Uploads from Greater Manchester Police, tagged lancashire

Stamping Out Crime

nobody@flickr.com (Greater Manchester Police) — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 09:49:38 -0700

Greater Manchester Police posted a photo:

Two officers of Lancashire County Constabulary gaze intently through the door of a post office in Leigh. Perhaps they had seen a possible offence in progress or were simply greeting members of staff as they passed on their beat. On the other hand, maybe the station had run out of stamps.

This image is from a set labelled Lancashire County Constabulary Training Slides and depicts various officers on patrol in the town centre, at work in the police station or undertaking a variety of other duties.

They set forms part of the collection of the Greater Manchester Police Museum and Archive, which is currently being digitized, and contains many marvellously evocative images of policing in the past.

We originally though this set of images, taken in and around Leigh, dated from
the early 1970s, however sharp-eyed viewers have pointed out that they are more likely to be the late 1960s.

We hope you enjoy this glimpse of bygone Leigh. We will be publishing further images from this series in the near future.

For further images from this series please see the Lancashire County Police Training set

For more information please follow Greater Manchester Police Museum and Archives.

To find out more about Greater Manchester Police please visit our website.
www.gmp.police.uk

You should call 101, the new national non-emergency number, to report crime and other concerns that do not require an emergency response.

Always call 999 in an emergency, such as when a crime is in progress, violence is being used or threatened or where there is danger to life.

You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Crimestoppers is an independent charity who will not want your name, just your information. Your call will not be traced or recorded and you do not have to go to court or give a statement.

Waterloo Street Under Water

nobody@flickr.com (Greater Manchester Police) — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 03:14:47 -0700

Greater Manchester Police posted a photo:

While there is much comment about the weather this summer, especially the amount of rain, history tells us that similar conditions are not unprecedented in our region.

This image, we think dating from the 1930s, depicts a bus that appears to stranded in flood water on Oldham’s appropriately named Waterloo Street.

This image was produced by Oldham Borough Police. This force existed between 1849 and 1969. Policing in Oldham then became the responsibility of Lancashire County Constabulary until the formation of Greater Manchester Police in 1974.

To view more images from the Oldham Borough Police please see our set.
Oldham Borough Police Collection

From the collection of the Greater Manchester Police Museum and Archives.

To find out more about Greater Manchester Police please visit our website.
www.gmp.police.uk

You should call 101, the new national non-emergency number, to report crime and other concerns that do not require an emergency response.

Always call 999 in an emergency, such as when a crime is in progress, violence is being used or threatened or where there is danger to life.

You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Crimestoppers is an independent charity who will not want your name, just your information. Your call will not be traced or recorded and you do not have to go to court or give a statement.

Getting in the Picture

nobody@flickr.com (Greater Manchester Police) — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 09:08:32 -0700

Greater Manchester Police posted a photo:

This sergeant of Rochdale Borough Police obviously wasn’t camera shy. He appears to have made every effort to ensure he was centre stage when this official image was taken, despite the fact he was no doubt there to ensure law and order were maintained. In his defence, it must have been a rare opportunity to appear in the local newspaper. Besides, the crowd don't look bent on breaking the law and it was probably too good a chance to miss.

Sadly, we don’t know a great deal about the photograph, other than it seems to depict the ceremonial laying of a foundation stone for a building and it was probably taken in the 1920s.

A closer look reveals some wonderful facial expressions. We particularly like the look being given by the woman to the right of the official couple.

Do you know which building was under construction or who is performing the ceremonial laying of the first stone?

From the collection of the Greater Manchester Police Museum and Archives.

Visit the Rochdale Borough Police Collection to view further images.

For more information please follow Greater Manchester Police Museum and Archives.

To find out more about Greater Manchester Police please visit our website.
www.gmp.police.uk

You should call 101, the new national non-emergency number, to report crime and other concerns that do not require an emergency response.

Always call 999 in an emergency, such as when a crime is in progress, violence is being used or threatened or where there is danger to life.

You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Crimestoppers is an independent charity who will not want your name, just your information. Your call will not be traced or recorded and you do not have to go to court or give a statement.

No Further to be Found

nobody@flickr.com (Greater Manchester Police) — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 10:00:18 -0800

Greater Manchester Police posted a photo:

Sunset over the Irish Sea.

An image from the personal portfolio of one of Greater Manchester Police’s photographers.

View our Gallery set below for more non-police related images taken by the Force's photographers.
All the work has been produced in the photographers’ own time and has been uploaded outside of working hours. We hope you enjoy your visit.
The Gallery

For more information about Policing in Greater Manchester please visit our website.
www.gmp.police.uk

To report crime call police on 101 the new national non-emergency number.

