NormanW Posted October 5, 2022 Posted October 5, 2022 Need help with some extra brain cells please.... Does anyone know of a Chief of a colonial force C WWII or later, something "****land police", whose name was Woodgate? I have this black and white photo of the first St. Albans police box, which was on the corner of London Road and Cunningham Street. So far, so good. The text is hard to read and faded: 1932 PC Woodgate ****** the force became Chief of ? ******land? Police The first police boxes, London rd. by Cunningham Hill Insp G Wright Self in sidecar L H Shipper Where did PC Woodgate become Chief of? There are few UK force names which end in "***land"; Northumberland, Sunderland, Cumberland & Westmorland, but only Sunderland was a police. He wasn't chief of Northumberland or Sunderland and I can't find the names of the Cmb & West'land Constab chiefs. I have been through my list of forces and can't find any others. Am I missing something obvious? Could it be Sudatenland or another colonial force by any chance? Photoshop doesn't help bring out any latent detail, it just makes the script even harder to read!
Nightbreak Posted October 5, 2022 Posted October 5, 2022 I've used some manipulation to darken the handwriting, although it does affect the quality. Hopefully it helps somewhat.
NormanW Posted October 6, 2022 Author Posted October 6, 2022 10 hours ago, Nightbreak said: I've used some manipulation to darken the handwriting, although it does affect the quality. Hopefully it helps somewhat. Thank you for your efforts. A suggestion from a retired colleague from St Albans is that it may be De Havaland (sic De Havilland) Police. The DH factory was at Hatfield, the next town. I'm aware that in WWII several aircraft companies involved in secret defence work set up their own police, like the GAC - Gloucester Aircraft Company. I wonder if De Havilland did the same?
Dave Wilkinson Posted October 6, 2022 Posted October 6, 2022 I agree, the writing looks like De Havilland. Dave.
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