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The Police and the "old bill"

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micko1962 | 16:21 Thu 27th Jul 2006 | Phrases & Sayings
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Whay are the Police often referred to as "The Old Bill" ???
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During World War I, the cartoonist Bruce Bairnsfather created a popular character called 'Old Bill'. He was a grumbling veteran soldier with a large moustache. In the 1930s - perhaps because many ex-soldiers had become policemen - the name became attached to the Metropolitan Police. It has to be said that the Metropolitan Police themselves have a website that offers a variety of other possible explanations. If they don't know for sure...who does?
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Click here for the Met website I mentioned in my earlier response.
21:59 Thu 27th Jul 2006

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