You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Crimestoppers is an independent charity who will not want your name, just your information. Your call will not be traced or recorded and you do not have to go to court or give a statement.

Taking Up the Tram Tracks in Oldham

nobody@flickr.com (Greater Manchester Police) — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 09:49:49 -0700

Greater Manchester Police posted a photo:

A member of Oldham Borough Police watches on at a distance as the force’s photographer takes this image of roadworks on Hollins Road.

It appears that the work involves the removal of tram tracks and their replacement with the familiar cobbles of the day.

We are unsure of the exact date of this image but the tram service in Oldham ceased in August 1946 and this set of images all date from around the end of that decade through to the late 1950s.

The Metrolink system saw trams return to Oldham in 2012 and work will continue on this section of the system’s development until 2014.

To view more images from the Oldham Borough Police please see our set.
Oldham Borough Police Collection

From the collection of the Greater Manchester Police Museum and Archives.

To find out more about Greater Manchester Police please visit our website.
www.gmp.police.uk

You should call 101, the new national non-emergency number, to report crime and other concerns that do not require an emergency response.

Always call 999 in an emergency, such as when a crime is in progress, violence is being used or threatened or where there is danger to life.

You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Crimestoppers is an independent charity who will not want your name, just your information. Your call will not be traced or recorded and you do not have to go to court or give a statement.

On Patrol in the Sixties

nobody@flickr.com (Greater Manchester Police) — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 09:54:57 -0800

Greater Manchester Police posted a photo:

The Greater Manchester Police Museum and Archives collection, which is currently being digitised, has produced a series of marvellously evocative images of policing in the past.

Some of the most nostalgic images to be unearthed are a series of images taken in and around Leigh during the late 1960s. They come from a set of images labelled Lancashire County Constabulary Training Slides and depict various officers on patrol in the town centre, at work in the police station or undertaking a variety of other duties.

This section of the slideshow appears to be aimed at teaching young officers the basics of vehicle related offences.

We hope you enjoy this glimpse of bygone Leigh. We will be publishing further images from this series in the near future.

For further images from this series please see the Lancashire County Police Training set

From the collection of the Greater Manchester Police Museum and Archives.

To find out more about Greater Manchester Police please visit our website.
www.gmp.police.uk

You should call 101, the new national non-emergency number, to report crime and other concerns that do not require an emergency response.

Always call 999 in an emergency, such as when a crime is in progress, violence is being used or threatened or where there is danger to life.

You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Crimestoppers is an independent charity who will not want your name, just your information. Your call will not be traced or recorded and you do not have to go to court or give a statement.

On A Street Where We Lived

nobody@flickr.com (Greater Manchester Police) — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 09:41:18 -0700

Greater Manchester Police posted a photo:

Two police officers walk away from the camera as they continue their patrol.

This image is taken from a set of Lancashire County Constabulary training slides. They were taken in and around the town of Leigh and depicts various officers on patrol, at work in the police station or undertaking a range of other duties.

This set forms part of the collection of the Greater Manchester Police Museum and Archive, which is currently being digitized, and contains many marvellously evocative images of policing in the past.

We originally though this set of images dated from the early 1970s, however sharp-eyed viewers have pointed out that they are more likely to be the late 1960s.

For further images from this series please see the Lancashire County Police Training set

For more information please follow Greater Manchester Police Museum and Archives.

To find out more about Greater Manchester Police please visit our website.
www.gmp.police.uk

You should call 101, the new national non-emergency number, to report crime and other concerns that do not require an emergency response.

Always call 999 in an emergency, such as when a crime is in progress, violence is being used or threatened or where there is danger to life.

You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Crimestoppers is an independent charity who will not want your name, just your information. Your call will not be traced or recorded and you do not have to go to court or give a statement.

Life in a Northern Town

nobody@flickr.com (Greater Manchester Police) — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 09:27:59 -0700

Greater Manchester Police posted a photo:

Two Oldham Borough Police officers survey the hustle and bustle of a junction in the town.

This wonderful and evocative image is from a series of glass plate negatives produced by the force’s photographers of the period and perfectly caputures life in a northern town of the period.

To view more images from the Oldham Borough Police please see our set.
Oldham Borough Police Collection

From the collection of the Greater Manchester Police Museum and Archives.

To find out more about Greater Manchester Police please visit our website.
www.gmp.police.uk

You should call 101, the new national non-emergency number, to report crime and other concerns that do not require an emergency response.

Always call 999 in an emergency, such as when a crime is in progress, violence is being used or threatened or where there is danger to life.

