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Hull City Pol ice 0ld Comrades Associat ion

Mffi'HOW WOULD YOU ttKE TO CHASE THE SUN FOR SIX A,\ONTHS?"

fn July 2006 Rob Cooper ond his wif e, Moggie, arrived in Logos, Algarve, Portugol, after

o 3,300 mile journey from the Coribbeon, vio the Azores. They hod soiled OVER 12,000

miles since they left the UK rn2002, hoving visited Spoin, Portugal, Porto Sonto (islond

next to Madeiro), Conory fslonds, Coribbeon islands ond the Azores.

So whot persuoded them to buy o boot, sell up ond opt for o chqnge of lif estyle? Here's

howl

5ELL UP AND 5AIL

"How would you like to chose the sun for six months" This wos the question posed by my

cousin, over the telephone in Moy t998. "Bring your wif e soys he!" f knew he owned q

yocht qnd hqd heord f rom my brother obout his ombition to soil to Cooper fslond in the

British Virgin fslonds. We hod never met, even though in the sixties we both worked

for Shell Tonkers; in my cose os on Apprentice ond Deck Officer for six yeors, and my

cousin retiring in 1978 os o Moster.

At the age of 70 he wos contemploting o six to nine month trip in his 30ft soil ing boat

with us qs his crewl We decided it would be o leorning ond shoring experrence, get us

out of the house, ond give me o good reoson to resign os secretory of the villoge holl

committee.

We spent the next f ew weeks discovering ships' chondleries and buying on ossortment

of heovy weother gear, known qs oil ies, ond reoding books on'how to soil. ' August found

us in Swonseo Morino where we joined the'Morgoret of Deidre'. We hod no ideo whot to

expect, so when we stepped on boord whot f could only describe os o f looting shed, we

were somewhot disoppointed ond opprehensive. Everywhere wqs piled high with popers

ond junk. Spores ond useful bits ond bobs we could understond, but not every bock copy

of every yochting magazine he hod bought in the lqst twenty yeors.

Hull City Pol ice Old Comrades Associat ion

We soon found out thot he wos o mon of f ew words, o typical Shell Tanker Coptoin ofthe old school, oloof qnd eccentric. Some of the chorocter troits Maggie recognised,Tdisployed them in o milder form! We soon found out thot everything stopped ot 1800hrs for G and T's with pre-dinner nibbles.

Our f irst couple of nights were a nightmare , os Maggie found out trying to cook at ostove which wos odjocent to the smoll chort toble cum writ ing desk which our skipperseemed to be permonently ottoched to, writing endless lists, ond moking notes obouteverybody ond everythrng. He pref erred to write rother thon speak , and we decidedthot he wos def initely not a people person, ond 'eguolity' wos not o word he wos fqmiliarwi th.

Our subseguent doys were spent renewing the running rigging, overhouling equipment,and generally trying to bring some sense of order to the 'shed'. We rose ot 0500 to bereody for the shipping f orecost, which had to be recorded word for word. Maggie wosgiven the tosk of provisioning the boot with six weeks supplies, ond stowing both foodond the contents of my cousin's wine cellor.

We hod our f irst sqil from Swonseo to Milford Hoven in o 25-knot wind with seos ond .sproy covering the boot. We were to f ind out thot my cousin wos obout one lessonqheod of us in the soil ing stokes, but in true Yorkshire fashion he couldn't beor towoste ony wind, ond we kept up oll the soils! As the wind veered ond increosed f foundmyself clinging on to the pulpit (the roils ot the front of the boot) wrestl ing with soilsos we chonged from the genoa (large soil) to the no? jib (smoller soil). Eventuolly wehod to stort the engine (whot! Use diesell). Of course he hod f orgotten he hod dropedthe tea towel over the engine to dry, ond it soon stopped omidst o burst of steom ondf loying belts. But by this time it wos ofternoon, ond ogoin os we found out, siesta timelTime for asleep qnd contemplote the problem. This left Maggie ond f to wrestle withthe sqils ond keep her on course, in between Maggie throwing up ond me f eeling verygueosy. Later thot doy with the belt reploced ond 'the engine restorted we f inollyorrived of our destinotion ond ot 2130 hours tied up to o buoy in the river.

After f urther prepcrotion, follouts and neor mutiny, we left Milford Hqven on 1lthSeptember L998, my cousin's Tl" birthday.We hod 20 gollons of diesel fuel, ond 30gollons of fresh woter for o 1200 mile trip down the Atlontic to Porto Sonto. Theforecost wos not good: weheaded out into near gale f orce winds ond f inclly set ocourse for the Atlontic with the wind behind us ond with the storm soil hoisted. Withbreoking seas, green sprqy, ond the boot slomming it wos very diff icult to stoy uprightond to eot ond sleep in such conditions . We kept wotches of 3 hrs on ond 6 of f , ond frecorded in my diory hoving to leave Maggie on wotch ot midnight, in o cockpit with no


sproyhood or dodgers (protection from the seos). This wos her f irst time on watch

alone, hooked on with two lifelines ond her orm oround the standing rigging.

Next doy she wos covered in bruises. We endured three doys ond nights of buff ettng

ond pounding recording 130.4 nm in one doy, not bod for a coostol yocht.

ft wos o twelve-doy soil to Porto Sonto during which time we experienced on increose in

temperature, dolphins, engine foilures, three doys of hond steering, ond monogement

meetingsl We olso discovered thot cooking posto ond boiling pototoes in seowoter is not

o culinory delight! As the fresh woter wos only for drinking we mode good use of our

seawater toiletries.

Moking londfoll on your f irst foreign trip is olwoys exciting, ond Moggie wos on wotch

when the islond came over thehorizon.We dropped the soils ond motored into the

horbour for o welcome run oshore.

We spent three months on the boot, soiling to the Conory fslonds ond visiting all the

islonds.

