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Central
Scotland
Police
Memento
On 1 April, 2013,
the Police Service
of Scotland was
formed, merging
the 8 Scottish
forces in to
one.
Central
Scotland police
issued a limited
edition book entitled Central
Scotland 1975-2013 - which was produced and
advertised for sale within the force.
Central Scotland branch recently gifted copies
of the book to all its retired members, most
of which were hand delivered. The book is a
memento for what was the second smallest
police force in Scotland with details of the
history, main events, stories and people that
were memorable during the existence of
Central Scotland police.
Chair of Central Scotland branch, Andy Wright,
said
“We hope the retired members of Central
Scotland police enjoy reading the book and
that it brings back fond memories of the
people and stations (many of which are now
closed) within the former force area. Some well
known faces are within the publication as well
as funny stories, lots of pictures and details
of significant incidents such as the Polmont
Railway Disaster in 1984, the miners’ strike
in the 1980’s and Dunblane (1996). Serving
officers had access to the book on the police
intranet, so the committee decided to purchase
and distribute the book to retired members
as they did not have access to the police
computer systems.“
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POLICE WORLD
Vol 59 No. 1, 2014
Roger
Makes
Time for
a Cuppa
Roger Falkingham, Secretary of West Yorkshire
branch, responded to a travel request for
possible assistance from an IPA member and his
wife from Western Australia who were to visit
the UK.
The result for Roger was the memory of
sharing a friendly cup of tea with two new friends
from Australia.
Roger said,
“I first checked the time difference
between Leeds and Perth, Western Australia,
and then telephoned the member at his home
address. I spoke with his wife, Meredith Taylor,
who told me it was wonderful to talk to someone
so soon after sending off the request and that her
husband, Travis, was still at work.”
Later, Roger spoke to Travis Taylor, who is a
serving police officer with a traffic division, and
learned that last year they came to the UK and
purchased a Moto-Guzzi Norge 1200cc motorcycle
to use for vacations in the UK. The bike had
been stored at an address in Stevenage.
Roger became a Facebook friend with Travis and
his wife and through this the couple were able to
contact many IPA members in the UK ahead of
their trip.
They arrived in the UK in mid July and started their
vacation by riding to Lincoln and on to Rotherham
to meet up with a distant family member, as Travis
planned to trace his family name in the UK. It was
while en route from Rotherham that they called
at Roger’s home where they exchanged gifts and
had a pot of tea - Taylor’s of Harrogate? Yorkshire
tea of course!
“Must be a relation somewhere along the line?”
,
added Roger.
From Rotherham the couple headed to Gretna
Green and on to the Scottish Highlands.
Long Service
Awards
At the Caravan and Camping Group ‘Ice
Cream’ Rally in Staffordshire, members were
honoured for long service.
Dennis Twomlow
recieved his award as he has been a Caravan
and Camping Group committee member for 34 years.
The second award was in the form of a card signed by all
group members present at the rally for Len and Olwyn
Doncaster on their 60th ‘Diamond’ wedding anniversary.
The couple are long term members of both the group and
IPA Thames Valley branch.
Did you know?
The rally is called the ‘Ice Cream Rally’ because it takes
place on a farm in Haughton that have a herd of Jersey
Cows. They produce the most wonderful ice cream made
with cream from their own herd.
Len and Olwyn
Lost in
Translation
Lothian and Borders branch Meeting and
Greeting Group is now five members strong
and are looking for more persons willing to
help.
It has also had two offers to undertake
home hosting. A branch spokesman said,
“
We are all working hard to develop this
group who represent the friendly face of the
IPA and would welcome any further offers
of assistance.”
In particular, they would like to hear from
any member with foreign language skills who
can, on occasion, assist with the translation
of written communications. If you are able to
help in this please
contact:
IPA News
Dennis (left) receives his award
Calling
all
Photographers
Aside from the Section UK photography
competition, there is an opportunity for
members to take part in IPA’s International
Photography Competition.
Entries must
be submitted directly too Section UK. As an
additional incentive to take part, Section UK will
offer additional prizes.
There are 2 categories:
Open
and
Police at
Work
. Please send your entries by email to
by
30 March 2014 clearly indicating
that it is for the International Competition.
For rules of entry please visit:
org/News/Calling-All-Photographers---
International-Photography-Competition
Top prize
is є200 and a certificate.
The Taylors with Roger
