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The magazine of the International Police Association, Section UK

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2 News from ColchesterThe latest IPA House is now up and running

4 Working on Your BehalfNews from the National President

5 All Thanks to Mr IPAKarel Simpson reports on the Durham Friendship Week

6 Greetings from St PetersburgMark Bullen spends a month in Russia

7 Mike and the Mechanic in HamburgStephan West sees how German police forces operate

8 A Bear, Six Countries, 200 Miles and an AmbulanceJeff Hurd reports on the motorcycle tour to Poland

9 Borders, Bandits and BugsTom McInally continues his adventure into Russia

10 Diamond Jubilee Celebrations in GuildfordA report on one of the main events of this anniversary year

11 National Council Meeting 2010A summary of the main decisions coming from the meeting

12 Fun in the ’poolThe caravan event in Liverpool was a great success

13 I Remember WhenRecent articles stir up fond memories

14 Open HouseNeil Hallam reports on the open day at BSAC

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28 LettersMembers have their say

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The latest IPA House is now ‘up and running’ in Colchester,Essex the home of 10 Region. The first guests – arrivingfrom Romania — were greeted in true IPA fashion!

Visit Colchester

Colchester, in Essex, is Britain's oldest recorded town and once

capital of Roman Britain. Colchester today is a thriving, modern

town with many great visitor attractions, which include:

Colchester zoo, Colchester castle, Roman sites, award winning

museums and many pubs, bars, theatres and churches. This

makes Colchester the place just right for a day trip, short-break

or family holiday.

Colchester has plenty to offer the visitor, with a mix of culture and

history, things to do with the kids and areas of outstanding natural

beauty such as Dedham Vale. Unwind in its quiet streets lined with

small specialist shops and savour cosmopolitan cuisine for all

tastes and pockets, discovering interesting public art in unexpected

places and historical treasures in award-winning museums.

Colchester has it all!

New IPA House in the UK!

10 Region have finalised plans for a new IPA House in Colchester,

Essex. This apartment is situated in a privately owned secure block

with stunning views over Colchester Park.

The apartment is only a three minute bus ride from the main

Colchester Railway Station and is also only a five minute walk from

the town centre. It benefits from it’s own parking space in an

adjoining secure multi-storey car park and other municipal

controlled parking available nearby. The apartment is within a 45

minute drive of Stansted Airport and is served by an hourly bus

service for around £15. The port of Harwich is just over 20 miles

away and London's Liverpool Street Station is only 50 mins away

making sightseeing in London very easy. Colchester is also ideally

positioned for visiting nearby picturesque Dedham village,

Constable Country plus the counties of Suffolk and Norfolk.

What the apartment has to offer

The sitting room has a TV set + radio/CD player. Heating is via

electric storage heaters. There is no gas in the premises. The

kitchen has a large fridge freezer, washing machine, full size oven

with hob, dishwasher plus a microwave oven. The bathroom has a

bath and shower. The apartment block has a fully equipped gym, a

conservatory and a secure bicycle park with ‘IPA bikes’ being

available soon. The daily ‘fee’ includes all amenities, bed linen and

towels. There is a no smoking and no pets rule.

Tariff

IPA members: £50 per night for the entire premises - minimum

two day rental period.

None IPA members: (sponsor required) £60 per night - two day

minimum rental period. If a 'Z-bed' and bedding required then an

extra £5.00 per night will be charged.

For enquiries contact: [email protected]

NEW IPA HouseColchester

International Police Association

Photographs sourced from Colchester Borough Council

Interior view at Colchester

Steve hands over the keys

IPA HouseColchesterFirst Visitors

The accommodation in Colchesterconsists of a modern two bedroom6th floor apartment in the very

heart of the city. The apartment affordsstunning views of Colchester Castle Park(two minutes walk) and is only a fiveminutes walk from the town centre with itsarray of restaurants, pubs and shops.

The house is managed by the 10 RegionIPA House Committee with ‘day to day’matters the responsibility of 10 RegionSecretary Steve Hunt and his wife Karen.Having taken the lease on 15 June, 2010the very first guests arrived on 4 July tostay for three nights — very much the‘Guinea Pigs’. It was a pleasure towelcome George and Gabriel Bunda whohad both recently retired from theRomanian police.

They had decided to drive from StanstedAirport to Oxford and then on toColchester. A brave decision as this wasGeorge’s first experience of driving on the‘wrong’ side of the road and when I methim at Colchester to say he was‘traumatised’ would be quite a gooddescription!

After ‘confessing’ to negotiating oneroundabout the wrong way, he asked meto park his hire car in the secure parkingblock as he did not want to get backbehind the wheel until he had to leave! Hiswife Gabriel exclaimed that she thoughtshe was going to die in the UK –something that wasn’t in their itinerary.

Both George and Gabriel took advantageof Colchester’s proximity toLondon and spent a full dayin the capital city.

The IPA House is only athree minutes bus ride fromColchester’s main railwaystation. They tell me thatthey also enjoyedsightseeing in Colchesterand had a ‘wonderful steak’at The Albert Public Housewhich is only a short walk

from the IPA House. I was also pleased tosee that they had left positive and verycomplimentary notes in the guest book.They said that they would spread the wordwhen they returned home.

I found George and Gabriel truly genuineand nice people and I hope that they willreturn soon.

The next guest was retired Australian MickHarvey. Mick is an old friend of 10 Region.He visited last year with his brother andsister-in-law to find his roots and this timethe plan was to do the same thing, stayingwith various scattered Harvey familymembers in Europe and the UK. Mickstayed in the IPA House for five nights andwas extremely complimentary of thefacilities saying that he could not believehow quiet and relaxing it was (veryimportant after his visit to ColchesterPolice Station bar!) – yet only a short walkfrom the town centre, Colchester Castleand everything.

Again we appear to have recruited another‘IPA House Ambassador’ who will spreadthe word wherever he visits.

Guests from the Netherlands are bookedin for two weeks during August and fromSweden for a few days in November.