Tthe \TaethG""Tamgle\ z@@doo

We found morinq lif e very much to our

liking so much so we decided to buy

our own boot. f hadbeen trocking o

steel43ft boot for sole in Hortlepool,

ond when we returned home in

December we mode orrongements

through thebroker to see this boot.

fn Februqry 1999 we bought the boot

ond in July the some yeqr sold the

house ond went to l ive oboard in

Hortlepool morino. ft wqs o steep

learning curve ond we found ourselves

moving between Hortlepool ond

North Shields preparing ond eguipping

the boot. In July 2002 we f inolly left

North Shields ond well, thqt's onother

storyl

More odventures of "Coopermen" next

yeor


Next more from our old friend "Countryboy"

"This is onother footboll story ond I moke no opologies for thot.

As most readers will know, the footboll PAA cup wqs (ond I believe still is) akeenly

contested competition. For three consecutiveyears, in the eorly 70s Hull City Police

were drawn ogainst North Woles Police or in those for owoy doys f think the Force woscolled Gwynedd Constobulqry. fn 1971 we were ot home but for the next two yeors wewere drown owoy. Greot excitement omong the footboll teom. We hod on owqy tie. Wehod the whole Force to select from. Not only those who graced the colours of Sir

Mott's teom, Police Central, but olso those from the dork Division on the Eost side ofthe river.

This teom wos Police Eost ond I didn't know ony of the ployers, f didn't know where

Crowle Street wos qnd coming f rom the country f wosn't too sure where Eost Hull wos.

Police East's secretary wos Bob Morshall and the ployers selected to represent HullCiIy Police in the PAA cup f rom thot eosterly outpost were Dove Moody, John (knocker)

Wott ond their diminutive goolkeeper Borry Foster. The remoinder were from Police

Central qnd if Eric Spoven wosn't there he should have been.

This motch wqs to be ployed ot the ground of Llondudno Town who graced the loftyheights of the Welsh Leogue. Now s supermorket f or Asdq it wos the scene of one ofour gr eat est victories.

Arcangements for the motch commenced but o lowly fnspector (Sir Mott @ Bob Dixon)wos not considered to hove suff icient ronk to represent Hull City Police. Great thoughtwos given to which senior officer would occompony the teom ond qfter muchdeliberotion looking f or the condidote who hod oll the right guolit ies of decorum ondpolite conversotion, Chief fnspector Eric Peorce wos selected.

The Journey - 10.00om Mondoy October t97t

Meet of Queens Gardens canteen f or the stort of o 3 doy epic journey to the otherside of the country. No sotell i te novigotion, no 3 miles to on inch rood otlos, no

motorwoys ond very few duol corriogewoys. Fortunotely there was olso very little

troff ic. f volunteered to drive but borrowed my brother's 1966 D reg twin carb

M61100 os f wos not sure my cor would moke it. One of the f losh lods from Crowle

StreeI hod o Ford Cortino 1600E but then Dove Moody olwoys wqs o bit f losh.

I guickly reolised GeorgeHodges wos not gifted ot mop reading so Dove Holmes tookover ond wos eguolly crop.Never the less we orrived in our B&B some 10 hours loter


hoving seen most of West Yorkshire, ond ports of whot is now South Yorkshire pqssing

through such towns os Cleckhuddersfox ond the like.

Motch Doy - Breokfost: fn the quoint surroundings of our Llondudno dining room f sot

ond took in the scene.Therewereprobobly obout 16 burly coppers recoveringfrom

hongovers from the previous night of getting to know the locol pubs. Not the bestpreporotion for on importont motch but by kick off we would be bright eyed and bushy

toiled. Course we would.

Neotly loid out tobles with o cruet set in the middle. Nopkins ond the rest oll very nice

and occomponied by polite conversotion ond our hopes f or theforthcoming motch.

We hod orronged o round of pitch ond putt. I felt like o professionol footbqller (thot's

where the similority ended). But before thot wewere treoted to o competit ion in which

only two plcyers took port. Eric Peorce and Trevor Hewson werethe only contestonts.

Eric stqrted f irst guickly followed by Trevor. They both continued breaking wind and

corried on for whot seemed most of breokfost. ft wos ot this stoge f reolised why EricPearce hod been selected to boss the footboll trip. Never before hod I encountered o

mon who hqd so much control over his bowels - someone to be odmired ond looked up to.

Onto the ground, which wos surrounded by reol stonds ond o dug out with o tin roof forthe manager.

f con't remember anything obout the motch. f con't remember if I ployed but f know we

won ond earned o second round tie. After mqtch celebrations followed and we were

invited to the locol Police Stotion where we celebrated our victory ond q huge buff et

wos prepared in our honour. The Chief Constoble of North Wales accomponied by guite

o f ew senior of f icers congrotuloted us on our victory ond we celebraled in the time

honoured trodition of getting p****d.

The story come to on obrupt end in the next round when we were soundly beaten by the

chompions Stoke ond Stoffordshire Police."

Voluntory Stotements

I think these o?e a thing of the post now, but who can forget those unfortunqtes who

hod to write the finol porogroph themselves:

"f ov red the qbove stotement. f ov bin told thot f con crect, holter or hod enythink f

wish. This stotment is true, f ov mod it of my own three wil l."

This stotement wos often shown to o co-occused in order to get them to odmit their

port in the off ence ond f do not recoll onyone ever commenting on the spelling of theirportner in crimel


Con You Imogine This?

Ron Sogor writes: During the lqst week of the existence of Hull City Police in Morcht974, Deputy Chief Jim Cocksworth honded to me the ottoched copy (4 poges) of omemo dated 13th September 1950 ond soid thot the instructions therein,written by the then Chref Constoble Sidney Lawrence, were octuolly the

foundotion of the efficrency of the Kingston upon Hull City Policethereafter. Poor oldJim wqs guite emotionol ot the time ond odded thot policing in Hullwould never be os efficlent after omolgomotion. He olso soid thot the doythe memo wos circulqted mony senior officers trembled in their boots ot thethought of being tied down so tightly by the instruction.

