bamber 128 Posted August 13, 2009 Report Share Posted August 13, 2009 Bob Danvers-Walker gives us the low down on Nottingham's new scientific burglar alarm system. Nottingham City Police on Pathe Newsreel 1947 Pathe Newsreel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bip 88 Posted August 13, 2009 Report Share Posted August 13, 2009 I love the comb over of the police officer and to speed in that heap of junk it's a joke surely....and what about the boots those to jokers had on....where did they leave their horses? Bip. !rotfl! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
littlebro 234 Posted August 13, 2009 Report Share Posted August 13, 2009 Looks like someone stole the radiator grille from the police car, and the two front tyres are slicks! !! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bamber 128 Posted August 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2009 Ex War Department vehicle I would imagine. It has a London County Council issued number plate. As for the cop wearing the boots. They still do in the NYPD Highway Patrol. Also a superb example of film/TV geography! Speed down Shakespeare Street towards South Sherwood Street and bingo you're in High Pavement. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted August 13, 2009 Report Share Posted August 13, 2009 Loved the clip. Popkess pioneered the first Forensic lab which was just opposite Central PS Behind the pub (Dolphin?) What was that Car? I just remember my dad having one early 50's. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted August 13, 2009 Report Share Posted August 13, 2009 Think we've come a long way since then......Love the giant mike in the police car roof Quote Link to post Share on other sites
littlebro 234 Posted August 13, 2009 Report Share Posted August 13, 2009 What was that Car? I just remember my dad having one early 50's. Mick, The car is a Ford WOA2 based on the pre-war Ford 62 with a 30bhp V8 engine. WOA 2 link Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted August 13, 2009 Report Share Posted August 13, 2009 Thanks Bro That site has some amazing stuff, try searching Nottingham. Heres another BLACK DIAMONDS 1932 http://www.britishpa...ord.php?id=9231 What can you find? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
littlebro 234 Posted August 13, 2009 Report Share Posted August 13, 2009 Yes Mick, good films, Here is another one: GEM Supermarket Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bamber 128 Posted August 11, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2020 Holy thread resurrection Batman! When I first saw this clip I thought the final shot was of a police car pulling up on High Pavement. Now, I am not convinced it is High Pavement. Can any older, and wiser, Nottstalgians identify the street? I have scratched my head and cannot think of a match - maybe it is a street that was demolished when they built Maid Marian Way? Nottingham video Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bamber 128 Posted August 11, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2020 The original link to Pathe newsreel is now dead. It is now on YouTube. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted August 11, 2020 Report Share Posted August 11, 2020 It's half way up Castle Gate, looking down towards M & S on Albert Street. Roughly here-ish. https://goo.gl/maps/9LyJpWq6Eq3pdnZGA Surprisingly, many of the buildings have survived. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bamber 128 Posted August 11, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2020 Thanks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted August 11, 2020 Report Share Posted August 11, 2020 I'm fascinated by the 'Police Car' in that film. It's presumably ex-army, but it's a real heavyweight 4x4 before such things before fashionable on normal roads. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bamber 128 Posted August 11, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2020 Nottingham City Police was always very different from every other force in Britain. No tinkling bells when Nottingham's cars raced to an incident. From the early 1930s they were equipped with wailing sirens. And, until the 1960s, it was the only force to have an identifying badge on its vehicles. And I agree the 4x4 looks remarkably modern when you compare it with the Wolseley's favoured by The Met. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted August 11, 2020 Report Share Posted August 11, 2020 8 hours ago, bamber said: The original link to Pathe newsreel is now dead. It is now on YouTube. I've just looked at the video again. It's fascinating to see the 'modern' technology being demonstrated. Massive boxes of apparatus with dials and switches, which would now all be done with one mobile phone. And the sequence with the police car starts on Shakespeare Street, going past the old garage which ended up as the police traffic dept. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stuart.C 483 Posted August 11, 2020 Report Share Posted August 11, 2020 The equipment in the Police "Hi Tech" Control room is all telephone call routing equipment and switches. The panel has an Ericsson (later Plessey, of Beeston ) nameplate on it. I'd guess that as Ericsson used to manufacture and install telephone equipment, they'd probably developed this alarm and were using Nottingham to test it before it was rolled out across other Police Forces. As it used the GPO phone network it may have been a joint development with Post Office Research. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Engineer 612 Posted August 11, 2020 Report Share Posted August 11, 2020 I spotted a couple of banks of Post Office 3000 type relays. They found their way into all sorts of automation as well as telephone systems. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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