However I am still waiting to greet our firstguests from the UK – so do not be shy –send that email today!

Steve Hunt

For booking and information pleasecontact: [email protected]

Gabriel and George

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An Update from the NEC

The National Council Meeting (NCM) is the one occasion of the yearwhen the work of IPA members, and very often those who supportthem, is marked by presentations of various sorts.

Working onyour behalf

It was with great pleasurethat at this year’s NCM Iawarded Honorary Life

Membership to threemembers who have providedconsistent and long termservice to members at alllevels of the Association.

The first Honorary award wentto Tom Crozier for anoutstanding contribution toSection UK. Although Tomhas, and continues to, workon a Branch and Regionallevel and, along with wifePauline, manages the IPAHouse in St Andrews, it is for his dedicationand commitment to the National Executivesince his election to the office of SecretaryGeneral that he received the award. GregDexter and Leonard Harris received Honoraryawards for their outstanding contribution to 5Region and Norfolk Branch respectively.

The NCM is also the occasion for members toconfirm their support of members who putthemselves forward for election to NationalOffice. Elected members of the NationalExecutive Committee undertake their work ona totally voluntary basis and as well assharing certain responsibilities, each NECmember has individual responsibilities.These are now documented and a copy ofNEC responsibilities can be seen on thewebsite or you can request a copy from BSAC.Vice Presidents also have a remit to liaisewith Regions (see panel). Council joined mein a special presentation to Bryn Jones, whostood down as Vice President and welcomedRonnie Dukes to take his place. They alsoconfirmed their confidence in Mark Kernohanby re-electing him to a second term of office.

Of course, each individual has their ownmotivation for getting involved in IPA workand whilst it’s always nice to see thepleasure and surprise on a person’s facewhen they receive some officialacknowledgement of their efforts, nothing

surpasses the delight felt when onewitnesses a ‘first-timer bitten by the bug’.Take for example IPA member Ian Kyle. Ian isa self-confessed ‘armchair member’ who,since joining IPA in 2001, paid his fees butdid nothing IPA — he didn’t take, he didn’tgive. At the beginning of 2010, he respondedto a circular going around members inGuildford “could you recommend a localphotographer who we could use for theGuildford Cathedral celebrations”. Being akeen photographer himself, Ian volunteeredto take the photos. Not only did Ian end uptaking the photos on IPA’s behalf, he enjoyedhimself so much — being at an IPA event andamongst other IPA members – that hetravelled from Surrey to Nottingham to attendthe Open Day and evening Dinner Dance,meet again with friends he’d made onlyweeks before, put faces to staff names andmake yet more acquaintances.

Steve Connor, President

NEC and Regional Liaison –Who looks after whoVP Ronnie Dukes – Regions 1, 6, 8 & 11

VP Mark Kernohan – Regions 2, 4 & 7

VP Mick Luke – Regions 3, 5, 9 & 10

Others Receiving Awards

Alan Everall – for loyalty and commitment toStaffordshire Branch.

Sean Murphy - for loyalty and commitment toDerbyshire Branch.

Allan Young – for loyalty and commitment toNorthumbria Branch.

Edwin Sutton — for outstanding organisationof the Diamond Jubilee Celebrations.

Kerry Sutton — for outstanding organisationof the Diamond Jubilee Celebrations.

Pauline Crozier — for dedicated service to theIPA House in St Andrews.

Phillip Powell — for outstanding organisationof the Diamond Jubilee Celebrations.

Vivienne Catherall-Powell - for outstandingorganisation of the Diamond Jubilee Celebrations.

Dave Taylor – for outstanding contribution increating the Motorcycling Group.

Tom Witney, Laura Payne, Ronnie Dukes, AlanMaich, David Parkhill and Gareth Cowley &Gary Waine — all for their dedicated serviceas the Diamond Jubilee Working Party.

Greg Dexter and Steve Connor

Ian Kyle (centre front) with members from 1 Region

The facebehind thevoice

Liz Howgill, staffmember at BSAC for10 years, receives acertificate for loyalservice to Section UKfrom National President, SteveConnor. Steve made theannouncement of the award at theNCM in June and made thepresentation at the Open Day in July.

The week started on Sunday with thearrival of our visitors from Australia,Canada, Italy, Norway and a number of

branches from around England. A receptionwas held to greet them all and after theevening meal everyone got to know each other.

Monday

A great start to the week as the group wasgiven a guided tour around Durham Castlefollowed by a buffet lunch at Durham PoliceHQ. We were greeted by the Assistant ChiefConstable Mr Banks and later the ChiefConstable Mr Stoddart, before returning toDurham Cathedral for another guided tour. We then returned to the hotel to change intouniform for a short walk through the city centreto a civic reception held in our honour by theRight Worshipful Mayor of the city of DurhamCouncillor, Mamie Simmons. A presentation byEiliv Lonnigon on behalf of the Mayor of hishome town in Norway to the Mayor of DurhamCity took place, followed by a tour of the town hall.

Tuesday

Today’s plan involved a coach trip to York for abuffet lunch at the Lady Anne Middleton hotelorganised by the York branch, followed by avisit to the Jorvik museum and then on to York Minster. This was also arranged by theYork branch.

Wednesday

The group visited the Beamish Open AirMuseum, which was celebrating its 40thanniversary. Sights to see included workingreplicas of the earliest steam engines, minerscottages with outside loos, coal bunkers and amasonic hall dating from the 1800’s whichhad been rescued from a site in Sunderlandand rebuilt at Beamish.

Thursday, a free day.

John Sauve, a Canadian who was 86 years ofage was visiting this country for the first timesince 1945. He flew with the Royal CanadianAir Force between 1943 to 1945 in Lancasterbombers from Middleton St George airfield(now Durham and Tees Valley). John was takenby branch member Leo Moran to Durham TeesValley for a flight in the Cleveland policehelicopter. John later visited the memorial toall the Canadian airmen who died during theirtour of duty—their names were on thememorial and he was visibly moved.

Brian Griffin, an Australian police officer fromQueensland had expressed an interest in the(ANPR) Automatic Number Plate Recognitionsystem that is in use in the UK.

