Winter 2014 City Police Pensioners Newsletter

WINTER 2014

PENSIONERS’ NEWSLETTER THE ISSUE

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Welcome Commissioner’s message

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Chairman’s message

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From the summer...

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In Memoriam

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Owen Kelly QPM

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By the way...

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Southend on sea

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CID Reunion

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Wellbeing

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Captain Trebilcook

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MERRY CHRISTMAS

Cloak Lane Cliff

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Lunch with Steph

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Tony’s Thoughts

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The Pilgrim Fathers

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Jan Hatt is a CLOT

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NARPO NEWS

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Alan Francis OBE

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City Slickers Part 3

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LMS

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The Senior Brigade

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And more...

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Welcome to the Winter 2014 issue of the Pensioners’ Newsletter. 2014 has been a special year of remembrance. Especially pertinent due to the 100 year anniversary of the beginning of the Great War. Anyone who has managed to visit the Tower of London during this time and seen the 888,246 poppies that have been spilling from the Tower, each one representing a British and Commonwealth death during World War One, will have paused and thought and remembered.

The nights are now drawing in, the weather is turning cold and Christmas is on its way. And of course at this time of year our thoughts always turn to those that we have lost.

Family, friends and colleagues. I would suspect that many of us will raise a glass and spare a quiet, personal moment remembering those that are no longer with us. It is with this in mind, that ex DC Alan MacLennan (still with us, fortunately) has been spending a lot of his spare time recently (er… not so much the raising a glass bit, although he does seem to have been photographed at every City pensioners ‘do’ this year). No, Alan has been focussing on the remembrance part.

Alan has been looking at setting up an ‘In Memoriam’ or ‘Remembrance’ section on the Pensioners’ website. This would be a section where details of officers who are now deceased could be posted along with photographs, anecdotes, stories of shared experiences perhaps and career details, postings and promotions etc. Nothing detrimental would be permitted and certainly nothing that might cause offence would be allowed. In time there would be a comprehensive alphabetical record of all City of London Police officers who have passed away. And instead of just a few lines as we usually get in the ‘In Memoriam’ section of the newsletter, we could read about and picture, and what’s more remember, our colleagues as real characters and people.

This would initially involve retired officers to nominate people that they have known and served with and were perhaps influential on their own career. Also, (without becoming too morose at this festive time), we the ‘living’ pensioners could provide photographs and anecdotes of ourselves that we would like people to share and remember us by, in the future This would require a lot of donkey work by Alan MacLennan to start with but if we can keep him away from all these ‘get togethers’ and pensioners’ reunions for a while, that might not be a bad thing. I would be interested to hear people’s thoughts on this (the remembrance idea not the ways in which we could stop Alan from appearing at do’s). If you have the time, please contact me on cpearson74a@gmail.com if you would like to voice your opinion.

Many thanks and let’s raise a glass to all our loved ones and friends that we are missing at this festive time.

I wish you all a very healthy and happy Christmas and New Year.

Best wishes,

Chris Pearson (Guest Editor)

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Commissioner’s Message 2014 has been an exciting year for the City of London Police. It is our 175th anniversary and to celebrate we had a float in this year’s Lord Mayors Show, where we unveiled our new official City of London Police flag and patrol uniform. Volunteers, staff, cadets and officers paraded in modern and historic uniforms dating back to 1839 whilst supported by a range of police vehicles old and new. It was a fantastic day and one which made me very proud to be Commissioner of such a unique force.

We have settled in to our new structure to meet the recent budget constraints and are on track to achieve yet another year of crime reduction. City of London Police are firmly focused on providing a world class service through innovative and modern ways of working. We are rolling out new laptops and mobile devices to all of our officers which will allow them to work more flexibly and spend more time on the beat as opposed to filling out forms at the station.

In order to continue to counter the increasing threat from terrorism, the City of London Police has developed and introduced a pioneering new initiative named Project Servator, designed to make potential terrorists feel uncomfortable and unwelcome whilst reassuring the public through unpredictable deployments of officers. It has been a great success, so much so it was adopted

by Police Scotland for the Commonwealth Games.

This year we also took on responsibility and ownership for ActionFraud – the national fraud reporting system, and as we move into 2015 I am keen for our Economic Crime Directorate to continue to grow and develop in its national lead force role. We are working closely with several industries to target major fraud threats to the UK including the Insurance Industry and Intellectual Property. These self funding collaborations are proving extremely effective at deterring and prosecuting offenders. In addition, the reputation of the new Economic Crime Academy also continues to flourish. It is my firm hope and belief that we will continue to be at the forefront of crime prevention and detection in the Fraud arena.

Finally - and most importantly - I would like to wish you all a very Happy Christmas and hope that you all enjoy a peaceful festive period.

Commissioner Adrian Leppard

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CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE The unseasonably warm weather we experienced in late October took my mind back to NARPO’s annual conference that was held on 5th September at the Grand Hotel, Brighton. Four members of the Executive Committee, including myself, represented the City of London Branch and joined about 350 other delegates from branches across England and Wales along with representatives from the Scotland and Northern Ireland pensioners’ associations.

The highlight of the morning was the speech given by Sir Hugh Orde, the ACPO President, who gave his view on the current state of policing in his own forthright and humorous style. Whilst policing is different from when we knew it, he reassured the audience that it is still very much fit for purpose and something in which we can still take great pride.

Another main topic at the conference was NARPO’s “Later Life Ambitions” manifesto. By 2030 there will be almost 13 million people in later life, i.e. aged 65 or over. In advance of the 2015 general election, this manifesto aims to encourage today’s decision makers to confront the challenges of tomorrow.

Later Life Ambitions brings together the collective voices of over 250,000 pensioners represented by NARPO, the National Federation of Occupational Pensioners and the Civil Service Pensioners’ Alliance. These three organisations know the challenges that older people face in today’s Britain and also that the members have ambitious aspirations for themselves and the next generation of pensioners. The manifesto is an apolitical campaign to get older people’s issues to the political agenda. These issues include sustainable care services, accessible housing, regular and affordable transport services to maintain independence into later life and fair pensions. The objective is to change the terms of the debate to focus on the aims of pensioners rather than the perceived costs to the rest of society. If you wish to know more you can visit www.laterlifeambitions.co.uk One such inequality within the Police Pensions is that under the 1987 Police Pension Scheme those in receipt of a widow’s or widower’s pension lose their pension if they remarry or cohabit.