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?be Asslsta*t Chi^ef Constable0fflcers ln Charge j

Divlst*r$ and D*la?Qtfrt{rs.

fiwn fhe Chlef Constable. Ic

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.r1r? offlc.er ln.eharse 1$ rssponsible for rhedlsclpline sf i:is $lvis3on or Departnent, for the strictobservanee of the olders af the Chlef Cpirstable and fer -';hE co*d*ct of the cfficers and rnen attaehed therst*.fhe degree of dtsctplLnes the conduct of the n*n s,** tirestandard of the vcric nf any Flvisior:. or Depar*ment reflectsthe eta**ards set by the Offl"cer 5.n Charge. '

2. f regret to have ta state that 3 have notleed atendency to offer excuses for ncrrorba have beg$ glrtliyof neglect *f duty or f:ril-ure to coiirply ulth the Lnstruetionsto the !'orce. It is nat orrly 5.n the J.nterests of *he forcebut ln the j.nterests of thc Ol'ficers ln Charge thesselvesto harre wc1l"*discil:1i::c* and efftciant nsn arormd the:ir.Our duty ?o thc publlc dexrands that thcre shaL! be thelrtghcst posslble degrce of dlsclpllne and lnsedtateccrnpltanee vlth cvcry order, In fall lng to take cppr*prlaiea*tisn *hen defaults'eornc to notice sonl'or offlcer$-are'not*nly th*rrnselvcs f*illng J"n their rl*ty bu* are dctxg arllsreryJ.*c to all'me$bers of .the ;:g?ce. $h11s* they :;rayconsldsr that oveylso*lng indlffc:.cnes sr d,Lsobedl"Ence byone $a:: i.s done orrt cf eoneideration for the defa*}*er ?trey*re f*l.}Lng ** eo::sid*r all those iaenbers of thcl"r lXvl"elonor $epa.rtr*elrt vho arc esnscientic,*sly and aeaLously earryi:rgor:t tbair duties. Unlcss there i; turrlshnent f*rlndlsclp}tns an$ ncg3"*ct the:.e 1s *bvJ-ousty no recognft*.oxof good servlcc"

3, It shauLd alvays be '!:crne in riind that the go** namea*6 r*putati"an of tlre rqhole Forcc is danaged by eny negle**'of d*ty or a:ry l*stanecs af lnrilsei"pltne even ln t"hesma3le,*t s*ciian of the i lor*c" :t sh*uld ba apprec*ated.that the vast naJorl'Ly of mcmbcrs of thc g*rce ai'*c*nscientious and *rrc carryln6 out iheir 4u*1,*s f.n *satlsfactory $ar|$er, and lt is ccnscquentl.y lmporta*t thatthc goo{ *ork of ihis ruJarity should nct be a3.lowed tobe Jeopardise$ by thc un*ati*factory vork ar beha"nlor:raf Tlra fnur

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13. Offtccrs i,r: Cl.:argc wlll ensus,c that t."reInsp<;ctcrs end tcrgcants unCcr {:rctr esntrJt arcpr?p;r ly supcrvls ing a1+,e.spi cts of intcrnat ; ;cxternal rork" _ Thcy witl irey p,r,rt:,cuiar--ait.niro"to ensurc tho. t therc ls no iami i f r . r i tv-Uv an"-""-- 'ra:rk vlth a subordinatc rank and r,rill""no[ frolft"t"*on t**c to tirqc to s*gggst transfars--;f t;; i ;;;r"and sergcants to cnsurc-[hts.

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-oro:nptly as lt *rlscs, *nd should rneike lta polnt of hono'v nc-vcr !9 put ofr o"rnc"d.riy""'iiii r.,ruovrr convcnlcncc. ,$c r,.il-l , of coursc, dcnr*uilcatcfrecly-vl. lh oth;r offLccrs'fn-Ciirge, gl.vlng andreceivLng from thcra mutucl asslsta;c6 ;nd a6vt;;"and u'itt cnsura thrt thcrc rs fic ;r.i*.di iJ:cpfiatron!r nrs or'rn Dcpeu'ti:i.:.nr or l:."i*ion **iir-.ii"i{t5li*i* ur.Force. For lhls purpoi*-orri*ui"* :.n chirgc-ifrsurathcmsclvcs mr:.*f toiictiicr at':.niirvars to taLk ovcrproblems and dlscus$ any'fnsian*cs of fafiurc ii*-co-opcratc

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16. . If {oI nly clu_sc en Offlccr in Chargc J.s not abLcio aitcnd to his dutles hc must scnd an intfn*[iin*to thr-t cffcct to tlrc Assistant c*ror coniis"6t€*rriio , lrbere,: . . t : ' r ' : ! i : r Cj: i ;_ f ; , : , , rcr: lor l ; ; -1; i rn hj .s oi""""c."rr i f ffi;fi ioi:;:,r' ' i;.-,:,cnts for il i,. ' io,iio"i"v pcrformance of his17, NOt onlv hv sr11.;1 'y is lon, but a1_so by forcc ofglylric otrricr: i.n' irti"I""*r1*i*inrrucnea thcirOfficcrs ;rnd riran end. shr'i ly ii cir own punctuiffty,zcal and cf f ic icncy thc way Outy-siroufO beocrforncd. In rrrr . int . - r jn lnE ats l f pf f ! ; a; ; enforelngobcdlcnc" to ordcrs t l rov mi" f

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Holderness Section Box

Discipline or Modness??

fmogine if you cqn, o bitterly cold night (eorly morning 2om) with the snow inches thick,f reezrng os it londed on your helmet, cope ond everything else. Tmagine o poor innocentPC (me) slowly f reezing to deoth ond then sneoking l ike o thief in the night into thereqr door of the Holderness Box. Evan though the box wos cold, it f elt like on oven ondthe snow immediotely melted off the cape etc., forming huge puddles of water on thef loor.