Branch Chair Karel Simpson arranged throughMr Banks, ACC of Durham, for Brian to betaken out on patrol with a road policing unit—PC Richard Gatland in a BMW traffic carequipped with the ANPR system.

Other members took themselves off toNewcastle, Whitley Bay, Colorcoats and York.While some chose to relax and spend time inDurham City on the river cruises.

The evening ended with a visit to theGala Theatre to see a production of“Beauty and the Beast”.

Friday

The visitors were taken to the MetroCentre, the largest shopping centre inEurope. In the evening the partyattended a gala evening at the Cloistersrestaurant at Durham Cathedral.Durham Police Band played music asguests arrived for a drinks reception andthroughout the meal. After the meal,which was attended by the Mayor of

Durham City, Mr Banks ACC Durham Policeand Mr White ACC from Cleveland Police, theBranch Chair thanked the Mayor andexchanged shields.

Saturday

After an early breakfast in the hotel, the grouptook a short coach trip to Hartlepool to see thetall ships in the harbour. The atmosphere wasfantastic as a large number of people hadgathered to see the event. Sadly, it was soontime to come away, as we had to attend thefinal evening meal in the Three Tunns hotel inDurham city. After the meal the Regional Chair,Dave Taylor, representing Section UK PresidentSteve Connor, closed the friendship week witha few words.

It was clear that the event would not havetaken place without ‘Mr IPA’ Gary Waine. Garyhad put together the programme and hadmade all the necessary arrangements. Sadlydue to ill health Gary had to pass the torch onto me and the other members of the Durhamand Cleveland branch to continue to make theweek a success. The event continued inmemory of Gary who sadly passed away inJuly. We were delighted that Gary’s widow,

Majorie Waine, his daughter Julieand two grandchildren, who hadbeen invited by me, attended theGala Theatre on Thursdayevening to meet the other IPA visitors.

Sunday

All the visitors with the exceptionof both Australian couples andthe Italian couple (who wereextending their trip) went home.My thanks as Chair of the branchgo to: my partner Cindy Barrass,Ann Crysell, Simon Hawkinstreasurer for handling the

finance; Steve Bunn; Emma Hughes; MikeElliott; Judy Elliott; Margaret Taroni and SajjadAnwar. All of the above played a part in someway towards making the week a memorableone, and following by the positive feedback, wewere asked to arrange an event for next year.

Karel Simpson, Chair Durham and Cleveland Branch

Visit www.ipa-uk.org/News/Durham to viewmore photographs from this event.

All Thanks to Mr IPADurham and Cleveland Friendship week took place between 1 to 8 August 2010 and was held in theMarriott County Hall Hotel, Durham City.

Brian Griffin and Richard Gatland

Dinner in the cloisters of Durham Cathedral

Mark got to see the full benefits of IPAmembership, making great friends andexperiencing things he otherwise would

never have imagined had it not been for hisinvolvement in the IPA.

Mark is a Russian speaker and lived in St. Petersburg as an 18 year old in the late 90's.With the influx to the UK of people from theBaltic states Mark gets to use his Russianlanguage skills more and more often at work butfound it difficult to find any form of tuition inHertfordshire. So he decided to take a month’sleave and attend St. Petersburg State Universityin an attempt to improve his Russian and tomeet up with old friends.

He contacted the local IPA group and theirsecretary Dimitri Usanov to request help withaccommodation; and to meet up and makecontact between Hertfordshire and St. Petersburg groups. However, Mark receivedhospitality and friendship far beyond what hadbeen expected. Dimitri put him up in his own flatand took Mark to a meeting of the St. Petersburgbranch the day after his arrival. Here it was clearjust how thriving the IPA is in Russia and what anactive and well run branch they have in what isknown as ‘The Venice of the North’. The monthlymeeting was held in a dedicated IPA office insideone of the city’s police training colleges. It wasdecorated with various police uniforms andsouvenirs from the many visitors they havereceived from around the world! The meeting

was well attendedwith around 20

members andsix newapplicants.Visits to

Poland andIsrael werediscussed aswas the

upcoming visit

to Izhevsk for their nationalmeeting where representativesfrom all 61 branches of theRussian IPA would be inattendance.

It was here that Mark met thepresident of the St. PetersburgIPA and the man responsiblefor the massive success of theIPA in St. Petersburg, GennardyPavlovich Ermolovitch.Gennardy had beenresponsible for the creation ofhis branch in the mid ninetiesand had driven the group intoan active union of friends who had made dozensof trips around Europe and who embody thespirit of the IPA. In fact Gennardy's favourite tripas part of the IPA was his visit to Hertfordshire in1995 where he stayed in Letchworth with aformer Hertfordshire officer John Young. The twoformed a close bond.

The group greet all guests with the usualRussian hospitality so once the meeting wasover they all left for a nearby restaurant forsomething to eat and drink. Russian customsdictate they you only really get to know someoneover a drink and once this custom is put intopractice real friendships are formed and peoplefrom all nations bond and find their commoninterests and passions. During the month ofMark’s visit, numerous visits to restaurants, barsand the sights of the city with his IPA friendsoccurred, far too many to be detailed here.Around two weeks into the trip GennardyPavlovich informed Mark he had an unusual IPAattraction to show him and took him to aUniversity near to one of the great streets of thecity, Moscovski Prospect. Here Gennardy showedMark the real jewel in the St. Petersburg group'sIPA crown; a mini International Police Associationmuseum! This exhibition was housed in a largeroom in the University and contained policeuniforms and souvenirs from around the World.Complete uniforms from France, Sri Lanka,Romania and the UK were on display as well asscores of hats, truncheons and some moreunusual police items Gennardy Pavlovich hadamassed since the IPA was formed in St. Petersburg in the 1990's.

A further highlight of the trip was the two dayvisit to the town of Kingisepp near Estonia towelcome six new IPA members to the Region.Here with officers from St. Petersburg,Kingisepp, Ivanov (a small city near Moscowknown as the Russian Manchester). Markexperienced the traditional Russian man’s pass-time of the Banya and the barbeque known asSashlik with the photo (see above) showing whata good time the lads had.