Although this was addressed in subsequent schemes the provisions were not made retrospective so most police widows and widowers are still in the position of losing their pensions in these circumstances. This clause within the 1987 pension scheme leaves older widows and widowers at a real disadvantage compared to their younger counterparts. Most are faced with the very difficult decision of either retaining the pension or ending their days in a relationship that provides the companionship so necessary to their quality of life.

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NARPO has recently been assisted in their campaign to see all widows and widowers treated equally by widow member Kate Hall. Kate has launched a petition to seek the change to legislation that I am sure we would all like to see. The petition has 65,600 signatures towards the target of 100,000. You can sign the petition by going to the NARPO website at www.narpo.org and clicking on Notices and follow the link or by following this link https://www.change.org/p/theresa-may-mp-grant-police-widows-pensions-for-life-don-t-make-themchoose-between-future-happiness-and-pensions?

I think that is enough from me. All that is left for me to do is to thank everyone who helps in producing this and the other newsletters and also to thank the members of the Committee for their support over the past year. May I also wish you all a happy Christmas and a very healthy, active and enjoyable 2015.

Best wishes

Alex Robertson Chairman NARPO (City Branch) and City of London Police Pensioners’ Association.

FROM THE SUMMER NEWSLETTER The photo (right) was taken outside the Old Bailey during the MP Jeremy Thorpe’s trial in 1979.

Chris Kearsy believes that the officer on the far left is Ron Barnes.

Mike Trebilcook has kindly forwarded some more photo’s from the trial.

From Mike; (Above photo) Trevor Armstrong stands out a mile in the first pic but I am unable to name the other colleagues.

I was at the Garage in those days and I was given the job of collecting Norman Scott from his 'Safe House' and taking him to the CCC. I then had to meet him at the door of the CCC and take him back or, to anywhere he requested. Good job he never knew I was authorised to take him 'anywhere' because he often said he would love to go back to Devon!!

That's Norman in the last pic ( on the left, Jeremy Thorpe on the right ). And that's me at the steering wheel. I always turned my face away from the many photographers as I didn't want to be recognised.

Anyway, he was found Not Guilty. He must be well into his 80's now.

Regards,

Mike

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In Memoriam Colleagues who have passed away since the last newsletter

Police Widow

Joan Thorp

15h June 2014

Ex PC 507C

Benjamin French

Police Widow

Emily Rose Cuff

4th August 2014

18th August 2014

Ex Ch/Insp Eric William Ellwood-Wade 29th August2014 Eric Ellwood-Wade passed away on 29th August 2014 after a long illness. Eric joined the City of London Police Force in 1947, achieving the rank of Chief Inspector.

Ex PS 100E Victor Wright Victor retired from the Force in November 1983

14th September 2014

Control Room Staff Anne Lloyd 17th September 2014 The fastest typist In the room. Everyone on division knew her and called ‘Mrs many thanks’ as she was always so polite. Anne was one of the best operators and never flapped which was a bonus working in there. Norma Limond

Ex PS 79E Dennis Roy George Pratt Dennis served at CP6 and then at CP5.

R.I.P.

23rd September 2014

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Wife of ex Insp Stanley Geale

Florence Geale

12th October 2014

Ex Detective Ch/Insp

Derek Couling

23rd October 2014

Ex PC 259 E

Peter Miller

Ex PC

Tony Herbert

8th November 2014

12th November 2014

Ex PC 134 B Royston Douglas Davis 20th November 2014 Royston, PC134B, joined City of London Police in 1951 and served for 30 years, retiring in 1981.

Ex PS

Tony Long

R.I.P.

24th November 2014

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The Acting Court Inspector

By Owen Kelly

In 1962 I was a young sergeant on early shift at a large Divisional Police Station in South London when I was called urgently to the telephone as the Superintendent needed to speak to me. My heart raced as I wondered what this was about. In the event his opening words were, "Sergeant Kelly, your country needs you!". My heart then sunk as I rightly suspected he was about to give me some awful job. He went on to explain that the Court Inspector, due at the very busy Magistrates Court across the road from the police station, had been knocked over while cycling to work and was now in hospital. "So", he said, "I need you to stand in as Acting Court Inspector. Come and get the papers." Needless to say, I had never done that job before. The Court sat at 10 am and it was now 9.50 am.

I ran upstairs to his office and he handed me a huge bundle of files. Those who have served in the Met will recall that before the Crown Prosecution Service came into being the Court Inspector was the Commissioner's representative at Court. His many duties included advising and supervising officers prosecuting cases that day, signing and timing the officers' court attendance cards, reading out to the Court the statement of facts in those lesser cases where there was a previously notified guilty plea - and many other things.

Bearing this large bundle of files I rushed across to the court and took up my position in the court inspector's box. The courtroom was already full of people and there was a queue of officers seeking my attention. Normally the court inspector would have been there in good time to deal with all this. I had not even had time to look at the files. While dealing with the first few in the queue I was aware that the three lay magistrates had taken their place on the bench and the business of the court had begun, with some licensing and other applications being dealt with. I was also vaguely aware that at one stage the Chairman of the Bench was paying tribute to someone who had left the court service, during which I continued, head down, dealing with the needs of the line of officers. While this was happening, one of the waiting officers nudged me and whispered, "Sarge, I think the Chairman wants to talk to you."

Sure enough, the Chairman was looking at me. When he knew he had my attention he said, "Sergeant, on behalf of the Police would you like to say something about Mr Matthews?" With no idea about whom he had been talking, I lurched to my feet and then waffled on for a bit on what a great servant to the court this man had been and how sorely he would be missed. Then I finished by wishing him a long and happy retirement.

At this the Chairman looked at me over his spectacles for a long moment and then said, "Yes, I suppose that is one way of putting it. He died early this morning."

Owen K Q.P.M.

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By the way...

I revisited my old patch with some friends last week & was reminded of the pedestrian crossing point by Cannon Street railway station and traffic duties of yesteryear (early 1960's). In those days we had to stand on a portable podium of course and trust in hope that oncoming vehicles were able to see us amid the sea of pedestrians oozing from the busy station.

