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Breconshire SC. Cap Badge. Chrome. KC. & Lapel Badge.

Brech SC. Lapel Badge.

Bournemouth SC. Lapel Badge. QC.

Boston SC. Lapel Badge.

Bootle SC. SC Lapel Badges & PWR Lapel Badge.

Blackburn SC. Lapel Badges. WW1 & 1926.

Birkenhead SC. Lapel Badges.

Beverley SC. Lapel Badge.

Berwickshire SC. Lapel Badges.

Bedfordshire & Luton SC. Cap Badge. Chrome & Enamel. QC.

Barrow in Furness SC. Lapel Badges.

Barnsley SC. Staff Officer. Lapel Badge.

Bacup SC.

Aryshire SC. Lapel Badge. Chrome & Enamel. KC. & Ayr SC Lapel Badge. & Ayr County SC. Lapel Badge WW1. Silver.

Ashton Under Lyne. SAC. Lapel Badge.

Argyll SC. Lapel Badge.

Airdrie SC. Lapel Badge. Chrome & Enamel. KC.

Arbroath SC. Two Lapel Badges.

Anglesey SC. Lapel Badge.

Three nice examples of Lapel Badges. Accrington SC.

Abercynon, Glamorganshire SC. 1915. Lapel Badge. & Aberdeen SC. Lapel Badge.

Brian, I have more or less exhausted the posting of images from my personal collection, with the exception of files too large and documents etc.. I will try to post those when time permits. I am now embarking on the uploading of images that I have gathered that are NOT in my collection but I feel are worthy of sharing. As many images are sourced from Ebay, my apolgies to the owners of any of these badges. I put forward the images in good faith and claim no ownership. Hopefully, this should help all collectors to build up a useful reference source - which I feel sure was your intention when you 'gave birth' to this thread. Kind regards, Kevin

Hello Marvyn, A very nice Bradford staff. A lovely piece. The button whistle. Go to 'Whistleshop.co.uk' and look in the police whistles section A-G. I donated a snap of my Bradford Button Whistle which appears there along with several others - Dewsbury, Burnley, and Durham County. Also, two more are shown (Durham City and Cambridge) which seem to be air type / button hybrids and are very interesting. Leif, who owns the site, thinks that button whistles probably were made locally and were in police use. It is interesting to note that the Bradford whistle is very similar to the Dewsbury one. As the two towns are very close together, they might have come from the same manufacturer. I initially thought that my whistle might have been 'trench art' but Leif assured me that it was not. The Bradford whistle has a Bradford Borough Police button. Bradford police came into being on 1 January 1848 and it is reported that rattles were then issued. Gordon Smith (author 'Bradford Police 1974) notes that 'In July, 1856, the long signalling sticks (night sticks) were withdrawn and officers were armed with whistles as an alternative form of signalling.....' On 10 July 1897 Bradford was granted City status so would it be reasonable to assume that the button whistle was in use between those dates? I have few other whistles in my collection, three of which bear the title 'Bradford Police' another is inscribed 'Bradford City Police' Would it be safe to presume, therefore, that the button whistle could have been a very early introduction when the decision was made to introduce whistles in 1856? Any ideas or comments would be most welcome. The whistle site is well worth a visit and of the highest quality. Kind regards, Kevin

25. REGULATIONS OF MAYOR, &c., ON PUBLIC OCCASIONS TO BE OBSERVED. That if any direction or order to be given by the Mayor, or any Justice, respecting the route to be observed by persons, animals, or carriages, or for preventing obstructions of the streets and thoroughfares, in times of public processions, meetings, rejoicings, or illuminations, or upon any public occasion, or other large assembly of persons, or in going to or returning from any public place of amusement or otherwise, within the said city, every person driving any coach or carriage, public or private, and every person on foot or on horseback, or having the command or charge of any animal, shall observe such direction or order; and every person who shall not obey and observe any such direction or order, or who shall not comply with the directions of any constable, acting in pursuance thereof, shall forfeit and pay for any such offence the fine or sum of two shillings and sixpence; and for a second offence, alleged and proved as such, shall forfeit and pay the fine or sum of five shillings; and for every offence being subsequent to a second offence, and alleged and proved as such, shall forfeit and pay the fine or sum of ten shillings, whether such such second offence or subsequent offence shall or shall not be committed on the same day as any prior offence.

24. FEMALES STANDING OUTSIDE OF WINDOWS. That if any female shall stand outside any window in any street, for the purpose of cleaning the same, or for any other purpose whatsoever, the sill of which window shall be more than six feet in height from the level of the street; every such female shall, for every such offence, forfeit and pay the fine or sum of twenty shillings.