During the month Gennardy arranged numerousother activities to keep Mark’s free timeoccupied and to make sure he got the fullexperience of life in St.Petersburg, visits to thelocal police training college run by IPA memberOleg Vladimirovich Yaruhin were anotherhighlight and Mark was able to meet some of thenew recruits to the college and have his phototaken with some of them.

The entire visit showed just what a wonderfulorganisation the IPA really is, the name of theRussian IPA magazine is Police Brotherhood andthis perhaps sums up the mentality of theSt.Petersburg IPA and their members.

Stephan tells the story of his recentadventure. As I worked in Hamburg a fewyears ago, about 20 years actually, it

seemed a good place to start. After some redtape, my colleague Mike Thorne and I set off.

So at 5am we rolled out of the garage. It wasfreezing; no I mean it was freezing! Well only 140miles to Folkestone to catch the Euro Tunneltrain. Oh, I forgot to tell you that the wholejourney is just under 700 miles – one way. Itnever quite warmed up but the whole journeywas dry and sunny, hitting more road worksbetween Bremen and Hamburg than you canshake a stick at.

At about 8.30pm we arrived in Hamburg – youcan imagine which body part hurt the most andwhen we eventually entered our accommodationat 10pm. Two questions came up: howcomfortable are the beds and who the blazeshad the idea to ride across? Conversation wasshort, as we both fell asleep as soon as ourheads hit the pillow in an extremely comfortablebed at the Hamburg Police HQ training centre.

Friday 23 April, the alarm went off at 6.30am,don’t say it, we thought the same. However, aswe were being collected at 8am, we did get up,strangely enough not being in any pain at all.

Norbert Schoen, our contact and guide, was onthe button and showed us where we could getsome breakfast. After that it was to his office atHQ and the next hours went by in a blink,nattering about the differences in our systems,looking at the detention centre, public orderdepartment and meeting student officers on exchange.

The late afternoon was ours, so we went down tothe river Elbe and sat in the glorious sunshine,on another beautiful day. Having to organize theevening meal ourselves we decided that we hadto sample the well-known curry wurst and chips— definitely a good idea.

Saturday 24, we had a late start and made ourway across Hamburg to PoliceStation PK14 in the centre.Leaving HQ on foot towards totrain station and havingpermission to be in full uniform,the train journey was veryinteresting. Being engaged inplenty of conversation didhighlight our rather rusty German,but was extreme fun. We decidedto count the number of ‘double

takes’ by the locals but calledit a day by the time wereached the train station,losing count somewhere neara 100.

Arriving at the Rathause Platzwe found a local officer to point us in the rightdirection. He kindly insisted that we be collectedand we arrived at PK14 within 30 minutes,receiving a very warm welcome wherever wewent. After speaking to Stefan Homburg, we werecrewed up with two different units and went outon patrol.

Like I said the job and the work is the same, theapplication of their law is however very different.Having discussed the differences in detail a fewthings stuck out, they were impressed about ouruniform and could not understand that we werestill unarmed, oh not forgetting to mention ourbody armour. We attended demonstrations, theft,public order, a flasher in the park – trust Mike tobe dealing with that one — immigration problemscoupled with theft.

It was quite amazing how both Mike and Ijumped in and assisted, which just goes to showyou can take the copper out of the country butyou can’t take the person out of the copper. Mikebeing the model for the day posed in most of thepictures, which speak for themselves I think. Mymost memorable moment - driving on the wrongside of the road with the steering wheel on thewrong side of the car doesn’t seem right, addingmyself into that and adding blue lights — wellwhat can I say definitely great fun but wrong?Boys however will always be boys.

At 10.30pm we finished the shift and adding ofcourse Her Majesty’s free honoraryhalf an hour. Having discussed thedifferences in our countries we saidour goodbyes and returned to HQwith a very good insight into policingin Hamburg.

Sunday 25, after a decent German breakfast wesqueezed out of Hamburg ahead of the annualmarathon; looking forward to another 700 miles– really.

The only real bonus that day was the weather,about 27 degrees C and glorious sunshine. At11.00pm we eventually arrived home completelyshattered and once again fell into our beds,much to the relief of our families.

All in all a brilliant place to go and to meetcolleagues who were extremely welcoming andhappy to see us. Should any of you decide to go Iwould advise to take more time to get a chanceto see a fantastically interesting city and itspeople. The time we had was much too short but,hey, we only had 4 rest-days — well if that is whatyou can call it. You will be relieved to know thatneither of us had any aches and pains the nextday when I had to be back on shift; Mikeobviously had more forward planning and hadmanaged to wangle a few days off.

Finally we’d like to finish with a phrase we heardagain and again, “The English Bobby is thecoolest thing — ever”, which is probably down tothe extremely large iconic hat!

We would like to say a big thank you to all whohelped make the visit possible. We thought oflisting everybody who was there but it would looklike the Oscars.

Stephan West, 7 Region

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In May Mark Bullen, a member of 9 Region since 2004 andSecretary of the Hertfordshire branch, spent a month in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Having joined the IPA in 2008 Stephan West alwaysthought it would be a brilliant idea to go and visit othercountries and see how their police forces work.

Mark with the trainees from the college

Mike was reluctant to part with this German patrol car

Tina’s Police vehicle was slightly more heavy duty...

Mike with two German officers, Tina and Peter.

English-Russian relations improve!