On one such occasion a short sighted motorist was focused on the populous ahead of him. but he failed to notice me from my position in the gods, despite my lowering the right hand almost to his eye level hoping he would stop. Alas, the unexpected occurred and yours truly felt the podium begin to shift and clunk I ended up across his car bonnet as we both stared into each others startled faces. All of this witnessed by an amused audience of city gents and scurrying char ladies who no doubt enjoyed the sight of the law being brought down a peg or two.

Fortunately help was on hand and the newspaper sellers (the cavalry) came rushing to my aid calling reassuringly 'Alright Guv' as they wrestled the podium and me with it, into an upright position whence the due dignity of the law was promptly restored. Then it was 'roll on refs' before enjoying a slap up breakfast at the old Cloak Lane nick for something like ten pence in today's money, if I remember correctly.

Phil Whittick ex PC 755D

FROM THE SUMMER NEWSLETTER Pete Bosworth says that the photograph on page 15 of the Summer newsletter is of him and it was taken in 1962 by John Gay.

ARE YOU FORCE LOTTERY RESULTS August 2014 £1000 ticket number 5365 – PC Shaun Duff £300 ticket number 27 – John Ayres (Retired) £200 ticket number 3945 – PC Dan Shead £100 ticket number 1825 – DC Tony Bandy £100 ticket number 4222 – Kay Britton

FEELING LUCKY?

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Southend Seaside Meeting

by Anne Lancaster A very good turnout for the Southend seaside meeting on Thursday 9th October held again at Sands Bistro. On a wild and blustery day, 34 attended an excellent afternoon tea in this restaurant overlooking the sea. Attendees were: Geoff & Doreen Ashton, Barry & Val Bowles, Fluff Bryan, John & Anne Conroy, Bob & Kathy Cottrill, Brian & June Cramp, Ken Dodsworth & Sue, Eileen Fellowes, Mick Finn, Margaret Gorman, Bel Harding, John Hume, John Hussey, John & Anne Lancaster, John & Linda MacLean, Alan MacLennan, John & Barbara Rew, David & Ann Smith, Roland Tann, Peggy Taylor, Christine Thornborrow, Don Warwick.

Thanks to Ken Dodsworth for his photography skills.

Anne

John & Linda MacLean, David & Ann Smith

John Conroy, Don Warwick, Fluff Bryan

Brian & June Cramp, Barry Bowles

John Hussey, Peggy Taylor

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CID Reunited Jim Jolly The Reunion Lunch at the Drapers Hall went well, with 113 members and guests sitting down in the main Livery Hall to an excellent lunch of Salmon, Drapers's Beef Wellington and Treacle Pudding!.....plus lots of still and sparkling mineral water.

Dick Keating welcomed everyone present, in particular a table of serving CID officers and stressed how important it was to continue the link with these officers to ensure the Association had a healthy future. Dick also stated that the Association was determined to maintain a welfare function and Alan Goodman taking on the role of Almoner was evidence of that.

On this the 20th Anniversary, Alan Goodman the first Chairman then talked about how at the funeral of Peter Toy in 1994 the idea of an Association was first discussed and then evolved into the fellowship we have today with over 170 members. His present role was to watch out for those members and partners who were going through difficult times and he needed the help of every member to identify those colleagues. Alan finished up his speech with a mixture of amusing stories and anecdotes that left everyone in good spirits.

Adrian Leppard, the Commissioner updated us on how the City Police was faring, particularly with continued pressure on budgets and emphasised how confident he was that the Force would maintain its independent status in the heart of London. Mr Leppard recounted some of the excellent work carried out by current detectives in the City and said that the success of serving CID officers owed much to the legacy left by many of those retired officers present that day.

A collection for the Comforts Fund of the Association raised ÂŁ940 and many thanks to members and guests for their generosity.

Bob 'paparazzi' Tilbury was responsible for the attached photos which include a 'selfie' of the man himself!

Best wishes,

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WELLBEING DEPT.—Taiwo Olaiya Force Wellbeing Unit Walbrook Wharf 78-83 Upper Thames Street EC4R 3TD Clarification of services.

For financial assistance / Flint House application / Assistance with funeral arrangements of ex-serving police officers. (Please note that Flint House no longer offer Convalescent Home facilities for retired police officers and said this was stopped a while back).

Contact—Taiwo Olaiya Wellbeing Advisor 0207 332 3982

For Summer luncheon or Lord Mayors Show Contact—Anne Lancaster 020 8777 0618 (a.lancaster25@btinternet.com ) For changes to name or address for newsletter Contact—Anne Lancaster (a.lancaster25@btinternet.com )

For Newsletter content issues or Pensioners’ website queries Contact – Chris Pearson (cpearson74a@gmail.com)

For Pensions queries/updates Contact - Claire O’Malley 0207 332 1370 or Rebecca Weir 0207 332 3982

*EDITORS NOTE The late PS Michael Coles.

The report of the death of ex PS Michael Coles in the last issue contained a spelling error. A letter ‘s’ was left off Michael’s surname. I would like to apologise for this omission and I hope this did not cause any offence or upset.

Chris Pearson

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Sailing the Sea’s with Captain Trebilcook.

2014 Adventure for my 65th Birthday — PART 2

New Year’s Day 2014.

Salamanca Cathedral bells were tolling and, after our breakfast and a check of the car, we were on our way south to Huelva in the South of Spain and some four hundred miles away. The closer we got to Huelva the warmer the temperature got too. We saw sunshine as well which was so very welcome as the skies had been grey since we arrived in Spain. Huelva, made ‘famous’ during World War 2 for the greatest deception the UK ever pulled against Nazi Germany.

The dead body of a vagrant, found in a derelict building in the Kings Cross area, was to be used by MI5 for the ‘War Effort’. The corpse was dressed as a Royal Marine – Major William Martin, was jettisoned from a submarine. Chained to him was a briefcase containing fake plans marked ‘Top Secret’, for a supposed invasion of Greece. This brilliant plan was made into a film called, “The Man Who Never Was” as well as being the subject of several books. It was a plan called, ‘Operation Mincemeat’ and was suggested by the Spy Boss of Ian Flemming. It was a plan that was said to have brought about the end of the war thus saving many lives. But I digress…. t was late afternoon when we arrived at our destination in Huelva where we stayed with a Spanish friend for three nights.