Imogine trying to get your outer clothing off without moking o sound, ond succeeding,when sudd enly the silence is shottered by o loud strident voice echoing oround the box.Everyone just obout jumps through the roof os the voice screcms from the front office"Get out 280, you've sti l l got two minutes to go beforeyour breok". Thot's discipline.

To prove how unusuol he wos, the some Sergeant used to wqnder up ond downHolderness Rood in the middle of the night ond when the beot mon wosn't whereheshould be, the SergeonI would stride into the centre of the rood ond beqt o monholecover with his night stick so furiously thot eventhe tomcots used to jump. He wouldthen jump ond down on the cover qnd screom "Come out you bostord, f know you're inthere".

Oh hoppy doys, for everyone except the poor unfortunote he wos looking for. Nonomes mentioned,but everyone in B Division in the lote 50s or eorly 60s wil l know whothe Sergeont wos, os they oll witnessed the performonce qt some time.

Discipline/modness, or just cleon fun? Who would know? Could he get owoy with ittodoyZ - definitely notl

Cheers for now,Ted Ell isExPC280(Brisbone)

Ron Sogor Remembers

ft wos only on very rare occosions that f went for my lunch of the officers'mess.Therewere alwoys foo mony odmin types full of their own importonce there for my

liking. However due to the f orce of circumstonces f went for o meol just os the messhod opened one lunch time ond found the l ikoble Dr Percy Scott sitt ing olone obout to

eot his meol, so f joined him. We hod q good chot, ote our meol ond left together.


Going down to the ground f loor in the privocy of the l if t , Percy soid, 'You did well

morrying o Scot didn't you, Ron?'

'Whot do you meon exoctly?

'Come on my boy, she's tought you oll obout money ond now T see you've cottoned on to

my trick. Get in early bef ore the woitress is reody for you and bef ore the odmin lot

orrive. Get your meol down you ond leave when the stoff ore busy f eeding the odminofficers. Thot woy no one ever thinks to oskyou to poy. f 've not poid just now or other

times. T see you left without poying os well. A f ew shil l ings in my pocket's better thonanywhere else.'

f f i ' rpoidwhenrwent inandbeforersotbesideyotJ, , r rep| ied.qffitr 'In thot cose we'd belter keep this conversotion to ourselves, don't you

think,' replied Percy in his usuol guiet ond cosuol Scottish brogue. And until now f hove!Bless you Percy.

Mony of you wil l hove fond memorres of ArthurRobinson who possed owoy earlier this yeor.Arthur (pictured right on Jomeson Point). Something of alegend in his own time Arthur spent

mony yeqrs of his service perf orming point duty.ft reolly is quite omozing when you look ot theCity centre nowodoys thot most of the mojorjunctions were controlled by Police Officers f orhours on end, doy ofter doy. Many became wellknown chorocters to the motoring public ondpedestrions ond woebetide anyone who disobeyed

the signol of these officers when on point.

ft certoinly would not hove token long for themto completetheir pocket notebook entry: onexomple of Arthur's book f rom 1952 is showbelow. The only voriqtion oport from "On duty""On Point" "Off Point", "Refreshments" ond "Off

duty" wos on entry showing complimentory

remorks from the Chief Constoble

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p,,w* 'e

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The notes from the

sergeant say:

"The Chief Constable

commented very

fovourably both on your

oppeoronce ond the

clority of your signals

when on point duty this

morning"

........IT WAS THE CADET'S FAULT!!

I think it is t ime to remember the Hull City Police Cadets, those members who hod o

misspent youth running erronds, typing, cleaning, moking teo,,etcl. They were told ot

the time it wos oll port of leorning to become o good copper. Well,Ihere must be monytoles qbout their (boys ond girls) contribution to the Force history. I know, becquse f

wos one.

fn lote summer of 1962, f commenced duty in o shiny new, blue f loshed, serge uniform

ond wos described os o'bobby dazzler'by Jock Fox, the Recruiting Sergeont. My firstpositing wos to Central Division ond, qs codet postings to territoriol divisions were

something of o plum job, f wos hoppy and groteful. Keen divisionol codets performed

functions thot seemed closer to reol police work. Not for them the delivery of 'hond

moil' around the city centre ond, sometimes beyond - just to sqve the cost of o stompl

No, they were doubled up with o (not olwoys willing) Beot Constoble ond eage? we were

too. Mind you, mony spent the rest of their service trying to get owoy from beqt work.These codets olso deolt with the public more, of f ront counters ond on the telephone.

ft wos on the whole, more interesting, even if o little trying f or other stoff .

At Central,Tbecame the Divisional Officer/Lost & Found Cadet - becouse f wos thejunior, qt leost occording to my predecessor Molcolm Donsworth. He moved on to other

duties with more chonces of getting out on thebeat, qnd f loter reolised thot I hod

been out-manoeuvred. Still, the Divisional Office wos oll right,T remember thot the

&t&&&,rrA{d

t '+{f :d- i?;!f& if 6 , is'ew

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Stotion Sergeonts of the doy were John Crowley ond his opposite number (in noture

too), Len Robinson. f spent most of my time ossisting the Property Officer, Bernord

Goodworth who wos, fortunotely, o potient mon. There, we deolt with property

enquiries with the completion of endless property cords ond moking entries into the

registers. These oll hod to be doneperf ectly, for thot wos the Hull City woy. Then,

once a month, come the dreoded task of moving oll the found cycles oround of their

rocks in the bosement, o grimy ond sweoty undertokin g. Tf Donsworth wosn't oround,

one hod to relieve the Switchboord Operotor for his'refs'. Heworked o seemingly

space-age mqchine which, once mqstered, wos o'doddle', providing you remembered not

to use ink on the Ringing Sheet , for then you would receive a well deserved clip round

the lug!

