then let us go. His collar number was 7xx, can't remember it all. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,089 Posted April 5, 2018 Report Share Posted April 5, 2018 I rember their sports ground on Mansfield Rd. opposite the lido and watching cricket there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonab 1,644 Posted April 5, 2018 Report Share Posted April 5, 2018 Didn't they have a social club at the sports ground? A place where you could watch (and some take part in) the raunchiest (and most likely illegal) strip show in the city? Only passing on what I've heard. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tim in the North East 200 Posted April 5, 2018 Report Share Posted April 5, 2018 The patrol cars in the late 1950s were black Wolseley saloons with a big bell on the front bumper. If my memory serves me they were replaced by Standard Vanguards and then Triumph 2000s - and possibly the Triumphs were the first in white with two tone horn and blue flashing light. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,497 Posted April 5, 2018 Report Share Posted April 5, 2018 A friend of mine (Ian Hallam who will be remembered by the Nottstalgia cycling fans) bought an ex-police car around 1970. I think it was a Ford Escort. The car had a black vinyl roof which concealed the hole where the blue lamp used to be. I remember we were driving through Wollaton Park and the mileage clicked over to 100,000. Funny what obscure memories we hold onto. 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,497 Posted April 5, 2018 Report Share Posted April 5, 2018 2 hours ago, philmayfield said: I rember their sports ground on Mansfield Rd. opposite the lido and watching cricket there. The Police Sports Ground is still in use every weekend for local football and in the summer there are regular cricket matches. I think it’s owned by City Council but I believe it’s leased to an Indian cricket league. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Willow wilson 891 Posted April 5, 2018 Report Share Posted April 5, 2018 There was a Tardis outside Yates's that had a phone and a fire extinguisher inside. At the side of Martin's garage on Nuthall road, Bobbers Mill, was another one and it sometimes stank of cigarette smoke when you went past it. It had a non-dial phone behind a glass sliding window on the front for the public to summon a bobby. I suppose there were a few dotted around the city. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,535 Posted April 5, 2018 Report Share Posted April 5, 2018 Here's a couple in Edinburgh Rog 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,869 Posted April 5, 2018 Report Share Posted April 5, 2018 There used to be one on London road, just before you went over Trent Bridge. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,089 Posted April 6, 2018 Report Share Posted April 6, 2018 I’ve been in there. Reporting a crime, not locked in the cells! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,869 Posted April 6, 2018 Report Share Posted April 6, 2018 Been in Radford rd Nick, they used to have a good social club, the one on Oxclose lane too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,089 Posted April 6, 2018 Report Share Posted April 6, 2018 Radford Road. I’ve not sussed the other one yet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mercurydancer 1,104 Posted April 6, 2018 Report Share Posted April 6, 2018 I cannot recall the ending of the City Police but when I joined the police, it was in the late 70s and there had been two big transformations. One to the Nottinghamshire Combined Constabulary then to Nottinghamshire Constabulary (Notice, not Nottinghamshire Police) Although there was some vague order for everyone to wear the same hat badge, it was a mark of an experienced copper to wear the Combined Constabulary badge, and they would not part with it. (I was based initially at Worksop as a beat officer then to Ollerton as a traffic lad) I "inherited" a flat hat with the combined constabulary badge on it and I was pointedly told to get the badge off. It took a few weeks to get a badge. It would have been simpler to have ordered from stores a flat hat with badge! This was not without significance as a Police Officer must be identifiable as such, and not having a cap badge would have been something that a perceptive solicitor would have picked up on. There was a similar kind of thing with the City/Combined/ Notts Constabulary in Nottingham city itself. Tug Wilson (Big Tug) never wore anything but City Police. Even his lapel badges. His brother (Little Tug) was a motorcycle officer and got what was on his helmet, Notts Constabulary. When we went down to Nottingham for footy matches, it was invaluable to have the Notts Constabulary badge as no one would know where you were from, avoiding such comments as woolybacks, local yokels, and other, somewhat more obscene epithets. The Worksop nick, as it was when I was there, is still there, and untouched. The new Worksop nick is in what was the car park. I wouldnt mind a walk round the derelict nick. Possibly a historical oddity, but some of the police boxes had the same key as for RAC call boxes. I still have the key 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deepdene Boy 642 Posted April 6, 2018 Report Share Posted April 6, 2018 On 05/04/2018 at 3:29 PM, LizzieM said: A friend of mine (Ian Hallam who will be remembered by the Nottstalgia cycling fans) bought an ex-police car around 1970. I think it was a Ford Escort. The car had a black vinyl roof which concealed the hole where the blue lamp used to be. I remember we were driving through Wollaton Park and the mileage clicked over to 100,000. Funny what obscure memories we hold onto. Lizzie, Ian Hallam was my dentist for a time in Clifton. I remember him competing in the 1974 Commonwealth Games. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,497 Posted April 6, 2018 Report Share Posted April 6, 2018 I didn’t know he worked here, I’d moved away from Nottingham in 1975 but I know he had a practice down on the south coast for years. Nice lad. I touched his Commonwealth Gold medal in 1970, LOL Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted April 7, 2018 Report Share Posted April 7, 2018 On 05/04/2018 at 1:34 PM, Tim in the North East said: The patrol cars in the late 1950s were black Wolseley saloons with a big bell on the front bumper. If my memory serves me they were replaced by Standard Vanguards and then Triumph 2000s - and possibly the Triumphs were the first in white with two tone horn and blue flashing light. A fire on Long Row in 1966, and a black Triumph 2000 in front of the Odeon with the Sound of Music. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,089 Posted April 7, 2018 Report Share Posted April 7, 2018 I new someone who went to see The Sound of Music at the Odeon every week throughout the duration. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonab 1,644 Posted April 7, 2018 Report Share Posted April 7, 2018 Wasn't there an old lady who went every day in the hope that the end would change to one where they all lived happily ever after? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,085 Posted April 7, 2018 Report Share Posted April 7, 2018 If the fire above was in 1966, and The Sound of Music came out Spring of 1965, was the film on for a year at the Odeon? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,535 Posted April 7, 2018 Report Share Posted April 7, 2018 4 hours ago, philmayfield said: I new someone who went to see The Sound of Music at the Odeon every week throughout the duration. Was he the projectionist Phil? Sorry Rog 3 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonab 1,644 Posted April 7, 2018 Report Share Posted April 7, 2018 I recall the S o M was there for three years - an advantage of a multiscreen cinema. I think it was moved from the main screen to one of the lesser ones after a time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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