Saturday 4th January 2014 The time had come for us to board our next ferry that would take us to Lanzarotte. This Spanish ferry (Naviera Armas) was totally opposite to the Brittany ferry we were on first. Boarding was a dangerous nightmare and it is a wonder we actually ever boarded at all. There was no discipline and vehicles were being driven straight at us as we were being told by Security to cross the motor deck to get to the stairway. How the Staff manage in cases of emergency doesn’t bear to think about.

We eventually made it to the Reception where we had to wait in line to collect our cabin key, two pillow cases and two towNAVIERA ARMAS els each. We were on this ship for the next thirty hours and we spent most of that time in our cabin talking or reading our books as there were no amenities on board.

The sea was extremely rough and I found out that I am not a sea farer at all. I couldn’t wait to get back on land again. But that would have to wait another day. This voyage was to last another thirty hours.

IT WAS A LONG VOYAGE FOR MICK.

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Sunday 5th January 2014, and we arrived at the port of Arrecifen Lanzarotte. Phew, it was hot. The afternoon sun was bright and the temperature was a welcoming twenty four degrees. Now for the drive to Playa Blanca and the next ferry, to Fuerteventura. This was a pleasant drive and the Fred Ohlson ferry we boarded was a huge catamaran which was clean and very comfortable.

Twenty five minutes later we drove off this lovely ferry at Coralejo in the north of Fuerteventura.

It was now six thirty in the evening and the sun would be going down soon. We set the Tom Tom for Antigua, the former Capital of Fuerteventura (prior to Antigua the capital city was Betancuria. The capital is now Puerto Del Rosario.)

Tom Tom took us to Antigua but were unable to locate our Rural B&B. We thought this would be a quiet town but there were so many people walking in the road as well as covering the footpaths. We knew then that something must be going on. We stopped the car as several camels walked past us. An elderly English couple informed us it was the night of the Three Kings, the long awaited Christmas for Spanish people. This is the time when children were allowed to open their presents.

Having never seen a camel before we parked our car so we could join the throng of people rushing to…we didn’t know where.

Uniformed police officers were all over the place. One officer walked over to our car waving his hands at us and speaking in Spanish and obviously telling us we couldn’t park there. I just had to ‘show out’ as he came over to the nearside passenger door all ready to berate my wife whom he believed was driving. I got out, walked around to the other side of the car and showed him my Pensioner’s I.D. Card!! He saw the City Crest on the front of the MIKE AND LYNDA wallet and suddenly he became me newest best friend. His face beamed a huge smile as he forgot about the traffic and all the pedestrians. He threw his arms around me telling me in (very) broken English that he had been to London once…when he was thirteen! He told me to leave my car where it was and that we must quickly join the ‘others’. We walked twenty or so yards along the road with our new friend and he introduced us to the lady mayor of Antigua. More cheek kissing and hugging. Everybody knew who she was because she owns the local sweet shop.

She had supplied the Three Kings with sweets to fill the baskets that were strapped to the sides of the camels. The Three Kings would throw the sweets for the children to pick up off the ground. The children would run around collecting as many sweets as they could carry. We waited for the procession which was led, not by the Commissioner in his plumed hat but, by a John Pattendon look-alike on an old Local Police motor cycle with Blue Light flashing. He was followed by a group of Hippie-looking fire eaters and they were followed by the equivalent of a Salvation Army Brass Band.

The five camels came next and you really could you smell them! The Three Kings were on the first three camels and the last two camels held extra supplies for when the Kings had thrown their sweets into the crowd. The procession of two hundred or so people including children running around picking up sweets and annoying the camels by running in front of them, took twenty minutes to pass us. The camels carrying the Three Kings suddenly stopped and folded their lanky long legs and lay down for the Kings to dismount. It was at this point the Three Kings took the part of Father Christmas and children came running up to sit on the knee of each ‘King’.

Having never witnessed such an occasion before I thought it was (sort of ) well planned and a good spectacle.

To be continued...

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Cloak Lane Association The CLA held its November meeting last Friday (07/11/14) at our new venue, the Crosse Keys in Gracechurch Street. For those of you who served at Snow Hill, that’s the big wide road that joins Bishopsgate to London Bridge.

Sadly, we no longer have the use of the Wakefield Mess for our meetings, but we had to adapt to survive and the manager of the Crosse Keys is very good to us and provides with our own room free of charge.

Perhaps the sight of us lot in the main bar would be bad for business, but it suits us well.

Ernie Plumb brought two Belgian SAS Veterans with him, and I found myself sat between these two formidable gentlemen. Over the years, the likes of Jock Watt, Ron Smith, John Cardwell and Bill King tried their hardest to toughen me up, but despite their best efforts I felt quite vulnerable between two such impressive men. Knowing that I could be killed with a single blow, I tried chatting to them about all the interesting things I knew about Belgium.

That lasted for seventeen seconds and so I made some excuse about getting the beers in and spent the rest of the evening hiding behind Dick Keating (or almost) who promised to protect me.

I then noticed that they’d starting to chat to Troggy who was more than a match for them as within a few minutes they looked dazed, confused and suicidal. Any one who’s chatted to Trog at a Cloak Lane do will know what I mean Inevitably, our numbers have been shrinking for some time, and our turnout last week was down to nine or ten, leaving us wondering if it’s really worth continuing with the Association. I send out about a hundred or so invitations and I know that efforts have been made to encourage more recently retired people along, but there’s no point in twisting arms – you have to want to come.

We are very keen to get your views and ideas as to how we can continue as an effective Association, especially any changes we can incorporate to increase attendance.

As the City is so busy on Fridays, we think our future meetings would be better held on Mondays, and in the afternoon to make travelling easier, so our AGM will be held on Monday 16 March at 2.30pm at the Crosse Keys. If you’re keen to keep the Association running, we really need you to support it, so please come along to the AGM and have your say. It really is a case of the more the merrier, and the sad alternative is that it will just wither and die through lack of interest. As they say, once it’s gone it’s gone!

Cliff Rowlinson

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SNOW HILL LUNCHEON CLUB Steph Whitfield I was asked to be the Honourable Secretary at the beginning of this year after Mike Surgett stood down as he had personal commitments and was unable to continue. He had been the secretary for more than 10 years and according to all other members he had done a fantastic job. We all thank you Mike for all of your hard work.

