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Just getting started at the @CHPPC_IHR seminar - Roland Quinault 'Policing late-Victorian Lambeth: a police constable's notebook'.
Looks really interesting - incl that the everyday notebook belonged to Roland's gt grandfather, so merging #FamilyHistory and #LocalHistory!
Looks really interesting - incl that the everyday notebook belonged to Roland's gt grandfather, so merging #FamilyHistory and #LocalHistory!
Thinking this will be of use to our @UoP_History students taking my & @RobJames68 'Danger!' module next term.
And there's a #Hampshire connection, as Roland Hunt, the notebook author, came from Hampshire before heading to the big smoke.
And there's a #Hampshire connection, as Roland Hunt, the notebook author, came from Hampshire before heading to the big smoke.
Plus injuries on duty leading to compensation get a shout out, along with provision for widows and orphans, making the lot of a Met policeman not a bad one, compared to many occupations of the later 19th century.
This is really ticking a lot of our boxes!
This is really ticking a lot of our boxes!
And on to police point duties, to ease congestion & ... prevent accidents!
LOADS of accidents - think Bill Luckin's chapter has things to say about this: https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9781137467447
Nice to hear about the 1879 Society for Preventing Street Accidents and Dangerous Driving, too.
LOADS of accidents - think Bill Luckin's chapter has things to say about this: https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9781137467447
Nice to hear about the 1879 Society for Preventing Street Accidents and Dangerous Driving, too.
Interesting to hear that - unsurprisingly - point duty was unpopular with the PCs: tedious & dangerous stuff.
Accidents kept Hunt v busy, between the roads & other sources.
Also industrial disputes needed policing - so much going on, reflected in Hunt's notebook.
Accidents kept Hunt v busy, between the roads & other sources.
Also industrial disputes needed policing - so much going on, reflected in Hunt's notebook.
Very interesting to hear what Hunt was involved in over the years, incl policing behaviour in music halls and connected to the 1889 new unionism.
Also - the importance of careful reading of the source for political leaning, & setting it in wider context.
Also - the importance of careful reading of the source for political leaning, & setting it in wider context.
Fascinating to hear about the variety of accents & language to be heard in late-Victorian Lambeth - from local slang to Devon, and the need for policemen to use 'correct' terminology.
