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Metropolitan Police lives and stories 1829-now. Open to researchers and visitors by appointment. Like/repost/follow≠endorsement No bio or posts, no follow back. https://t.co/f5xOlVyLoc

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Metropolitan Police Museum and Crime Museum @mpsheritage.bsky.social · 29d

For us, every day is #EmergencyServicesDay - we're spending it discussing our 2026 exhibition (stay tuned!), educating new officers on Met history, giving tours of our #CM150 exhibition, advising fellow police historians from Teeside, putting the finishing touches to a display at Hendon ... #999Day

Female Met officer in the 'Surrey'-style cap (white top, checked black and white cap band, and black peak) looks out of the window of a mint and white police car (probably an Austin 1100). In the far distance behind the car, a shopfront and cigarette advert.

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Metropolitan Police Museum and Crime Museum @mpsheritage.bsky.social · 21h

One day, perhaps, if someone finds and donates one ... 😉

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Unfortunately personnel records of that time didn't include photographs and we don't have any photographs in our catalogue mentioning his name.

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Unfortunately personnel records of that time didn't include photographs and we don't have any photographs in our catalogue mentioning his name.

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Helen @helen60.bsky.social · 2d

My husband's great-grandfather William Henry Symonds was a Police Constable with the Metropolitan Police. He joined in 1882 (King's Cross Division) and transferred to Willesden in 1887. He was assaulted in 1890 (account below) and retired in 1908. I would love to find a photo of him! #genealogy

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Police History Society @polhissoc1985.bsky.social · 3d

This year's edition is themed around Police #Museums. We have a story of the Crime Museum, about @mpsheritage.bsky.social, a look in the National Emergency Services Museum, and the Kent Police museum.
#PoliceHistory

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Police History Society @polhissoc1985.bsky.social · 3d

The Police History Society is delighted to preview the front cover of this year's Journal which will be landing slightly earlier than normal this year, due to conference being earlier.

This year marks our 40th anniversary, so we are celebrating our ruby anniversary with a change of cover colour.

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Metropolitan Police Museum and Crime Museum @mpsheritage.bsky.social · 6d

#BHM #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistoryMonth2025 #BlackBritishHistory

IHR Black British History Seminar @ihrblackbritish.bsky.social · 13d

The IHR Black British History seminar series is now on BlueSky!

Follow us for updates and keep your eyes peeled for information about our upcoming seminars 👀

@ihr.bsky.social #BlackBritishHistory #historians #academia

Photograph of the Black People’s Day of Action, March 1981

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Metropolitan Police Museum and Crime Museum @mpsheritage.bsky.social · 9d

Did someone say Monopoly? The box mentioned in the cutting and its contents are both in our collections. #CM150 #GTR

Dark yellow £1 Monopoly note showing a train and a house or hotel, with a dark rectangular stain at the right and a round one with a narrow rectangle running off it (marking a fingerprint location) on the left.

Metropolitan Police Museum and Crime Museum @mpsheritage.bsky.social · 9d

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Hannah Howe @hannahhowe.bsky.social · 11d

27 September 1963

At a court hearing yesterday, thirteen people were charged with fifteen offences related to the Great Train Robbery. One of the men charged was Ronald Arthur Biggs. His fingerprints were found on the lid of a Monopoly box at the gang’s hideout, Leatherslade Farm.

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Metropolitan Police Museum and Crime Museum @mpsheritage.bsky.social · 13d

#Hivemind time again! We've had an enquiry about the medals of this smart-looking chap (Grenadier Guards c. Boer War, then Met 1903-1928, plus army for the First World War), photographed in Elephant and Castle. Any thoughts @nationalarmymuseum.bsky.social @se1.news and @kennintonrunoff.bsky.social?

Black and white studio portrait of a male Met officer in tunic, belt, on-duty armband, sergeant's stripes and medals. Next to him is a stand on which rests his helmet, which like his collar shows the divisional number A44.

Closeup of the photographer's stamp reading 'L. BENDER / 40, LONDON ROAD, / LONDON, S.E.1.'