I was hesitant at first as I am a new retiree and I had big shoes to fill. I didn’t know many of the members very well but I have been made very welcome and I really enjoy the light hearted meetings which are held four times a year, they are normally the first Tuesday of March, June, September and December at the Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, Fleet Street, EC4. Starting at 12pm and lunch at 1pm.

We meet in a private function room with a bar and have a few drinks and a chat before lunch.

Then have a collection for charity at the end of the meeting.

All retired officers are very welcome to attend and it would be great to welcome new members even if you can only make one meeting a year. If you would like to come along then please contact me via the pensioners’ website or E-mail me( stephanie.whitfield@hotmail.co.uk) The next meeting which is the most popular is on Tuesday 2nd December 2014 at 12pm. If you would like to go on the mailing list please let me know. It is a great way to meet old colleagues and friends for drinks and a chat.

The last meeting was on Tuesday 3rd September 2014 and was as always very well attended with the usual City Police banter and great stories from times past and present.

I have posted a few photographs of the last meeting on the City Pensioners’ website.

Dates for next year Tuesday 10th March 2015 Tuesday 2nd June 2015 Tuesday 1st September 2015 Tuesday 1st December 2015

ARE YOU FEELING LUCKY? FORCE LOTTERY RESULTS September 2014 £1000 ticket number 1610 – Helen Smith £300 ticket number 3525 – PC Martin Raine £200 ticket number 1004 – PC Mark Bannon £100 ticket number 1185 – PS John Shickell £100 ticket number 488 – PC Mark Lowe

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Flying Reindeer and Earthbound Robins

by Tony Thomas Have you noticed the anomaly on our Christmas cards. Many picture flying reindeer whilst others depict Robins (a bird designed to fly) that are never in flight. Now is it me or is the natural world turned upside down?

But of course its Christmas so we suspend reality for the season.

During quite a bit of my police career it wasn’t only reality that was suspended during the run-up to Christmas. Police work and integrity, if not actually suspended, were given something of a back seat. As a young DC, for me (and whilst I can not speak for them, I suspect also for many of my colleagues) Christmas was largely about drinking, and all that went with that. At such times many things weren’t quite what they seemed. For example: OTS didn’t mean ‘out taking statement’ The invitations to landlords to attend the CID Christmas party weren't simply (or in many cases, actually) invitations.

If today you were to use the name we used back then to describe the ‘CID Christmas Party’, you would be charged with using inappropriate language.

There were no cocktails served at the ‘Fraud Squad Cocktail Party’ Of course these sort of things don’t apply to the police service today, (“more’s the pity” some would say, others - “thank goodness”). And as individuals we are all more mature and have a much more balanced view of Christmas.

So what is Christmas all about? It’s about getting together with the family, it’s about the children, its about celebrating with special meals and plenty of wine. “Yes” to all of that. But like flying reindeer and standing robins, the world at Christmas is upside down. We give priority to the celebration whilst forgetting, ignoring or even denying the thing we are celebrating. The secularist in our society would even have us change the name so as to obliterate from our culture the root of this celebration, referring to it simply as ‘The Winter Holiday” The original Christmas was such a momentous occasion that it is the centre of History, it is the start date for our calendars (albeit that they set it in the wrong month and year). What exactly are we celebrating? The clue is in the title, Christmas. I.e it is about Jesus Christ. It is celebrating the birth of a real man in history. And not just a good man or a great man but God who became man.

In the first century there was much opposition to this new ‘sect’ that we now know as Christianity.

The Bible records the counsel one of the Jewish leaders who were persecuting the early Christian church. Having described how a number of other emergent sects had withered and died after the death of their leader, he spoke of the early church, whose founder, Jesus the Christ, had also died and he said. “if this this undertaking is of man, it will fail; but if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them...” (Acts 5:38-39) Well, 2000 years later it still has not failed. Therefore.....

Happy Christmas

Tony Thomas

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The Pilgrim Fathers

By Barry Bowles Having chatted with them at the last two Southend do’s I believe that many of my friends and colleagues of COLPPA may be interested in the developments with my pet project that I have mentioned in times past.

I attach a Press Release from the Association that I founded back in 2005 - The Pilgrim Fathers UK Origins Association - to promote the incredible story of those who eventually became the founding fathers of the United States Constitution and also Thanksgiving. These brave men (and women, who are rarely given any credit) originated in my local area - Scrooby, Babworth and Sturton-le-Steeple in North Nottinghamshire and Austerfield just over the border in Yorkshire.

As our Association has grown it has been our determined wish that we should establish a Visitor/ Heritage Centre in Scrooby where William Brewster was born. His home is still there.

After many false starts and dashed endeavours we are now getting quite excited as we are getting very close to achieving our goal, hence the Press Release last week (30th October 2014). We plan to open in 2017 in time for the 400th Anniversary of the landing of the Mayflower in America. We have many links now with Descendants in America, who come over to us on a regular basis, and with the world famous Plimoth Plantation.

Further details can be found on our website - http://www.pilgrimfathersorigins.org The Heritage Lottery Fund have indicated that they are supportive of our Bid for around £800,000 but we need to raise match funding of around £40,000. This can be in cash or in kind. We are currently collecting Pledges which will only be called in if our Bid is successful.

Of course, if any members are interested in our country's history and heritage and how we have influenced the world, or have interest in religious history, we would more than welcome pledges of support by way of financial donations or in kind, say materials etc required for the building/ conversion of the Centre. Perhaps the purchase of one of the bricks on the floor might be attractive to some? It would have their name on it!

Any suggestions of Funding sources would also be appreciated; we may not have thought of them.

Regards,

Barry

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SYNDICATE MOTTO

December 2014

Any millennium now!

Deputy Organisers

THE

PETER BURROWES ROBERT SHEELEY

CITY OF LONDON OLD TIMERS

JAN HATT THE CLOTS ORGANISER

SYNDICATE

107 THE LINDENS LOUGHTON

( +44 (0)20 - 8508 5895

ESSEX

2015 Recruitment Drive

THE CITY OF LONDON OLD TIMERS SYNDICATE (THE CLOTS) RECRUITMENT DRIVE 2015

I hope you had (or will have) a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Introduction Many of the readers will already know me but for those of you who have never heard of the old timer pictured above, my name is Jan Hatt and I retired from the job as an inspector 21 years ago in Nov 1993.

