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Peelers to Pandas An Illustrated History of the Leicester City Police
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Peelers to Pandas An Illustrated History of the Leicester City PoliceAuthor: Ben BeazleyPeelers to Pandas An Illustrated History of the Leicester City PolicePeelers to Pandas provides a definitive history of the Leicester Borough and City Police Force from its inception in 1836 until its amalgamation with the Leicestershire and Rutland Constabulary in 1967. Packed with over 230 photographs and illustrations, many of which have never before been published, this book gives both the causal reader and the serious researcher, a fascinating insight into Leicester during the 19th and 20th centuries. Covering an area of Leicester's past which has not previously been documented, this book is essential reading for anyone with an interest in local history. PublisherBreedon Books ISBN978 1 85983 231 8 Price in GBP£16.99 |
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ben Beazley was born in Leicester and has lived and worked in the city ever since. Educated at the Gateway Boys' Grammar School, he joined the Leicester City Police in 1965. spending the next 28 years as a police officer before retiring as an inspector in 1993.
After leaving the police an abiding interest in all aspects of local history led him to spend two years researching the social aspects of World War One as they affected civilian life in England, in particular Leicester. This resulted in his writing Four Years Remembered - Leicester in the Great War which was published in 1999. Peelers to Pandas is his second book.
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