T began to guite enjoy myself . The only downside wos o tosk thot could not be ovoided.

All codets ot CPS had to toke turns serving in the Officers' Mess ot lunchtime. This

wos o tosk we oll regorded os being o misuse of our time; of course, no one else thought

so. One codet ottoched to Admin was on more or less, permonent'Officers' Mess Duty'

ond it wos to be his ossistont thot you wondered up there ot lunchtime ond donned o

white jocket. The only compensotion wqs o f ree lunch but f am not certoin thot even

f ree grub mode it worth it.

The Mess itself could be o l itt le cromped when full of officers,who ronged in ronk

f rom Chief Bob Wolton downword. When full, l ike on 'Fish & Chip' Fridoy, codets hod to

odopt a degree of dexlerity in serving. There were of course, the odd occidents, but

usuolly nothing serious. Mine, however, wos olmost cotostrophic - os for os career

prospects were concerned. ft occurred on'Curry Doy'when the Mess wos busy due to

curry being the speciolity of Doro, the Heod Cook. The officers were hungry and oll

wqntedservingotonce. TheregulorMess Cadetof thet ime(ei ther 'Yon'Phi l l ipsorTrev Whiting) were skilful enough to moster o troy corrying 2 or 3 plotefuls ond olso

being oble to serve, take poyment qnd bring bock change with some efficiency.

Noturolly, we lesser mortqls tried to do this too.

T very well recoll thot, on this doy, T entered with severol plotes of curry ond went to

serve Jock Potterson, the Admin Sup't, who olso wonted his chonge - the princely sum

of threepence. ft wos then thot disoster struck. As f turned toword him, the troy

ongled over ond bef ore you could soy'poppodom' o plote slip over the edge, glanced off

the toble, turned over qnd deposited the contents on Jock Potterson's lop. I hove to be

fair,there wos not q lot of sweoring; guite o bit of shouting, but no obscenities.

Shocked, f mode to wipe him down with my trusty teo towel when, to my surprise ond

the considerable amusement of the others, Jock only wqnted his moneyl I swiftly

recovered it from the curry stoined corpet qnd wos amazed thot there wcs no furtherreoction, either then or loter. Of course, f didn't get asked to do the Mess ot

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lunchtime for o while, but thot wqs no hordship of oll. Meonwhile, of Centrol, mycontentment moy well have continued, hod it not been for onother new codet, one AlecButlerf His f irst posting wos to the CID General Office, not one of the best in thecodet populority stokes. Now, if Alec hqd ony foults ot the time, it wos one of overconfidence ond it wos this thot led to o personol disoster, one thot resulted in his nomebeing known throughout the Force.

Alec had guickly settled into his role ot the Cf D, perhops q little too settled somemight soy loter. The heqd of the CfD wos, of course, Jim Cocksworth, o mon not olwayseosy on his juniors ond f om sure he knew Cadet Butler olreody. He wos o busy mon ondgot through on owful lot of poperwork, which involved o lot of stomping ond signing. Aso conseguence, his inkpod often dried out ond would require re-inking. On suchoccosions, he would telephone down to the CID Stotion Sergeant,Herbert Horrison,who would guickly poss this on to the codet. The sprog would then dosh down thecorridor, retrieve the pad, return to the General Office and squeeze ink from o bottleon to the podbefore returning it - oll in q motter of minutes of course.

On this porticulor' inking' day, Alec was the codet whenthe coll come. Hesped to thegovernor's office, knocked and entered,where, much to Big Jim's surprise, he did hisown thing. Picking up the pod, he ploced it on o side toble ond produced on inkbottlefrom his pocket, whilst oll the time trying to moke smoll tolk with Cocksworth - who ofcourse ignored him. The boss wos, os usuol, dressed in o crisp white shirt, the sleevesbuttoned at the cuff ond held tout by shiny, elosticised ormbonds. You con imogine himtrying to concentrote whilst Alec storted to ink the pod. Anyone who has ever donesuch o thing moy recoll thot the bottle hod o rubber opplicotor on the top, which oftenbecame gummed up with dried ink. Such wos the cose on this doy, but unperturbed,Alec continued his chot whilst shoking the bottle. At some point, frustrotion replocedcommon sense qnd he resorted to thumpingthe bottle's bottom - hord.

The result wos inevitoble. A lorge splod ge of thick block ink wos projected down ontothe pod from whence sploshed shot in oll directions, but mostly over the Det-Sup'tswhite shirt. His shouting wos opporently heord ot the Wing Divisions. Within the hour,the deportment become too smoll for Alec ond Big Jim - someone hod to gol Needlessto soy, it wos not Cocksworth ond my, oll too brief sojourn of Centrol ,came to o suddenond unexpected end. The next morning, f wos thenew CTD General Office Codet ondAlec Butler got my old job. ft is foir to soy thot f did not think it o foir swqp.

f found thot in the CID General Office, the codet sot qt the f ar end next to the publiccounter. fn the middle wos the CID desk(s), monned on shif ts by people like MessrsFowler, Hopwood, Lilley, O'Grady ond Rqmsey (with Herbert sitting near the entroncewith his bock to the woll). Aport f rom being a general dogsbody, my new role included

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the odministrotion of the Cycle Registrotion scheme. This hod been runningf or someyears ond involved mqintoining oll therecords. Eqch time o citizen filled out onApplicotion Form,3 record cords hod to betyped out (with 2fingers). Onefiled withthe cycle's description, qnother under the f rame number ond o nice one for the owner.The lotter ond its envelope hod to be absolutely perf ect, Hull City style. Needless tosoy, the woste paper bin wos olwoys full!