You may recall that I was very fortunate to win a Jackpot worth £1.2m with Littlewoods Football Pools in July of 1993. I shared it all with the 26 members of the Wood Street Process Office Syndicate which I had formed ten years earlier. We each won in excess of £45,000 plus which nowadays, after inflation, would approximate to about £87,000 in value. I still have to pinch myself that it all really happened!

Since that time, the football pools have faded into insignificance with the rise in popularity of the National Lottery. For this reason I abandoned the pools and inaugurated The Clots in February of 1995. Initially we played the National Lottery on a Saturday night. Today, though, we have pinned all our hopes of fame, glory and wealth on the Friday night draw of the EuroMillions Lottery. The jackpots nowadays are downright obscene. They are never less than £12 million each week and can reach a maximum of £149m approximately as was the case in October 2014 when a ticket holder in Portugal won just that amount.

How does the Syndicate operate?

The membership of The Clots consists mainly, but not exclusively, of serving or retired City Police officers and civilians. The rest are all friends, neighbours and acquaintances. At the time of writing we have 201 members staking £668 per week which equates to £34,736 per year or 17,368 boards. That must surely make The Clots one of the biggest syndicates operating in the UK! You can see how pooling our resources can magnify the potential benefits to an enormous degree. You can pay your stakes to the Clots own Santander bank account by quarterly standing order or as a lump sum once a year.

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Uniquely, the minimum cost of a weekly stake, should you decide to join us, is pegged at £1 despite a EuroMillions board actually costing £2.00. This is made possible as the Rules which govern the syndicate permit you to purchase a half of a board. If you wish, you can stake more as there is no maximum stake. Remember that we are doing this for fun, so do not stake more than you can comfortably afford. Winnings are paid pro rata in accordance to how much you stake per week, e.g. a £2.00 stake wins twice as much as a £1.00 stake, etc. Winnings are sent directly to your bank account at our year end every February.

Each Friday night I stay up until about midnight analyzing that night’s draw and compile a personalized weekly Clots Report which I send to every member by e-mail detailing our success or lack of it. Twice yearly I also send to each member a Clots Newsletter which summarizes the previous six months. Incidentally, the Syndicate is run for the mutual benefit of its members and apart from my share of any winnings, I personally make no money from running the Syndicate.

It’s a labour of love and great fun.

Come and join us!

My simple question to you is: do you want become a fully-fledged Clot? If the answer is yes, (or if you have any questions) please get in touch and tell me your name, full postal address and telephone number. I will then send to you a membership application pack in January 2015.

You must return your application form promptly as your first eligible draw will be on Friday, 6 th February 2015.

I would like to thank Chris Pearson for permission to include this article in the Winter Newsletter.

Fingers crossed and my very best wishes to you and your families for 2015.

Jan Hatt

NARPO NEWS The NARPO circular number 29 of 2014, gives details of the subscription increase from the 1st January 2015. In line with inflation.

Subs will increase by 2p per month.

For the City, who pay quarterly, the increase will be 6pper quarter, or the yearly subscription will increase from £19.56 to £19.80. 24p per year.

Regards,

Phil Gilbert

Hon Sec and Treasurer NARPO City Branch…

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The Zeebrugge Bell, Dover Alan Francis O.B.E. As I write this, the Nation is about to commemorate 100 years since the First World War (WW1).

HM Queen Elizabeth will be at The Cenotaph on Sunday and the massed bands of the Brigade of Guards will play the emotional Nimrod by Elgar... a time for reflection. When joining the beloved job I was particularly respectful to colleagues who had service medals of both World Wars and those who had been decorated for bravery. In these 100 years we have gone from bi-planes and cavalry to planes which can fly through the sound barrier, drones which can be operated from another continent and nuclear weapons.

In the field of police-work could we have envisaged - even 50 years ago - instant number plate recognition, passive infra-red, pin-hole cameras and small personal telephones with more power and capacity than some of the first major computers?

Here is a story of nearly one hundred years ago – 1918.

At the conclusion of WW2 in May, 1945 grandfather Thomas Thorpe moved to a bungalow at Capel le Ferne, a village between Folkestone and Dover. Already in this village was a retired City Policeman, father of Keith Lewington, also of the City Police (Cloak Lane). Furniture had to be carried long distance and at shoulder height through a maze of barbed wire and tank traps, for Capel le Ferne was still fortified. Robin and I used to visit him which was always a good experience, for we enjoyed fishing in Dover. Dover had been severely damaged by crosschannel gun-fire shelling but the bait shop was standing. Fish stocks in the Channel were plentiful because there had been little fishing in the war and there were occasions when porpoises chased mackerel seeking their prey (white bait) into Dover harbour.

Thomas Thorpe always made a special point of indicating the Zeebrugge Bell, displayed high on the wall of Dover Town Hall – a trophy awarded by the King of Belgium after the April 1918 raid on Zeebrugge. This bell is rung annually on 23rd April to commemorate the event. Thomas Thorpe had completed several tours at the Somme in the Royal Flying Corps (balloons) and coming home on leave had seen many Royal Marines dead in Dover market square. 200 had lost their lives.

The attack was carried out with enormous heroism, the objective being to sink three concrete-laden block-ships across a canal entrance to prevent activity by enemy submarines. Under cover of a smoke screen designed by Wing Commander Brock (of the Brocks fireworks family) HMS Vindictive landed the assault party of the 4 th Battalion, Royal Marines whilst the ship was held in position by two Mersey ferries, Royal Iris and Royal Daffodil. The fighting was fierce and the casualty toll very high.

Eight Victoria Crosses were awarded, some by ballot, since it was impossible to choose between deserved recipients. The raid failed in that the slow block-ships were sunk prematurely.

THE ZEEBRUGE BELL

The total WW1 toll was over 8.5 million military deaths and 65 million had been mobilised, an extraordinary conflict. In 1939 – just 21 years later - WW2 started. The Nation had hardly recovered from the first one.

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CITY SLICKERS Part 3

Part three of Steve Gibbs account of a charity cycle ride from Lands End to John O Groats undertaken by DCI Richard Jack, his brother Bob and with retired Met Officer Gerry Roos as the support driver. They raised several thousand pounds for the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford and the CoLP Children’s Charity. They called themselves the ‘City Slickers’.