You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Crimestoppers is an independent charity who will not want your name, just your information. Your call will not be traced or recorded and you do not have to go to court or give a statement.

Oldham Motocycle Inspection

nobody@flickr.com (Greater Manchester Police) — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 09:34:32 -0700

Greater Manchester Police posted a photo:

The Chief Constable of Oldham Borough Police looks somewhat out of his time as he watches an inspection of the force’s motorcyclists while wearing spurs and carrying a sword.

Many early chief constables were former military officers and brought much of army - especially the cavalry - uniform and traditions to the service. However, by the time this image was taken, probably in the late 1930s, the world had changed and the horse had been superseded by motorised transport.

The inspection is probably being conducted by one of Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC).

The HMIC still operates today and regularly inspects forces to ensure they are operating effectively.

To view more images from the Oldham Borough Police please see our set.
Oldham Borough Police Collection

From the collection of the Greater Manchester Police Museum and Archives.

To find out more about Greater Manchester Police please visit our website.
www.gmp.police.uk

You should call 101, the new national non-emergency number, to report crime and other concerns that do not require an emergency response.

Always call 999 in an emergency, such as when a crime is in progress, violence is being used or threatened or where there is danger to life.

You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Crimestoppers is an independent charity who will not want your name, just your information. Your call will not be traced or recorded and you do not have to go to court or give a statement.

Well, Where Do You Think We Are?

nobody@flickr.com (Greater Manchester Police) — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 10:53:58 -0700

Greater Manchester Police posted a photo:

We are not sure what is taking place in this image of Lancashire Constabulary officers in Ashton-under-Lyne. Perhaps they are planning an operation, undertaking a search, or just plain lost but the image does have a Dad's Army feel.

Whatever the reason, the map held by the sergeant seems to be at the centre of everyone’s attention. It might be that it was close to lunchtime - ‘refs’ in police speak – and they were looking for the quickest way back to the canteen.

Ashton-under-Lyne Borough Police was formed in 1848 and policed the town for exactly a century before the force became part of Lancashire Constabulary in 1948. Things changed again in 1974 and the area, with the addition of Hyde and Stalybridge, became the Tameside (G) Division of Greater Manchester Police.

From the collection of the Greater Manchester Police Museum and Archives.

To find out more about Greater Manchester Police please visit our website.
www.gmp.police.uk

You should call 101, the new national non-emergency number, to report crime and other concerns that do not require an emergency response.

Always call 999 in an emergency, such as when a crime is in progress, violence is being used or threatened or where there is danger to life.

You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Crimestoppers is an independent charity who will not want your name, just your information. Your call will not be traced or recorded and you do not have to go to court or give a statement.

Ready for the Jubilee

nobody@flickr.com (Greater Manchester Police) — Wed, 30 May 2012 09:43:03 -0700

Greater Manchester Police posted a photo:

The people of Oldham go about their business as the town prepares to celebrate Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee in 1897. This image was taken just days before the official celebrations, which took place on the 22nd of June, but flags and bunting already adorn the town’s Yorkshire Street.

All types of celebration took place across the country, ranging from grand formal events to local processions and parades.

This image originally came from the the former Oldham Borough Police and is now part of the collection of the Greater Manchester Police Museum and Archive.

To see more images from the Oldham Borough Police collection please follow the link below.
Oldham Borough Police Collection

For more information please follow Greater Manchester Police Museum and Archives.

To find out more about Greater Manchester Police please visit our website.
www.gmp.police.uk

You should call 101, the new national non-emergency number, to report crime and other concerns that do not require an emergency response.

Always call 999 in an emergency, such as when a crime is in progress, violence is being used or threatened or where there is danger to life.

You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Crimestoppers is an independent charity who will not want your name, just your information. Your call will not be traced or recorded and you do not have to go to court or give a statement.

Who Knew the Famous Fasting Man?

nobody@flickr.com (Greater Manchester Police) — Fri, 25 May 2012 01:39:04 -0700

Greater Manchester Police posted a photo:

The ongoing digitisation of Greater Manchester Police Museum’s huge collection of images has unearthed some fabulous images of policing in the region over the last 150 years but every so often we discover an image that seems a little out of place.

Meet Alf Wilson. He appears on a image captioned ‘The Famous Fasting Man of Stockport, Lancs.’
The image is printed on a postcard and seems to have been intended as a commerative or promotional item.

We have no other information relating to Mr Wilson or his fasting exploits and we have no idea if he had any connection with local policing.

Can you help? Do you know the story behind this intriguing image?

From the collection of the Greater Manchester Police Museum and Archive.

