Wasn't Like It In My Day.

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2820780/Armed-teeth-firepower-face-policing-London-age-Islamic-terrorism.html

Ah the great British Bobby, a long way from the days of the compulsory truncheon, and whistle, handcuffs, notebook and cycle.

http://blogs.thisismoney.co.uk/.a/6a00d8341c565553ef01156e3520f6970c-pi

[Svejk]

Just as well he can shoot you, he'd never catch you with that lot on.
Which one of those 2 boys are you, aog?

[janbee]

Dixon of Dock Green never needed all that clobber.

[anotheoldgit]

Or PC 49, remember him?

[Answerprancer]

LMAO ...hard to imagine that one whistling the theme to "Dixon Of Dock Green" as he perambulates around his beat eh!

[janbee]

Sadly AOG, I am THAT old. Yes I do.

[Answerprancer]

...aw poo, didn't see Janbee's post.

[wolf63]

Dixon of Dock Green was about 80 when he retired - was that really the' good old days' ??

[ummmm]

Dixon of Dock Green??

[janbee]

I think old George was about 80 when it started and remained a PC all his days.
He was also shot dead by Dirk Bogarde in The blue lamp.!

[Mamyalynne]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI6tJcfFhTE

[Bazile]

The bobby in the second picture is saying to the kids -

'' look over there through that magic mirror - that's my equivalent , in 2014 ''

[dannyk13]

When I started out I was issued with a truncheon and a whistle which in those days was enough.

[ummmm]

Mamy...is it all in black and white? :-)

[Svejk]

you wouldn't want 2 whacks of a truncheon.

[Butterbun]

I don't think we had colour TV till sometime in the seventies.

[Mamyalynne]

Ummmm the whole world was black and white back then.

[Gromit]

I believe you are very old , so not sure when your day was.

I expect if such kit had have existed, the police would have liked to have had it over 40 years ago when the IRA were shooting and bombing in London.

Terrorist threats are not new.

[anotheoldgit]

Gromit

/// I expect if such kit had have existed, the police would have liked to have had it over 40 years ago when the IRA were shooting and bombing in London. ///

/// Terrorist threats are not new. ///

To me, 40 years is fairly recent.

[anotheoldgit]

Mamyalynne

Thanks for that lovely clip, makes one relise how very much times have changed.

[Zeuhl]

/To me, 40 years is fairly recent/

LOL

very good aog :-)