At the time of my crrivol, Fronk Fisher, the Crime Prevention fnspector, hodcommenced visit ing City schools ond distributing Cycle Registrotion opplicotion forms ingreat numbers. Consequently, f hod only just got my f eet under the toble when fsuddenly became very busy indeed. 5o, os well qs being a generol foctotum, every other

moment wos occupied typing. DCI Bob Hather ond Fronk Fisher storted to toke a greatinterest in my forms ond me os the'fn' troy begon to overf low. They storted to mokecomments. I hod to do something.

5o, the next time Hother wondered over, the troy wos procticolly empty. f wosonswering the counter os his eyes met mine. fnsteqd of being sotisfied, he sidled olongthe desk, hooked one finger oround the drower hondle ond pulled. An ovolonche of

opplicotion forms tumbled onto the f loor. With o glare, he stolked off , giving HerbertHqrrison his opinion on the woy out. The roll icking wos duly possed on - with bells onl

Later, f wos oble to leave an olmost permonent memoriol of my possing, there in theCfD corridor. A couple of Hull Corporotion pointers colled of the counter, to collectsome 'Other thon Found' point ofter o court cose. Herbert Harrison wheezed off tothe Property Store, which wqs ocross the corridor ond guickly colled on me to help.The stolen emulsion point wos stocked in2layers in on old cordboord box. As I l i ftedmy side, f reolised thot it wqs l ioble to collopse ond very soon. My opinion wos listened

to ond promptly ignored. Herbert's end wos, evidently, more robust thon mine.

We got holfwoy ocross the corridor when my piece of box storted to tear. f shouted oworning ond lowered my side of the box. Herbert borked for meto keep going, but wostoo late. fn opporent slow motion, most of the top layer of cons fell on to the f loor,their l ids popping open. Actuolly, it only took seconds for the immoculote dork wood,porguet f looring to be covered byospreoding pool of Hull Corporotion's finest creomemulsion. Herbert qnd f knelt ond storted to scoop up the point. After o while, f

became owore of o poir of shiny born brogues ond looked up to see Jim Cocksworthlooking down of us. My voliont Sergeant wos guick to reoct. Without o moment'shesitqtion, he wheezed those immortol words "It wos the codet's foult!"

Surprisingly,there wos no immediote posting f or me, whilst the stoin outlasted Big Jim.f lost noticed it, some 30 yeors later,just beforethe porguet wos token up ond

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replaced by thot owf ul vinyl stuff . An onecdote to this tole is thot whilst the f looringwos lying in o skip in Centrol's bock yord, o certoin Humberside fnspector took o foncyto it. He ossures me thot he got o 'note' f rom the contractor ond it now covers hislounge f loorl!

5o, Terry Fisher, con you see the stoin?

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HullCity Pol ice Old Comrades Associat ion

The photo on the previous poge is of PC 229 Fred Wright who joined Hull City int907. My query is "whot are fhe stripes on his cuff s?" f don't think they aresergeanf stripes, but moybe service rings - though I wos unowore thot they hodthem in Hull? Moybe areoder might know.

f do the fomily history when T f eel l ike it qnd Fred is o fomily member who,occording to family legend dived into o dock to rescue someone only to succumbto a"fever" afterwqrds. f hoven't troced his deoth yet.

I hove olso found my greot great uncle joined in 1836 qnd did 30 yeors ondretired with on onnuity os on Inspector ond lived onother 25years. In the 1861census he octuolly resides ot Porlioment Sfreet P. 5. with his wife ond odoughterl Also my great grondfather moy hove joined in 1837, but only served afew years.

Ken Clqrk, Nobby's Lod

Eric Spoven qsks "6uess Who?"

He wos q senior Detective (fn service terms), he originoted from north of theborder. He wqs a great chqrqctar, o true "mon's mqn". He possessad monyquolities, onebeing thot his very oppearance, stoture ond demeonour hecommonded great respecl f rom members of the public. When he spoke,invoriobly he ended his sentence with the word "There" e.9. "Now look here,there"

Sodly, he is no longer with us.Eorly in 1968 o youthful ond inexperienced detecfive joined the C2 section ofHull City C.I.D. He wos token under the wing of the obove described ondimmediotely following Ihe morning brie{ing wos told that o journey in the juniorofficer's cor to North Hull wqs requiredro meer the new londlord of EndykePublic Hoose.

Sen. D.C. "Are you the new lqndlord there?"Lic. "Yes, f'm Merv"D.Cs introduced themselves.Merv "Would you l ike o drink?"Sen. D.C. "f'm rother portiol to o drop of Teachers there, ond he'll hove o hqlfthere"The drinks were duly served, tree of course.

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Sen.D.C. "Now look Merv, do you know the diff erence between the C.f.D. qnd thePloincloth es of fjcers there?"Lic."No f thought they were the some"Sen. D.C. "Well thot's your f irst "f l ippin" mistqke 'cos we ore your "f l ippin"friends ond they ore your "f l ippin" enemieslLic: "Thonks for the t ip, would you l ike onofher drink?"Sen. D.C. "No thonks, but if you evbr need us, don't hesitote to coll him",pointing ot the new boyl

The classic wos the visit to o North Hull house where the junior mon reguired owitness to sign his deposition for Quorter sessions (remember themZ). TheDepositions were known qs 'Blues' (Remember them?).

The witness wos upstoirs chonging. rn the lounge, our mon spotted o drinkscobinet ond woxed lyricol obout whot q wonderful drinks cobinet they hod. Thewomon fell for it, soying "Thonk you for soying so, would you like q drink?"

"Well, r om rother portiol to o drop of thot Teochers there" A lorge meosurewos poured, drunk very guickly by our senior mon who then proceeded to lick out'the gloss. "Thot wos o delicious drop of whisky there." "Oh, would you likeonother?" soid the womon. "I don't mind if T do there"

A further lorge meosure wos poured just qs the witness oppeored in doorwoy.His foce wqs o picture os he surveyed the remoinder of his precious scotch qndf om sure he muttered q rude word.

