MetPolice Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Hi all, As per the above title, does anyone know anything about the 'Police and the East End of London' exhibition in 1974?? If someone has the booklet for the exhibition could they post a scan her, please?? Mervyn has said in a another post : ''These are two informative drawings, made by Bob Marrion - the 'H' Division plan drawer in 1974. I have shown them in the past - but, this seems a good time to repeat them. They are accurate and drawn as illustrations for the booklet for the first Police Exhibition ever held by the Met. Police - this was in 1974. My Home Beat had a wonderful hall above the Regency period local library. I put forward a suggestion that we have an exhibition - "The Police and the East End of London" . It had great publicity and many people loaned exhibits - we had over 30,000 visitors and schools bussed their pupils-in. We had a formal lunch at Bethnal Green station - in our basement - the guest of honour Bishop Huddleston, The Commissioner, Dep. Comm, and all 4 Asst. Comms. attended and then visited the exhibition - which was extended to 5 weeks.'' Thank You, Zeb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mervyn Mitton Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Zeb - I will go into some of the background of the exhibition in a week or so. Some members with a Police background may find it interesting. I think all of us who took part in it's creation were surprised to find that in a 150 years (at that time) history, that it was the first time the Met. had ever had an exhibition for the public. Mervyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetPolice Posted September 11, 2014 Author Share Posted September 11, 2014 Can't wait to read! Thank You, Mervyn Zeb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjarofwasps Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 On 09/09/2014 at 17:02, MetPolice said: Hi all, As per the above title, does anyone know anything about the 'Police and the East End of London' exhibition in 1974?? If someone has the booklet for the exhibition could they post a scan her, please?? Mervyn has said in a another post : We had a formal lunch at Bethnal Green station - in our basement - the guest of honour Bishop Huddleston, The Commissioner, Dep. Comm, and all 4 Asst. Comms. Bethnal Green Police Station, isn't very big! Must have been pretty cramped down there in the basement? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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