Mark and Svetlana, a trainee officer

The St.Petersburg Region IPA at the Banya in Kingisepp

Gennardy Pavlovich with the collection he created

Greetings fromSt. Petersburg

Mike and the mechanicin Hamburg

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After the visa problem/mistake I headedto the south of Ukraine and booked intoa family hotel in the seaside town of

Berdyansk. Thankfully I got a great deal andbooked for the 9 days while I waited for theRussian visa to become active. Vasili, the chef,was a fluent English speaking Celtic supporterand had travelled extensively in Siberia andwas a great source of information. I was so fedup trying to explain what I was doing that I gotVasili to type an explanation of the journey inRussian which I attached to the inside of thetop-box. Tank topped up, it was time to moveup to the Russian Border at Novoasovsk. Theborder was as expected and procedures setthe tone for the Kazakhstan and secondRussian crossings. The bureaucracy isunbelievable and as in all the former Sovietstates they love stamping papers. After adiscussion about Sean Connery and a quickimpression, the barrier lifted and I was onRussian soil. Through the Russian heartlandand north around the Volga. In a small townnear Volgograd I ended up in a vodka drinkingcompetition with a Russian fisherman. It washard but I won and he was first to refuse thenext shot. Leaving the pub he offered me a liftback to the hotel which I politely refused. Hethen insisted on having a beer to wash awaythe Vodka whist sitting on the roof of his 4x4. Iwas woken up at 7am by this chap crashingthrough my door in possession of 3 dried fishand some beer, inviting me to go fishing onthe Volga… I politely refused.

Headed north to Novokuybyshevsk on the M5

which you should not compare to our M5. It isbest described as a basic road and onoccasions falls far short of that description.The short off-road stints prepared me for whatwas to come. The police in Russia like to stopmotorists and especially foreign motorists. Iwas stopped throughout Russia every coupleof days. The procedure is a smart approachand always a salute which was hard not toreturn. The usual questions were asked…Where are you from? Where are you going?How much is the bike worth? And How muchdo you earn? An IPA member in Ukraine toldme to say “Colleagua Shatlandia” to the policeand this phrase worked every time. Thereaction ranged from a command to get on myway to a photo shoot on the bike. On oneoccasion I asked for a photo with them and

they panicked. Onenquiring what wasgoing on it turnedout they wereashamed of the ‘topof the range’ Ladapolice car with thecorrosion spots.

Onward, I turnedsouth towardKazakhstan crossingthe border south ofChelyabinsk at atown called Troitsk.An almost identicalprocedure ofstamping and

suspicious looks. Soon I was inthe vast rural north ofKazakhstan. The roads wereokay and the M3 motorway wasthe quietest motorway I hadever been on. So much so that Igot my trusty folding chair outand got a photo sitting on thecarriageway. The people inKazakhstan are some of thekindest and nicest people youcould meet. Everyone leavingKazakhstan says that the worstthing about the country is thatyou have to leave it. Nothing likethe Borat interpretation.

Back into Russia and roundLake Baikal and onward to Chita. Chita is thelast large town before Vladivostok and you geta warning of this when the GPS and maps donot have any roads east of here. It is a vastforested area with stunning views of trees asfar as the eye can see. Fuel was easier to getthan I expected and only once did I buy it froma café owners back yard supply. I thoughtabout using a sock to filter out the chickenpoo as he poured it in from a bucket. Turnedout it was better quality than many of thepetrol stations.

The roads became dirt tracks full of pot holesbig enough to bathe in… and that happenedwhen it rained. It didn’t stop the Kamaz trucksand bold students driving imported Japaneseright hand drive cars from Vladivostok toMoscow for the Russian market. The drivingrequires swerving from side to side to avoidthe holes.

No hotels in the area, meant that you sharedthe accommodation (tent) with the SiberianMosquito… and your blood. They are so big Iam surprised that I didn’t end up anaemic.

I had managed to survive the Russian leg ofthe adventure, the potholes and two attemptsat robbery from road bandits. I think the bearsstayed well away due to the smell from my tent.

Time to head to the M60… new road…tarmac… drainage, road signs and no more potholes!

Tom McInally continues hisfascinating journey into Russia,Kazakhstan and Siberia

Don’t miss the final instalment in the next editionSeligman, Arizona, on route 66

Shamrock, Texas. The tower is a refurbishedpetrol station in the style of one on route 66

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Over the next two weeks we were to travelthrough France, Germany, Poland, CzechRepublic, Belgium and Luxembourg,

clocking up well over 2,000 miles. Rather than tryto keep in a group, which can be difficult,members were given the option of making theirown way to the various hotels, by whatever routethey preferred. The only activities in which it washoped everyone would participate, were the visitsto Auschwitz and Prague.

Having left St Omer on Day 2 of our trip, we wereclose to La Coupole, the site of the V2 rocketmanufacture. The facility has been turned into avery interesting visitor attraction with a goodrange of displays and videos and a useful audio guide.

The hotel destination for this evening was Kolnand it was here, the following morning, that wemade our way to the IPA facility at SchlossGimborn. Here we were met by Klaus whointroduced us to the local gasthaus where we haddinner. He told us that the population of thevillage is 25 and that when courses are beingheld, there are more policeman in Gimborn than residents.

Our journey continued through Paderborn toLeipzig, Wroclaw and then Krakow where westayed two nights. Highlights of this part of ourjourney were the Salt Mines at Krakow and theconcentration camp at Auschwitz. The Salt Minewas one of the most amazing undergroundcaverns that I have ever visited.

The visit began by negotiating a descent of 200steps and walking through over 2 km of corridorsto view cathedral sized caverns, salt sculptures,carvings (including a replica of Michaelangelo’sLast Supper) and a restaurant and function roomwhere weddings are held. All brought to life by theamusing commentary of our guide. Definitelyworth a visit! Our morning in Auschwitz had quitea different feel to it. Although our tour guide was

less engaging, our viewing of piles of children’sshoes, clothes, toiletries and personal effects ofactual prisoners destined for the gas chambersgave us a true idea of the horror of a Naziconcentration camp.

Following our previous balmy days intemperatures around 30 C we now faced heavyrain and put on our fleeces to keep warm whilejourneying to Prague.

Prague is a beautiful old city with lots of historicalattractions for the tourist including St Michael’schurch, Charles bridge and the astronomicalclock in the old town square. As there wasnothing planned for the day, my travellingcompanion Phil and I did our own walking tour ofthe city. Unfortunately my language skills do notextend to Czech so we were lucky to find a pubwith a menu in English and the beer was great!