Mony will remember the c.r.D. system of crime potrols or "scenes". Theseofficers were superimposed qcross the city to cover events thot hoppenedwhilst those on lqte shif t on the six sect ions continued their normol dut ies.

The potrols were controlled by the C.I.D. desk of f ic er. When our senior monwqs contocted whilst on Crime Pqtrol ond given o job, his immediate reoction wos"Surely thot's o job for the section mqn therel"

You hove guessed the reverse wos the case, "I'm in my own cor, ond surely thot'so job for the Crime Pqtrol lhere!"

The officer wos truly a legend in his own lif etime, T om sure you know by now itwos, of course.. . . . . . .

Jock Mcfntoshl

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If you ever tesfify in courf, you nighf wish you could have been as sharp as fhispoliceman. He was being cross-examined by a defence afforney during a felonytrial. The lawyer was frying fo undermine fhe policeman's credibility...Q

Q: 'Officer -- did you see my clienf fleeing fhe scene?'A: 'No sir. But f subsequenfly observed a person matching fhe descripfion offhe offender, running several blocks away.'

Q: 'Officer -- who provided fhis description?'A: 'The officer who responded fo the scene.'

Q: 'A fellow officer provided fhe descripfion of fhis so-called offender. Do youfrusf your fellow officers?A: 'Yes, sir. With my life.'

Q: 'Wifh your life2 Let me ask you this then officer. Do you have a room whereyou change your clofhes in preparation for your daily dufies?'A: 'Yes sir, we do!'

Q: 'And do you have a locker in fhe room?'A: 'Yes sir, f do.'

Q: 'And do you have a lock on your locker?'A: 'Yes sir.'

Q: 'Now why is if, officer, if you frust your fellow officers wifh your life, youfind it necessary fo lock your locker in a room you share wifh fhese sameoff icers?'A: 'You see, sir -- we share the building wifh the courf complex, and somefimeslawyers have been known fo walk fhrough fhof room.'

The courfroon EXPLODED with laughfer, and a prompf recess was called.

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ft wosn't like thqt in my doy (or wos it?) one mon's view

Remember those doys when you used to come on duty hove o guick briefing, takedown your SMVs/MPs from the book ond note Ihe generol messoges. you wroteony new SMVs, MPs qnd General Messoges into lorge books for others to copybooks up when osked to by the reserve mon.

You left the box ond commenced potrol q minute post the hour qnd onto yourpotch. Whot you did then wqs qnyone's business, as jobs did not come thick ondfost. ff you went to o burglory, CfD potrol would ottend obout the some time;stotement token; no morks Brown from fingerprints would turn up. CfD woulddisoppeor ot dinnertime ond return ot 'T Time, oll doy splits.

Pre Rodio you would hove to wolk oround your beot q certoin woy to points tomeet your ever-f riendly sergeant. Then we got o vehicle to drive oround in - qndrodios, the PYE two bits - the tronsmitters oeriol would hit you in the face.Some of you drove tha pondo cors like dodgems ond overturned them, rqn theminto lompposts it wos surprising the number of block dogs on the loose.

If you locked up the prisoner they usuolly hod o good oldWest/ North/EostHull surnome. Booking in wos obout five minutes. Tnterviews were conducted ino cell ond losted in some cqse o number of hours coveringjust obout onything togoin confidences. Some hod technigues to get o cough even"Lrfe on Mors" wouldbe proud of . Some (when the villoin got time) even helped the wives out whilsthe wqs owoyll Admiroble conduct. (ring o bell with anyone?)

We hod the 'sus' lows, which tended to keep the criminol ond the generol unrulyin check, moving kids on just becouse rhere were o number of them, wqsn't qproblem. Forensic Science wos just something you hod o lecture on qt collegeond never usad in proctice, cough ond o Voluntory Stqtement or nothing wos theorder of the doy. The language within the police wos eosy; you knew exoctlywhere you stood. You got o good old foshion rol l icking in longuogeyou couldunderstond.

5o whot's chonged ond why is the job so diff icult todoy?

Here ore some things you would never hove soid pre 1974 but qre used ingenerol terms todoy.

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Airwove Rodio/mobile phone

Bots Briefing Electronic briefing on computer

Accredited Volunteers Nosey Pqrkers who ossist on frontcounter

Monogement support. Admin

Alcohol exclusion zones. You con't drink here

Dispersol orders An order thot gives you outhority tomove grouPs on

Diversity No ideo

Portnerships Working with other ogencies ondcommunity to sort problems

the

Joi nt Community EngogementStrategy

No fdeo

Neighbourhood Forums. Locol Busy Bodies comploining oboutdog foul ing

Citizen Focus Groups This is o new one, listening to thepubl ic

6os ond osps CS gossing prisoners ond hitting themwith on iron bor

Tazers Electrocuting Prisoners

Community Support Officers Pol icing on the cheop

Line Monogers The Sgt or fnsp

fncident Reso lution Teoms Generol policing

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Since t974 the Humberside Police hos hod constqnt divisionol boundory chongesresulting in uncertointy ond some coses bewilderment by the ronk qnd file but -of course ACPO alwoys knew best. The lost change resulted inthe Hull CityPolice oreo now hoving moved to virfually it 's originol boundories, olbeit it is nowonly one division. ft 's only token 3Oyears to get bock to whqt it wos - of courseACPO know best.

