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Plymouth

There are so many images and items in the collection that need identification, so this is your chance to offer US some advice.  Here are two photographs that we know were taken in Plymouth.  Do you recognise the location?  Can you tell us when they were taken?  Do you have any memories of these views?  Click on the images to enlarge them.

We would love to hear from you.  A picture is only as good as its story.  Replies to our Online Enquiry Form.

Plymouth

 

What is in the Collection

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Exeter City police cap badge

The collection is an extraordinary and diverse reflection of social history from the mid 19th Century to the present day, seen through the eyes of those upholding the law.

 

Uniforms and insignia

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Second World War Control Officer's helmet

including:

  • helmets
  • medals
  • footwear
  • protective wear
  • signs of rank ect

 

Prints and paintings

 

Memorabilia and ephemera

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Pages from the Highway Code 1954

such as:

  • posters
  • badges
  • banners
  • & leaflets

 

The Document Archieve

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Motor Cycle Roadcraft booklet, 1965

contains:

  • personnel records
  • ledgers
  • journals
  • registers
  • beat books
  • memoranda
  • correspondence

dating from the mid 19th century to the present day, and Second World War reports

 

The Photograph, Film and Audio Archieve

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Line of Cornwall Constabulary police cars, 1938

contains:

  • police portraits
  • images from scenes of crimes and occurrences
  • historical events
  • film
  • glass
  • plates
  • audio and video cassettes and slides

 

The Library

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Police Reports 1857 to 1914

holds:

  • reference books
  • journals and magazines relating to policing and crime

 

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