Salford Docks
Doug Britton. Portrait for the 1990 exhibition, "Bridging The Years". |
Doug Britton - Dock PoliceBorn 1924 Bristol. Interviewed 1989 - T012  Click here to listen to this extract in RealAudio format.Q: So when you say "We had to parade", what did you mean? You had to go in the police station, you were called to attention by the sergeant, and then you were inspected, you had to present truncheons up, and you had to produce your - in those days, we didn't have handcuffs, there were old-fashioned handcuffs, but we had grips, the same as Manchester City Police. And they were just spring loaded grip that you could just clip on and put on the wrist. And you could hold a person, but you didn't have to let go, different to handcuffs. And you had to be in possession of a truncheon and a set of grips, and a notebook and your whistle and chain, so you had to pull your whistle out, because in the days before personalised radios and all that sort of thing, if you needed help you had to blow the whistle or tap the truncheon on the setts. |
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