In our next city, Nuremberg, our guide met us atthe hotel and on our way to their local IPA club hegave us a brief history of parts of the city, which isfamous for its Christmas markets. We thenenjoyed some German hospitality and drank more beer!

The following day en route to Frankfurt was hot(32 C). At the hotel we were joined by two localIPA members, Udo and Hubert who escorted usvia the tram and underground train, to the centreof Frankfurt for a meal. Hubert then escorted usback so that we did not get lost on our return journey.

At this point Phil and I decided to travel down theMosel Valley via Koblenz and Cochem, two verypretty villages with classic German black andwhite houses and stunning scenery along theroute. This was well worth a diversion as thetwists and turns of the road were enjoyable onthe bike and gave us a welcome break from the motorway.

On the final day, on our way to Lille, Philexpressed an interest in visiting the museum at

Bastogne, dedicated to the American forces atthe Battle of the Bulge. The exhibitions wereinformative and well laid out with good displays inEnglish and an excellent film. The visit could notbe completed without climbing thecommemorative monument from where we had agood view of the surrounding area.

On the whole, the trip was a resounding success.Small groups of people made their own way, intheir own time but met up at various points ofinterest. We had the opportunity to experience avariety of local cuisines and taste a number ofdifferent beers. Our biggest challenge was thegreat reliance on sat navs which sometimesseemed to have a mind of their own! In suchcases we had to resort to good old-fashionedmap and compass.

This report could not be complete withoutmentioning our dear colleague, Sharon, who hadthe misfortune to collapse on the garageforecourt in Frankfurt and required an ambulancetrip to a local hospital. Fortunately the cure wasno more than painkillers and she continued therest of the tour without incident.

The trip gave me aninsight into a numberof new cities, some ofwhich I would love torevisit at a moreleisurely pace(perhaps another yeareh Dave)?

Jeff Hurd

On Sunday 11 July members of the IPA Motorcycle Group from aroundthe country boarded the Shuttle for the start of a journey to Poland ledby the Chair, Dave Taylor and his wife Yvonne.

A well earned drink!

Congratulations to

Arthur Troop, the

Group’s mascot.

He wins the prize for

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in the most

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It was business as usual for delegates andobservers on the Saturday when they re-groupedfor the National Council Meeting, hosted by 11 Region.


Secretary General, Tom Crozier, providesa summary of some of the maindecisions coming from the meeting.

Extension to Membership Eligibility

Membership eligibility has been on the NCMagenda at each of the last six Councilmeetings. It was evident from the ongoingdebate that opinion was divided. Furthermoreit was clear that even amongst those thatsupported extending membership, thatsupport was often equivocal; i.e. support wasfor a limited extension only.

Previous proposals had been either narrowlydefeated or withdrawn because they wereperceived as being too imprecise in identifyingthe roles within the Police Service that mightbe acceptable to the majority of members.

Given the previous difficulties in formulatingan acceptable proposal it was decided thatthe view of Council should be sought on theprinciple of extending the membership toother categories of Police employees. Themotion did not specify roles that might beconsidered, it only sought Council’s view onthe principle of extension.

After much debate the proposal was endorsedby a large majority, namely 28 for, 11 against,no abstentions.

That allowed Council to thereafter consider afurther 14 separate proposals each identifyingindividual roles within the Police Service.

Council voted in favour of accepting thefollowing roles as eligible for membership;

Police Community Support Officers (PCSO),(For 25: Against 10: Abstentions 4)

Scenes of Crime Officers (SOCO), (For 25:Against 14: no Abstentions), and

Investigating Officers, (For 25: Against 12:Abstentions 2).

Council rejected the other eleven roles thatwere the subject of proposals, namely:

Intelligence Staff: (15/21/3)

Statement Takers: (14/20/5)

Call Handlers / Dispatchers (12/23/4)

Enquiry Office Staff (17/17/5) (Motionwithdrawn with agreement of Council)

Dedicated Detention Officers (17/20/2)

CCTV Operators(9/24/6)

Camera SafetyOperators(3/34/2)

Operational ANPR(AutomatedNumber PlateRecognition) Staff (9/26/4)

Licensing Officers (15/19/5)

Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA)(8/28/3)

Yeoman Warders (12/17/10)

The upshot is that there are some that areimplacably opposed to any extension; somethat seek to go much further in extending themembership, and then there is the majoritywho have voted for only limited change.

What that suggests to me is that while Councilrecognises the merits of extendingmembership, there is a line that the majorityof Delegates to Council are not yet ready tocross. The three roles that have beenaccepted as Ordinary Members are the rolesmost closely aligned to what could bedescribed as conventional, frontline policing.

My own view is that Council is to becommended for taking a very pragmaticapproach to this issue, and I trust that thewider membership, regardless of personalopinions, will be accepting of this democratic outcome.

NEC Accountability

Three matters were intimated by members inadvance of the NCM, which sought to ensurethat decisions of the National ExecutiveCommittee were subject to scrutiny by andapproval of the National Council, namely:

Review of IPA Media Protocol

No 7 Region placed a motion seeking a reviewof the current protocol that had beenpreviously approved by the NEC. In summarythe proposal suggested that the existingprotocol worked against the interests ofmembers in favour of income generation. TheNEC accepted the need to urgently review thisprotocol. Council were unanimous in supportof No 7 Region’s proposal.

Review of use of E-Bay for sale of IPA products

No 4 Region sought to reverse the decision ofthe NEC to utilise E-Bay for the sale of IPAproducts. The view of those proposing wasthat the IPA Brand would be devalued byeffectively making products available to nonmembers. After a good mannered debate,Council voted overwhelmingly in favour ofsupporting the NEC decision to use E-Bay. The only votes to the contrary were from those proposing.