For more information please follow Greater Manchester Police Museum and Archives.

To find out more about Greater Manchester Police please visit our website.
www.gmp.police.uk

You should call 101, the new national non-emergency number, to report crime and other concerns that do not require an emergency response.

Always call 999 in an emergency, such as when a crime is in progress, violence is being used or threatened or where there is danger to life.

You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Crimestoppers is an independent charity who will not want your name, just your information. Your call will not be traced or recorded and you do not have to go to court or give a statement.

Into the West Away

nobody@flickr.com (Greater Manchester Police) — Wed, 23 May 2012 00:52:11 -0700

Greater Manchester Police posted a photo:

The wreck of the MV Riverdance which ran aground near Blackpool in January 2008.
Attempts were made to salvage the vessel but she was eventually broken up on the beach.

An image from the personal portfolio of one of Greater Manchester Police’s photographers.

View our Gallery set below for more non-police related images taken by the Force's photographers.
All the work has been produced in the photographers’ own time and has been uploaded outside of working hours. We hope you enjoy your visit.
The Gallery

For more information about Policing in Greater Manchester please visit our website.
www.gmp.police.uk

To report crime call police on 101 the new national non-emergency number.

You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Crimestoppers is an independent charity who will not want your name, just your information. Your call will not be traced or recorded and you do not have to go to court or give a statement.

When Blue was the Shirt Colour

nobody@flickr.com (Greater Manchester Police) — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 10:12:39 -0700

Greater Manchester Police posted a photo:

An officer patrols the streets of Leigh in the late 1960s. He is wearing the famous blue shirt that was an icon of policing for many years. It appears that he has completed his patrol and is retuning to Leigh Police Station from the direction of the town centre.

The collection of the Greater Manchester Police Museum and Archive which is currently being digitised, has produced a series of marvellously evocative images of policing in the past.

The latest gems to be unearthed are a series of images taken in and around Leigh during, we originally thought, the early 1970s. However sharp-eyed viewers have pointed out that they are more likely to be the late 1960s.
They come from a set of images labelled Lancashire County Constabulary Training Slides and depict various officers on patrol in the town centre, at work in the police station or undertaking a variety of other duties.

We hope you enjoy this glimpse of bygone Leigh. We will be publishing further images from this series in the near future.

For further images from this series please see the Lancashire County Police Training set

From the collection of the Greater Manchester Police Museum and archive.
For more information please visit our website.
www.gmp.police.uk

To find out about upcoming events at the museum follow them on Twitter

The Way We Were

nobody@flickr.com (Greater Manchester Police) — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 11:01:44 -0700

Greater Manchester Police posted a photo:

With its mill chimneys, cobbled streets and men in flat caps, this scene could easily be a painting by LS Lowry.

People stand and chat or hurry past in the mist. William May’s pawnbrokers and jeweler’s are holding a sale and the local cinema is showing Playboy of Paris starring Maurice Chevalier.

This wonderfully evocative image of West Street in Oldham dates from around 1931.

This image is from a set of glass plate negatives produced by the force’s photographers of the period.

To see more images from the Oldham Borough Police collection please click the link below.
Oldham Borough Police Collection

For more information about our museum please follow Greater Manchester Police Museum and Archives.

To find out more about Greater Manchester Police please visit our website.
www.gmp.police.uk

You should call 101, the new national non-emergency number, to report crime and other concerns that do not require an emergency response.

Always call 999 in an emergency, such as when a crime is in progress, violence is being used or threatened or where there is danger to life.

You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Crimestoppers is an independent charity who will not want your name, just your information. Your call will not be traced or recorded and you do not have to go to court or give a statement.

On Guard

nobody@flickr.com (Greater Manchester Police) — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 11:13:07 -0700

Greater Manchester Police posted a photo:

The owner of this shop must have felt very secure as he lent against his doorframe and spotted two officers of Lancashire County Constabulary standing rigidly to attention outside his premises. We expect he had no problems with shoplifters whilst they remained but they might have scared away a few potential customers as well.

This image, captioned ‘2 PCs outside King St Market’ is from a set labelled Lancashire County Constabulary Training Slides and depicts various officers on patrol in the town centre, at work in the police station or undertaking a variety of other duties.

This set forms part of the collection of the Greater Manchester Police Museum and Archive, which is currently being digitized, and contains many marvellously evocative images of policing in the past.

We originally though this set of images, taken in and around Leigh, dated from
the early 1970s, however sharp-eyed viewers have pointed out that they are more likely to be the late 1960s.

We hope you enjoy this glimpse of bygone Leigh. We will be publishing further images from this series in the near future.