We qlso now hove the custody rights in 8 different longuagesto cater for'the

Public Sofety Teoms Domestic Violence sexuol qssouh ondhote crime

Criticol fnvestigotion Teoms Serious Crime series ond complexfrouds

Community Wordens People who wonder obout wearing redT Shirts

Officer Sof ety Troining Teoching officers to gos ond cuffprisoners

Humon Resources Admin

Business Chonge Didn't think we were o business

Business Workforce Modernizotion Getl ing r id of Pol ice Off icers

Internet Sex Offenders New ero in sex (perhops it 's the onlywoy for some)

POPPOS Persistent offenders

Video Witnessing Moking witnesses f i lm stors

Problem Orientoted Pol icing ApproochLooking qt the problem in oreos withmore cr ime thon others (don't thinkthqt's newl)

Hot Desking Shoring o desk

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ever-increosing diversity in the populqtion. ft now tqkes o long time to book o

prisoner in, os we hove to know everything from his diet, drug hobits, ond ony

speciol religious reguirements. Our prisoners now come from Russio, Lotvio,

Polond, Somolio, frog, Kosovo ond onyone else who is in the oreq of the time

from wherever. They oll hove unpronounceable nomesl Con't speok o word of

English, when in custody, but mqnqge to in bors ond clubs.

Hqve things chonged? Yes they hove: they ore more diff icult with the number

of chonges in populotion ond culturol chonges thot come with it. Knife crime is

rif e, drug crime is the mqin reoson for committing off ences, domestic off ences

ore increasing ond internet sex off enders qre on the incresse. These oll take up

voluoble person hours ond moke the job todoy much mo?e diff icult ond

loboriously time consuming. Thot's why we hove business chonge, community

wordens, community supports off icers elc, etc, to do the job officers con't.

5o whot hos chonged? Thejob is more difficult becouse of governrnent "do

gooders", more public intervention ond qccountobility. A world of targets,league

iobles ond comporison chorts. Hos it changed, is it stil l the some? Whqt hos

chonged: fs it the longuoge? fs it technology? Coughs (odmissions) ore out the

window- in most coses solicitors hove o hond in thot. ft 's quite surprising the

number of remonds we used to hove compored to now; is it just thqt the Legal

Aid grovy troin hqs been de-roiled or arethere other reosons? The forensic

evrdence we poid little heed to is now ot the forefronl of modern policing.

Whot is LCN, DNA, Mutli Locus probes, skunk connobis?

It's oll o new longuage, but thqt's chonge for you.

Excerpt from "Your Coreer - A life in the Police" Circo 1964

"Off Duty"

As o constoble, you will hove three weeks leave every yeor with full poy ondqllowonces, qnd everyone is entitled to three ond q holf rest doys o fortnight orcompensqtion in lieu; the normql fortnightly period of duty being 84 hours. Youqre qlso entitled to leave on public holidoys, or time off equol one ond o hqlftimes the period spent on duty, or , if thqt connot be arranged, poyment insteod.

There ore disodvontoges obout the eight-hour tour of duty in towns, but theyhove their compensotions; they leave plenty of time for things like sport,

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gardening, study or going to the cinemo. The weekly rest doys ore orronged sothot o weekend off duty usuolly comes olong periodicolly, though mony men findthqt o day off in mid-week hqs its qdvont ages over the weekend.

Indoor ond outdoo? games are o?ganised by theforce. Also, for policemen qndtheir wives ond fomilies, oll kinds of recreation ond sociol octivities ore providedby police clubs ond othletic ossociations. The subscriptions to these qre low, ondin mony f orces generous contributions qre mqde by the Police Authorities. Monyforces hove their own footbqll qnd cricket pitches ond tennis courts; ofew ofthe largest hqve their own swimming boths. All these things moke forcomrqdeship - o very real ond importont feqture of leqve in fhe police Servrce.

The Police Athletic Associotion hos o high reputotion in most bronches of sport.There are plenty of opportunities for competing with other f orces qnd with thePolice of other countries, os well os in the field of internotionol sport.

Police officers hove reoched internotionql stqtus, for inston ce in rugger ondqmoteur soccer: in boxing ond wrestling; in swimming ond wqter polo; in hurdling,pole voulting ond putting the shot. In mony of these events policemen have beenchosen to repres ent Great Britqin of Olympi c Gomes.

Poy - Constqble on joining €635, E74O ofter two yeors , increments up to 9years service Top P.C. would earn E96b per year.

Long service incremenr of €30 ot 17 yeors ond f inolly €35 qt ZZ years service.

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Dinner & Donce 2008 - Cqncellotion

You wilf , r hope, remember thot towords the end of zooZ your comm itteeproposed to hold o Dinner Donce ot the Willerby Monor Hotel to celebrote,fhe33'd yeor of the demise of the Kingston upon Hull City Police Force. We hodopted to hold such q function every two yeors following the success of eqrliersimilqr functions. Your secretary, steve wqtson put in q lot of hord workwriting lo everyone initiolly, ond the even more time ond eff ort trying to drumup suff icienf interest in the evenl.

The venue wos booked ond o deposit poid on o live bqnd. Sodly, the response wosPoor. 5o poor in fqct thot eorly this yeor the Committeewos forced to obqndonthe event. The deposit for the bqnd wos lost. Fortunotely, our long-stondingrefotionship with the monogemenl qt Willerby Monor ollowed us to concel theevent without ony cost to the Associqtion. As o result it is unlikely thot q similorevenl will be held in the future unless there is o demqnd shown ot the A.G.M.

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A.G.M. 13rh November 2OO8

On o more cheerful note, the Annuol General Meeling will be held ot theWillerby Monor Hotel, 7.30pm for 8pm. Further good naws is thot this yeor thecost wi l l beamere €15.00 per heod which includes athree course meql ANDrwofree drinks (A voluoblegif t ot those pricesl) The usuol formot with the pre-dinner drinks, q chqnce to meef old friends ond colleogues , dodge the ones youdon't wont to meet, the meol, 'fhe meeting ond then sociol intercourse. Pleosereturn your form by 30 October 2008.....best do it now!

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ftems for the next newsle'tIer are urgently required. Whether creoled by menext year or someone else, items of interest, including photogrophs, should besent to me (Andy Jorrott) ot emoil [email protected] pref eroblyin Microsoft Word or picture formqt (this soves re-typinglhe whole lot l) A bigthqnk you to this yeor's contributors - if you think you con do better -Prove it!!

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