Publication of NEC Minutes

Circulation of the minutes of the NationalExecutive Committee (NEC) meetings has tothis point been limited to members of theNEC. No 4 Region asked that in future the NECminutes should be accessible to all members.This did not appear on the formal agenda, butwas debated at the Administration Sub-Committee, where there was evident supportfor No 4 Region’s position. The matter wasthereafter discussed by the NEC, who agreedto the suggestion. The President addressedthis issue under ‘Any Other Business’ andadvised Council that in future NEC minutes will be published on member’s area of the Website.

The National CouncilMeeting

Tom Crozier (right) with other members of 1 region

at the NCM who are sporting the IPA tartan

Members wind down at the Saturday night dinner dance

Section UK marked the Association’s Diamond Jubilee with aspecial service re-dedicating the IPA stained glass window atGuildford Cathedral.

Diamond JubileeCelebrations in Guildford

Acongregation of over 250, includinglocal dignitaries, a TV star, the famouspolice artist JEDD and IPA members

from more than 20 overseas Sections were inattendance. Also present was one of thelongest serving members of the IPA, MrDerek Hibberd member No. 33 , who enrolledin 1950.

The event was timed for Friday 18 June toallow IPA delegates and visitors attending theannual National Council Meeting to join in.

The service included performances by TheMetropolitan Police Male Voice Choir and TheMetropolitan Police Service Emerald Society

Pipes and Drums. CASPER (CeremonialAssociation of Surrey Police) providedassistance including a Guard of Honour toLord Imbert, who carried out the unveiling ofa special commissioned memorial plaque ofWelsh slate to mark the re-dedication.

During the unveiling, Baron Imbert CVO QPMDL, Commissioner of the Metropolitan PoliceService from 1987 – 1993, who wasaccompanied by Lady Imbert, paid a movingtribute to his late colleague Sir PeterMatthews. It was Sir Peter, the former ChiefConstable of Surrey who gifted the stainedglass window to the Cathedral in 1977. SirPeter was also the International President ofthe IPA for four years to 1970.

Canon Dr Nicholas Thistlewaite led theservice assisted by the Reverend Jan Moore,Chaplain to Surrey Police. Readings weregiven by Alan Carter, International Secretary-General 1997-2003; Steve Connor,President of Section United Kingdom; andMichael Odysseos, International President.

Mark Rowley, Chief Constable of Surreysummed up his impression of the event;

“I was delighted to attend the recentrededication service of the stained glasswindow for the International PoliceAssociation at Guildford Cathedral. Policing isa profession and career that spans the

globe. Although working environments differwidely, the fundamental principle ofprotecting people from harm and serving the public is constant. The IPA and itsmembership contributes to bringing theglobal police family closer together and is helping us all to achieve those goals. I wish the IPA every success for the next sixty years.”Amongst the guests:

Mrs Sarah Goad, JP, Lord Lieutenant ofSurrey; Mrs Marsha Moseley, Mayor ofGuildford; Councillor Nigel Manning; Anne Milton, MP for Guildford andParliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health; Ms Lynne Owens, DeputyAssistant Commissioner of the MetropolitanPolice; Mark Rowley, Chief Constable, Surrey;Terri Teasdale, representing the ChiefConstable, Thames Valley; Richard Crompton,Chief Constable, Lincolnshire; Helen Collins,Divisional Commander (Surrey Police)Responsible for Policing Guildford; SimonRead, Chair of Police Federation England &Wales; Mae MacMullan, for NationalAssociation of Retired Police Officers (NI);Commander Peter Loughborough, the 7thEarl of Rosslyn; Actor Graham Cole (PC TonyStamp of The Bill); Mrs Christine Fulton MBE,President of Care of Police Survivors (COPS).

The stained glass window

Uniformed officers on the steps of the Cathedral

IPA commemorative plaque (see page 19 for moreinformation)

Mark Rowley, Chief Constable, SurreyPolice, with Christian Duckett, also aSurrey officer with CeremonialAssociation of Surrey Police (CASPER)For more information about CASPERvisit: www.casperonline.org.uk/

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My attention was drawn to the article as it mentioned that thecaravan group was formed in 1979. I recall the group originatingfrom an earlier date. I have memories of being involved in the

founding of a caravanning group back in a time when life seemed so muchsimpler. The first gathering of IPA members interested in caravanning wasback in the late 60's when members of the then 6(3) region - north eastLondon and Essex - gathered for a simple firework display with a spit roastlamb at Stubbers Outdoor Centre, Upminster, Essex on a cold Novemberweekend. Some of those there included Dennis Walland, Dog Handler from'K- division Met PD, Chico Bates, well known character from Southend onSea, Maurice Wright from Peterborough and others lost to my memory.These meetings began to be arranged on an ad-hoc system of 'who'sgoing to organise the next one? Eventually we formed into some sort ofcommittee and sought permission to authorise our gatherings with thecamping organisations and IPA National. We first had a regional secretaryand eventually a national secretary but sadly I am unable to recall dates. I know I attended national meetings at Hull and Felixstowe as the camping secretary.

Rallies really got under way in the 70's with well attended events held atWalton-on-Naze, organised by Dickie Wardle, an Essex stalwart, as well asIpswich, Essex Police HQ,at Chelmsford run by Paul Adams, the trafficgarage sergeant. Then Arther Collins took over as secretary (midlandsforce somewhere?) and 'Big' Brian (sorry, forgotten his surname) with hisDad organised the Peterborough Rally which was held in the town centrepark beside the river and behind the Police Station.

The police social clubs, which many stations had in those days, were usedfor our gatherings. On a particular rally we were visited by the display of aHarrier jump jet landing and taking off from the cricket pitch set in thecentre of the park - with us campers around the edge! - impossible inthese days of Health and Safety.

I also recall many rallies held at Newmarket, right beside the main courseon the racing events. These were organised by Dave Bacon and DaveBailey from Cambridgeshire Constabulary. Other rallies at Met Policesports club, Chigwell, and a memorable one at Coalville when thechildren thought they had struck gold collecting the glittering crystalsfrom the old nearby slag heaps. Norman Hull was an organiser there. Thenames flood back, Alan Randell, from 'J' division, Brian Lorkin, 'Lorkin ofLondon' because he was a Met traffic officer- Gordon 'cowboy' Oakleyfrom Southend CID, loved the wild west of the USA and had the biggestmotorhome of its time!

