1:00 am in Down Memory Lane, Guest Posts by Dave Palmer
This continues Barry Gilbert’s story of life in the Police Force. For the first part, see http://www.oldbordenians.co.uk/down-memory-lane/a-police-odyssey-january-1957-august-1992/.
My next period of service began with a move in April 1965 to the newly formed Traffic Division Garage in Bow Road in the East End of London, within the sound of Bow Bells.
The area has a very colourful history and a drive along Bow Road and Mile End Road through Stepney and Whitechapel towards the City of London was a history lesson in itself.
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Tags: 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956
1:00 am in Down Memory Lane, Guest Posts by Dave Palmer
Barry Gilbert, a member of the OBA Committee, attended the school from 1949 to 1956. This is the beginning of his story of life in the Police Force.
In January 1957 I journeyed to London and enrolled at the age of 18 on a Senior Cadet course at the Metropolitan Police Training Centre at Hendon.
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9:24 pm in Cricket, Down Memory Lane, Guest Posts, Sports by Dave Palmer
A member of the OBA committee has passed me a copy of a recent Daily Mail article featuring an Old Boy of the school from the early 1950s. Dennis Fowle is trying to contact team mates from his former cricket team. Are you one of those featured? Do you know any of their whereabouts? The article is reproduced below.
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Tags: 1949, 1951
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