Day 3 – "Just a couple of miles to the bridge” Sunday March 23rd Leaving Exeter at 8am, it began to pour with rain and did not let up for two hours. We got soaked but the A38 was a good fast road and relatively empty on an Easter Sunday morning. We entered Somerset and reached Taunton around 11am much earlier than expected. We attempted to follow a cycle path along a canal and passed a church bells ringing next to a pub called ’Ring of Bells’. We lost the path, and rode around until we found the Bridgewater Canal. The sun came out and we had a lovely towpath ride next to the canal. It was flat and very scenic.

As we approached Bridgewater for lunch, it started to rain again and then we were attacked by a hailstorm. Gerry had our picnic ready, and we attempted to dry out. Bridgewater’s car drivers were the worst we’d come across - aggressive and impatient and we were happy to get onto quieter roads again.

At a village called Mark, we were directed up a lane which turned out to be the wrong way but the detour was not too bad. At least, it was not as bad as the climb through the Mendips towards Bristol. Hill 15 will forever be etched on Steve’s legs. Then it flattened out and we headed towards Portishead, where we had been offered rooms by the Somerset and Avon Police HQ. We had time and daylight to spare so decided to push on to the Seventh Bridge.

We crossed the Avonmouth Motorway bridge with strong winds blowing from all directions and could see our destination in the distance. We cycled through endless ugly industrial estates (‘Juggernaut City’) heading for Aust Services.

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Gerry was waiting for us at the South Gloucestershire sign. "Just a couple of miles to the bridge" he said. Rich and Steve went off like men possessed. Rich was going strong for a couple of miles and suddenly Steve blasted ahead - this was a first during the trip. He took off and left the other two behind only to have the better paced tortoise, Bob pass him. It turned out that just a couple of miles was actually six. Rich crawled in third claiming he had ‘bonked’ (run out of energy). Gerry drove us back to Portishead and lovely warm rooms at the Police HQ. We dined on takeaway Chinese and lagers and had the place to ourselves.

What you (don’t) need to know:

Distance covered: 97 miles Total distance so far: 242 miles Place reached: (Old) Seventh Bridge Cycling time: 8 hrs 20 min Number of hills climbed: 25 Fastest speed: 30.2 mph Average speed: 11.4 mph Calories burnt: 6373 Most common moan "These cycle paths are a waste of time" Weather: Rain, hail, wind Accommodation: Somerset Police HQ Roadkill spotted: Dog

Steve Gibbs

ARE YOU FEELING LUCKY? OCTOBER FORCE LOTTERY RESULTS

£1000 ticket number 18 – Doug Cooper (Retired) £300 ticket number 3080 – DI Edelle Michaels £200 ticket number 1962 – Steve Hutchins (Retired) £100 ticket number 2488 – Andrew Bailey £100 ticket number 3987 – DC Nicola Allen

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THE LORD MAYOR’S SHOW 2014

Photo’s courtesy of Alexis Betts, Chis Peearson.

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‘ T H E S E N I O R B R I GA D E ’

80 or over on 31st October 2014

Age

Pensioned

Rank

Philip

Coppack

93

30/05/78

Det Chief Supt

George

Fell

91

04/10/82

PC 172B

Cyril

Breeze

90

17/09/79

PC 658D

Stanley

Geale

90

01/07/77

Insp

Kenneth

Short

90

10/05/76

Ch/Supt

John

Aitken

89

23/12/76

PC 274B

Ernest

Jordan

89

03/09/79

PC 678D

Marcus

Kirkwood

88

21/11/84

Det Ch/Supt

John

Leppard

88

01/11/82

Det Ch/Insp

Donald

Bull

87

01/03/78

Insp

Gordon

Muffett

87

13/06/83

PS 104C

John

Thacker

87

04/07/77

PC 477B

Charles

Torrance

87

06/02/78

PC 606D

Gerald

Wallace

87

06/02/87

Det Insp

Leslie

Hollett

87

03/09/79

DC 458E

William

Webster

87

21/02/77

DS 912E

Ronald

Enston

87

17/08/83

DS 921E

Ronald

Scriven

86

05/11/73

PS 78E

David

Pronger

86

05/09/83

PC 644E

Ernest

Jones

86

01/03/78

PS 108E

Donald

Smith

86

29/02/84

Ch/Supt

Robert

Wilson

86

18/02/84

PC 445E

Leonard

Wilson

86

28/02/83

DS 904E

Andrew

Graham

86

05/10/83

PC 420C

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‘ T H E S E N I O R B R I GA D E ’

80 or over on 31st October 2014

Age

Pensioned

Rank

Albert

Garry

85

22/12/84

PC 237E

Edward

Hughes

85

14/09/83

PS 94D

Stanley

Roberts

85

01/09/83

PC 453E

Peter

Emeny

85

01/12/82

DS 939E

Michael

Golden

85

28/01/85

DC

James

Miller

85

28/01/85

PS 61E

Ronald

Westgate

85

29/10/84

PC 192E

Douglas

Cooper

84

01/10/87

PC 411E

Roy

Barron

84

24/09/84

PS 99C

Brian

Cramp

84

23/07/84

PC 452E

Ron

Buckland

84

14/11/83

Ch/Insp

Alan

Francis O.B.E.

84

01/02/78

Ch/Supt

Anthony

Batson

84

01/10/76

DC 429E

Royston

Elsey

84

18/03/85

D/Supt

Angus

Thomas

84

18/03/85

Roland

Gilbert

84

10/06/85

DC 640E

Eric

Newton

84

01/07/78

Insp

Terrance

Sandy

84

05/09/83

Ch/Insp

Lionel

Seymour

84

06/08/82

PC 125C

Eric

Gladman

83

23/02/87

Insp

Joseph

Allen

83

01/11/83

PS 71E

Royston

Davis

83

27/10/80

PC 134B

Roy

Bender

83

05/09/83

Ch/Insp

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‘ T H E S E N I O R B R I GA D E ’

80 or over on 31st October 2014

Age

Pensioned

Rank

Brian

Fisher M.B.E.

83

08/09/80

Supt

Alan

Holverson

83

16/08/82

Insp

Clive

Jackson

83

02/08/82

Det Supt

James

Mason

83

30/01/86

PC 386E

Francis

McAfee

83

01/04/85

PC 238E

Thomas

Morgan

83

03/09/84

DC 175E

Harry

Rafferty

83

02/09/85

Insp

Keith

Thomasson

83

24/09/84.

PS 91B

David

Wallace

83

30/07/84.

