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    The Final Years of Cardiff City Police: Wordcatcher History
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    The Final Years of Cardiff City Police: Wordcatcher History

    By John F. Wake

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    In 1969, Cardiff's own police force was amalgamated with others to become South Wales Police. This book recounts reminiscences of officers who worked the beat every day. John F. Wake is just one of those cops who trod the streets and knew the people of the dockland area and to the south of central Cardiff. The city, indeed the country, was changing in the sixties and new challenges faced those who had to manage policing the population. This book reflects the day-to-day life of police officers at a turbulent time in our social history.

    The demolition of Tiger Bay in Cardiff corresponded with the final years of the Cardiff City Police, the force soon entering into an amalgamation of constabularies. Street life in 1960's Cardiff was colourful to say the least and the only protection an officer had was a truncheon and a whistle. Cardiff police did not even carry handcuffs. The I.T. revolution was decades away.

    Follow Cardiff City Police officers on their beats and in their police stations in this informal look at 1950 and 60s life. Anecdotes vary from The Beatles' visits to street prostitution. Why was it called Tiger Bay? And do you remember the iconic pubs not only in the 'bay' but within Cardiff's boundaries?

    PROLOGUE
    1 THE FIRST POLICE CHIEF: JEREMIAH BOX STOCKDALE (1807-70)
    STOCKDALE VERSUS FISHER
    CHARTIST MARCHES
    'THE IRON COPPER' - A TRIBUTE TO STOCKDALE
    2 THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF CARDIFF'S OWN FORCE
    3 A RHONDDA BOY'S PATH TO BECOMING A CARDIFF CITY POLICE OFFICER
    4 'A' DIVISION: CENTRAL
    THE CENTRAL CELLS
    5 'A' DIVISION: BUTETOWN / TIGER BAY
    6 IRISH NEWTOWN
    THE IRISH CLUB
    THE QUEBEC
    7 'B' DIVISION: CANTON, LLANDAFF, GRANGETOWN, AND ELY
    GRANGETOWN
    LLANDAFF
    8 'C' DIVISION: ROATH, SPLOTT, CATHAYS, LLANRUMNEY, AND LLANISHEN
    CATHAYS POLICE STATION
    9 LICENSED PREMISES, PROSTITUTION AND THE SALVATION ARMY HOSTEL
    POLICE AND LICENSED PREMISES
    PROSTITUTION
    SALVATION ARMY HOSTEL
    10 OTHER FORCES IN CARDIFF, TRAINING AND MOTOR PATROL
    OTHER FORCES IN CARDIFF
    TRAINING SCHOOLS
    MOTOR PATROL
    11 THE POLICEWOMEN OF CARDIFF
    12 DRUNK DRIVERS: BEFORE THE BREATH TEST
    13 POLICE STORES, THE NEW CURRY HOUSES, TROLLEY BUSES, & SPECIAL DUTIES
    THE CARDIFF CITY POLICE STORES
    THE NEW CURRY HOUSES
    SPECIAL DUTIES
    TROLLEY BUSES AND THE POLICE
    14 THE WALES MOBILE COLUMN, MODS AND ROCKERS, AND RADIOS
    WALES' MOBILE COLUMN
    MODS AND ROCKERS
    OLD-AGE COPPERS, NEW-AGE RADIOS
    15 THE LAST YEARS OF THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENT (CID)
    16 ATTITUDES TOWARDS RACE AND HOMOSEXUALITY, AND THE COURTS
    RACE AND HOMOSEXUALITY
    ANTI-POLICE ATTITUDES
    HOMOSEXUALITY
    THE CARDIFF COURTS
    17 WHERE IS IT? AND WHY WAS IT CALLED TIGER BAY?
    18 VIVIAN THOMAS BROOK
    A PERSONAL FAMILY TRIBUTE TO A CARDIFF CITY POLICE OFFICER BY JOHN BROOK AND DEE DUNHEIM
    ENDNOTE

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWordcatcher Publishing
    Release dateSep 25, 2019
    ISBN9781789421392
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    The Final Years of Cardiff City Police: Wordcatcher History
    Author

    John F. Wake

    Talked on Wales and it's attractions around the world from Washington DC to Dubai. The author of plays performed at various Cardiff locations and the Edinburgh Festival.  VIP-chauffeured many world famous people on their visits to Wales.  Joined the Cardiff City Police in 1965 and posted to Bute Street (Tiger Bay) police station. Was a Detective Inspector in South Wales Police. John has recently undertaken lectures on his books, 'THE CRUEL STREETS REVISITED' and 'CARDIFF. THOSE CRUEL AND SAVAGE STREETS'.

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