For further images from this series please see the Lancashire County Police Training set

For more information please follow Greater Manchester Police Museum and Archives.

To find out more about Greater Manchester Police please visit our website.
www.gmp.police.uk

You should call 101, the new national non-emergency number, to report crime and other concerns that do not require an emergency response.

Always call 999 in an emergency, such as when a crime is in progress, violence is being used or threatened or where there is danger to life.

You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Crimestoppers is an independent charity who will not want your name, just your information. Your call will not be traced or recorded and you do not have to go to court or give a statement.

Rochdale Detectives of 1875

nobody@flickr.com (Greater Manchester Police) — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 10:01:51 -0800

Greater Manchester Police posted a photo:

They may look a little like the Wild Bunch waiting for Butch Cassidy, but about the same time as those outlaws were terrorising the Wild West, these men were keeping the local criminals in check in their role as detectives in the Rochdale Borough Police. The similarity with images of Cassidy and his gang is not as strange as it seems. Butch (real name Robert Parker) Cassidy’s parents lived just up the road in Preston until the 1850s. Perhaps the dapper style was common to the area at the time.

Rochdale Borough Police began life on the 28th of February 1857, one year after the County and Borough Police Act of 1856 made the provision of a police service compulsory in all areas.

Captain John H Callender was appointed the force’s first chief officer and began work on 11th of March with instructions to recruit and train officers to begin patrolling the streets on 13th of April.

Captain Callender, who began his police career in Manchester in 1839, set to work and soon the style of uniform to be worn by the new officers was decided upon. They were to wear a blue frock coat, blue trousers and a tall hat. They would also be equipped with a great coat and cloth cape for use in inclement weather.

On the 8th of April, Captain Callender was sworn in along with two sergeants, John Cragg and Thomas Greenwood, and twelve constables. The new force got off to a difficult start, with many of the first constables soon dismissed for various breaches of discipline. It also found itself needing to be reinforced by Lancashire County Constabulary when riots and disorder broke out in July of the same year.

In September the force was inspected by Lt. Col Woodford, HM Inspector of Constabulary. He considered the force to be very creditable in appearance but insufficient in number.

In 1858 it was reported that the running cost for the first year of operation came to £1,235 1s 7d.

Despite difficult beginnings the force found its feet and so began a tradition of an independent force for Rochdale that lasted until the force was amalgamated with Lancashire Constabulary in 1969. In 1974 the newly formed Greater Manchester Police took over responsibility for policing the area and today it forms the Rochdale Division of the GMP.

Visit the Rochdale Borough Police Collection to view further images.

For more information please follow Greater Manchester Police Museum and Archives.

To find out more about Greater Manchester Police please visit our website.
www.gmp.police.uk

You should call 101, the new national non-emergency number, to report crime and other concerns that do not require an emergency response.

Always call 999 in an emergency, such as when a crime is in progress, violence is being used or threatened or where there is danger to life.

You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Crimestoppers is an independent charity who will not want your name, just your information. Your call will not be traced or recorded and you do not have to go to court or give a statement.

Heigh Ho, Heigh Ho...

nobody@flickr.com (Greater Manchester Police) — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 10:14:22 -0800

Greater Manchester Police posted a photo:

There appears to be something comic about this image of the afternoon shift leaving Leigh Police Station in the 1960s, especially with the leading officer's helmet seeming to be on the verge of falling off his head. We suspect that police humour may have played a part in this image and the officers may well have been having a little fun at the expense of the force's photographer. At the least, we suspect someone was a whistling a certain well known tune.

The collection of the Greater Manchester Police Museum and Archive which is currently being digitised, has produced a series of marvellously evocative images of policing in the past.

The latest gems to be unearthed are a series of images taken in and around Leigh during, we originally thought, the early 1970s. However sharp-eyed viewers have pointed out that they are more likely to be the late 1960s.

They come from a set of images labelled Lancashire County Constabulary Training Slides and depict various officers on patrol in the town centre, at work in the police station or undertaking a variety of other duties.

We hope you enjoy this glimpse of bygone Leigh. We will be publishing further images from this series in the near future.

For further images from this series please see the Lancashire County Police Training set

For more information please follow Greater Manchester Police Museum and Archives.

To find out more about Greater Manchester Police please visit our website.
www.gmp.police.uk

You should call 101, the new national non-emergency number, to report crime and other concerns that do not require an emergency response.

Always call 999 in an emergency, such as when a crime is in progress, violence is being used or threatened or where there is danger to life.

You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Crimestoppers is an independent charity who will not want your name, just your information. Your call will not be traced or recorded and you do not have to go to court or give a statement.