.Det Insp

Jack

White

83

06/09/82

PC 166B

Thomas

Simpson

83

25/01/82

PS 33C

David

Sparkes

83

07/11/83

Ch/Supt

Joseph

Heathorn

83

08/05/84

A/PS 361C

.Dennis

Rouse

83

06/09/82

PC 698D

Ralph

Harrison

82

02/12/85

PS 82

Bernard

Townsend

82

03/09/84

Supt

Harold

Minshull

82

03/09/79

Insp

Allingson

Webber

82

30/01/84

PC 418B

Peter

Rowe

82

10/12/79

Supt

Thomas

Bevan

82

27/04/87

DC 435E

Anthony

Brady

82

28/02/83

DS 902E

Alan

De’cort

82

05/10/87

PC

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‘ T H E S E N I O R B R I GA D E ’

80 or over on 31st October 2014

Age

Pensioned

Rank

Owen

Kelly

82

08/12/93

Commissioner

Frank

Wood

82

01/04/89

PC 398C

Peter

Ray

82

17/04/78

PC 160B

Raymond

Holland

82

14/05/84

DC 447E

Dennis

Harrison

82

25/02/85

DC 652E

Hywell

Williams

82

09/06/85

Insp

Frederick

Jolley

81

.10/09/80

.DC 465E

Wallace

Unitt

81

19/04/82

PC 732D

Robert

Fowlie

81

04/07/88

Ch/Supt

Chester

Hawkes

81

23/03/87

PC 615B

Robert

Barnes

81

07/10/81

PS 73

George

Murrell

81

01/09/81

Insp

Michael

Owen

81

04/06/84

PC 158E

Brian

Platt

81

25/07/83

Det Ch/Insp

Alistair

Ross

81

07/01/85

DC 428E

Kenneth

Sivell

81

17/06/85

PC 412B

John

Lancaster

80

24/03/85

PC 712C

Brian

Cluney

80

04/08/85

PS 632D

Robin

Francis

80

01/02/87

Det Ch/Supt

EDITORS NOTE. The City of London Police Pension’s office will now only supply information that you are still alive and drawing your pension. In order to keep the Senior Brigade list accurate please inform me of any changes necessary .

Thank you, Chris Pearson (cpearson74a@gmail.com)

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NARPO & COLPPA Your Committee (NARPO & COLPPA) for 2014/2015 is: Alex Robertson( Chairman)

alexdrobertson3@gmail.com

Ron Friend (Vice Chairman)

ron.rsfriend@btinternet.com

Phil Gilbert (Secretary)

phillip.a.gilbert@btopenworld.com

John Lancaster

johnplancaster@tinyworld.co.uk

Harry Bastable

harry@bastable7.freeserve.co.uk

John Rew

johnrew@cwctv.net

Derek Coster

tin90der@btinternet.com

Vic Benson

vic.benson@talktalk.net

Lionel Seymour

daphne.seymour@tiscali.co.uk

Anne Lancaster

a.lancaster25@btinternet.com

Ken Dodsworth

kendodsworth713@btinternet.com

John MacLean

johnmaclean719@yahoo.co.uk

Suzie Webb

suzypwebb@aol.com

Dennis Bryan

bardenbryan@talktalk.net

Mick Lee

michael.lee466@ntlworld.com

Andy Odell

andy.odell999@btinternet.com

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY From Anne Lancaster Tuesday 10th March 2015 ** Snow Hill Lunch Club. 12.00 noon – Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, 145 Fleet Street, London EC4A 2BU. Contact Stephanie Whitfield.

Thursday 12th March 2015 NARPO/COLPPA AGM 6.30 p.m. – Red Herring Pub, 49 Gresham Street, London EC2V 7EH. Light buffet available after meeting.

Thursday 9th April 2015 Lunch ** 12.30 p.m. – Metropolitan Police Sports Centre, Wickham Suite, The Warren, Croydon Road, Hayes, BR2 7AL

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Wednesday 13th May 2015 Afternoon Tea ** 2.30 p.m. Bosworths, The Green, Finchingfield, Essex, CM7 4JX Tuesday 2nd June 2015 Snow Hill Lunch Club ** 12.00 noon – Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, 145 Fleet Street, London EC4A 2BU. Saturday 20th June 2015 Summer Luncheon (by invitation only)12.30 p.m. – Apothecaries Hall, Blackfriars Lane, London EC4V 6EJ Thursday 13th August 2015 (tbc) NARPO/COLPPA meeting 6.30 p.m. – venue to be advised Tuesday 1st September 2015 Snow Hill Lunch Club ** 12.00 noon – Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, 145 Fleet Street, London EC4A 2BU. Tuesday 15th September 2015 Lunch ** 12.30 p.m. - Metropolitan Police Sports Centre, High Road, Chigwell, IG7 6BD Thursday 8th October 2015 Afternoon Tea ** 2.30 p.m. Sands Bistro, Western Esplanade, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 1EE Saturday 14th November 2015 Lord Mayor’s Show 10.30 a.m. Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, 145 Fleet Street, London EC4A 2BU. Tickets will be issued for those requiring lunch (£7 per head) and further details on booking will be advised in the August Newsletter.

Monday 16 November 2015 Cloak Lane Association AGM starting at 1430 at the Crosse Keys pub in Gracechurch St. Tuesday 1st December 2015 Snow Hill Lunch Club ** 12.00 noon – Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, 145 Fleet Street, London EC4A 2BU. Monday 8th December 2014 CID pre-Christmas get-together at the Crosse Keys in Gracechurch Street on from 12 noon. As usual there is no need to book for this, just turn up if you can, it usually turns out to be a good fun gathering Please note events marked with ** must be pre-booked in advance. A reminder will be emailed and listed on the COLPP website. However, for those not on email, please contact the organiser listed below to book your place 4-8 weeks in advance.

Contacts: Cloak Lane Association – Cliff Rowlinson cliff.rowlinson@hib.uk.com tel. 07949 858731 Ex-CID Association – Jim Jolly jimjolly@btinternet.com Snow Hill Lunch Club - Stephanie Whitfield - stephanie.whitfield@hotmail.co.uk tel.

07910257992 All other events - Anne Lancaster a.lancaster25@btinternet.com tel. 020 8777 0618 2015 newsletters will be distributed in April, August and December. Deadline for copy to be included is 15th of previous month.

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