Manchester police

An envious Manchester City Police bicycle patrol officer of the 1960s cast his eye over two new Triumph police cars in the yard of Bootle Street Police Station in city centre Manchester. 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…

A Greater Manchester Police officer controls traffic on the A6 at Mersey Square in Stockport in 1975. This role, known as 'point duty' was a common role for officers over many years. Mersey Square forms the end of the Merseyway Shopping Centre, which was built in the 1960 and spans the River Mersey as it runs through the town. The A6 is one of England’s longest roads and originally ran from Barnet in London to Carlisle in Cumbria. 1975 was the first full year of operation for Greater…

Two Greater Manchester Police officers strike a pose for the camera in one of a series of image intended to be used in a recruitment campaign in 1977. The location is the famous Bruche Police Training Centre near Warrington. Police officers from many local forces trained at the centre between 1946 and its closure in 2006. The site was originally developed at the start of World War 2 to house workers from a nearby munitions factory. It appears never to have been used for its intended purpose…

A Greater Manchester Police Range Rover attends the scene of an incident near Barton Bridge in 1988. This is one of a series of images taken to illustrate the work of the Force’s Motorway Unit. The Range Rover was the mainstay of the unit for many years due to its strength and versatility. The original negatives of from which theses images are taken have recently been scanned as part of the digitisation of our archives. From the collection of the Greater Manchester Police Museum and…

These historical photos are from the collection of the Greater Manchester Police Museum and Archive that show vehicles police officers often...

The Greater Manchester Police Museum & Archives is a fun museum which exhibits a large collection of police uniforms, vehicles and truncheons.

The Bay City Rollers, Mud and Showaddywaddy may have been riding high in the charts but it was just another day on patrol for this Greater Manchester Police officer back in 1975. He is photographed standing with two fine examples of the British motor industry. He uses the radio in an unmarked police Marina that is parked beside a classic Mini. These images are part of a series depicting police officer at work, which were taken by the Force’s photographer in 1975. For more information about…

Policing in Greater Manchester through the ages - Manchester Evening News

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