Closeup of medals from the first image - Queen's South Africa Medal, 1914 or 1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal, ????, ????

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Metropolitan Police Museum and Crime Museum @mpsheritage.bsky.social · 13d

#CM150

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Police History Society @polhissoc1985.bsky.social · 13d

Only a month til this year’s Police History Society Conference, so still time to book if you’re quick!Includes talks on policing in America and Germany, the impact of WWII on @citypolice.bsky.social and @mpsheritage.bsky.social on 150 years of the Crime Museum www.policehistorysociety.com/conference

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Metropolitan Police Museum and Crime Museum @mpsheritage.bsky.social · 14d

... Devon Constabulary are taking steps.

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ALT: two men are sitting at a table with the words " it 's goodnight from him goodnight " on the bottom

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Metropolitan Police Museum and Crime Museum @mpsheritage.bsky.social · 14d

Perception of crime vs reality of crime - frequently wildly out of kilter since 1829 (and before, obvs) ...

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She and Tory MP Nancy Astor joined forces to help save the Met's women patrols when the Home Office threatened them with abolition as part of the 'Geddes Axe' package of cost-cutting measures in 1922.

History of Parliament @histparl.bsky.social · 16d

#OTD 1921 Margaret Wintringham was elected MP for Louth, becoming the first female Liberal MP. She would sit in the Commons until 1924.

Find out more about Wintringham's career in this video 👇

Early women MPs: Margaret Wintringham, the first Liberal woman MP

September 2021 marked 100 years since Margaret Wintringham was elected as the first woman Liberal MP. The widow of Tom Wintringham, MP for Louth, Margaret st...

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Metropolitan Police Museum and Crime Museum @mpsheritage.bsky.social · 16d

Alas indeed! That case is in our #CM150 exhibition at Sidcup until April next year, serendipitously.

Metropolitan Police Museum and Crime Museum @mpsheritage.bsky.social · 17d

... and the criminological ones? 😉

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Hannah Howe @hannahhowe.bsky.social · 21d

17 September 1963

Two more men were charged with taking part in the Great Train Robbery. They are Leonard Dennis Field of North London and Brian Arthur Field of Oxfordshire. The two men are not related.

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Metropolitan Police Museum and Crime Museum @mpsheritage.bsky.social · 21d

*sort of light cruiser *ducks and calls in covering fire from @dreadships.bsky.social whilst retiring behind smoke*

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Hannah Howe @hannahhowe.bsky.social · 23d

15 September 1963

All out security precautions have been ordered when eight prisoners face charges on Tuesday arising from the Great Train Raid. Undercover detectives have heard an underworld whisper that a daring attempt will be made to disrupt the hearing.

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Hannah Howe @hannahhowe.bsky.social · 25d

Meanwhile, police are looking for a former London club owner and ex-boxer, Christopher Edwards, known as Buster. Police believe that Buster Edwards can help them with their inquiries.

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Hannah Howe @hannahhowe.bsky.social · 25d

13 September 1963

Stolen loot from the Great Train Robbery may be concealed in an isolated farm property 150 miles from London. An informant has told police about the location.

Metropolitan Police Museum and Crime Museum @mpsheritage.bsky.social · 22d

12 September 1963:
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Hannah Howe @hannahhowe.bsky.social · 26d

The eleventh arrest has been made by detectives investigating the Great Train Robbery. Bookmaker Thomas Wiseby was charged with taking part in last month’s robbery at Sears Crossing.

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Hannah Howe @hannahhowe.bsky.social · 27d

Another theory is that Reynolds and Daly have already had their face-lift operations and are in hiding while their scars heal. A third man the police want to interview - Roy “the Weasel” James - is believed to be in South America.

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Hannah Howe @hannahhowe.bsky.social · 27d

11 September 1963

Detectives believe that two of the Great Train Robbers - Bruce Reynolds and Thomas Daly - may try to get new faces from plastic surgeons. Interpol have been asked to look out for them, especially in Austria, Germany, Denmark and Sweden.