I have many fond memories of the IPA family rallies when life was muchmore simple - risky - cheap and cheerful and without having tocomplicate life with the electronic wonders that are around today. Usingthese things appears to demand more of our time than simple face toface communication, but then, it's probably just me.

Dave Bryan

On a similar note Ron Longhurst has written in after reading thearticle on the ceremony of ‘The Keys’ and how the IPA becameinvolved with the tours at the Tower.

Back in the 1960’s the now late Joe Ashley was Section House Sergeantat Shadwell Section House a short distance from the Tower. Joe hadserved in the Guards and socialised with Guardsmen who had becomeYeoman Warders. Ron believes that it was because of this that theWarders became IPA members. With Joe’s help Ron arranged manyvisits to the Tower for overseas members.

Alan and Norma Randall with the children, Peterborough Rally 1972

Brian Larkin and Dickie Wardle among othersat the Nacton Rally, Ipswich 1971.

Nacton - Ipswich Rally 1971 - Childrens Sack Race

By mid afternoon on Thursday 27 Maythe majority had arrived. The sunshone as David and Mary Hardy,

together with their cheerful helpers,greeted everyone and handed out the‘Welcome packs’. Among other things themembers were presented with souvenircoasters and a mug each depicting watermaidens which had been designed by IPAmember Barbara Marchant.

A mention here must be made of thecheerful, almost never ending, service wereceived from the bar and catering staff. Icannot ever remember such brilliant servicein any other part of the country.

Well done Liverpool!

The rally was officially opened that night byMr Stephen Burrows of The Mersey BasinPartnership responsible for tourism withinLiverpool. He enthused over the places ofinterest open to us in Liverpool and said howdelighted he was to see so many membersand guests in the City.

Members took advantage of a free day onFriday to explore the many attributes ofLiverpool with its historic buildings and ofcourse the various Beatles attractionsincluding The Cavern.

In the evening members experienced aLiverpool Supper ‘Scouse’ followed by Mary’sapple pie and cream and then duly collapsedcontented for a social evening at the club.For most, it was the first time they had tastedthis traditional meal and I did not see muchleft on anybody’s plate — in fact some weretreated to seconds. Many ladies seemedinterested enough to get the recipe so that isindeed a compliment.

Saturday unfortunately saw a down turn inthe weather on the day that visitors were toenjoy a day cruise along the Manchester ShipCanal to Salford Quays at Manchester. TheQuays include the Imperial War Museum andThe Lowry Centre.

Although the weather was poor the wildlifeand other attractions along the canal keptmembers interested. Unfortunately, Mick andBarbara’s ferry had to ‘nurse’ one of theother ferries which made our arrival atSalford later than anticipated. This delay —much to the relief of the men — meant thatthe ladies were unable to visit the M & SOutlet directly opposite the disembarkation

of the ferry. However, I do believe that somedid manage to spend a few pennies there.Buses took us back to the Pier head andthen some people did the short journey backto the site by train but those who took thebus were in for a treat. Along the routethrough the city you could recapture youryouth by seeing the various ‘hen’ or ‘stag’parties making their way to various venues.There were various themes for these parties -Fairies, Pirates, St Trinians as well as theusual French maids!

Sunday lunch had been arranged in themarquee on site for those who wanted it andthose that did choose to eat there canconfirm that it was absolutely delicious —well presented and speedily served to us. More socialising during the afternoon andentertainment in the evening in the guise ofa Liverpool comedian. Some of the audiencewere so overcome by his humour that we didnot know whether to watch them or thecomedian. One in particular, who will remainnameless, was lost for words (and that’s afirst!). Several people said they just achedwith laughing so much - how did this Roscoeescape TV. His repertoire was clean and freefrom bad language and totally funny frombeginning to end.

Monday saw members again leaving forLiverpool to sample the delights of the Citythey had so far been unable to do andreturning intime for anexcellent BBQat the club. Wewere joined byBill Lloyd, theRegionalTreasurer for 3Region, and hiswife Linda andall thoroughly

enjoyed the evening.

The evening’s entertainment wasby Chris Cotton, a former memberof The Four Pennies. He fascinatedmembers with magic tricks,organised a quiz and then

thoroughly entertained everybody. Apresentation of a ceramic plaque was madeby Herman Courtequisse from Belgium to theGroup Chair Mike Paxton. Once again thefood was in abundance. After an enjoyablemeal the evening progressed to dances of allkinds - music from West End shows, some‘oldies’ as well as rock & roll. The conga,gave the ’late revellers’ a chance to really lettheir hair down. The party atmosphere wasfantastic.

Raffles were drawn throughout the eveningand a special mention should be made ofAnne and Kevin Rose who quietly organisedvarious fund raising events. Together with thecombined sale of books, raffles and guessthe name of doll, the total sum for charityraised was in excess of £600 — no that is nota misprint! Well done Folks and I am surethat will help Anne’s chosen charity.

Tuesday came all too soon and the fieldgradually emptied. Thank you once againMary and David for all the preparation andorganisation of a very memorable rally. Anumber of members were heard to say asthey left “when is the next one ?” and otherswho had been guests saying “I certainlyintend to join the IPA now”.

Mick and Barbara Ashton and Mike Paxton.

A cruise on the Manchester Ship Canal

Wining and dining — caravan and camping style

With over 70 units from all parts of the British Isles attendingand two international guests, Herman and Edmonde fromBelgium, the Diamond Jubilee Caravan event in Liverpool wascertainly a great success.

Herman Courtequisse and Mike Paxton

Fun in the ’pool

Dave Hardy offers awarm welcome


I Remember WhenAfter reading the article published in the last edition of Police World, entitled ‘A Spalding milestone’,memories where stirred for Dave Bryan.

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Bright sunshine opened the day as the

banners and balloons went up outside

Arthur Troop House in the Nottingham

suburb of West Bridgford for the IPA open day

on 24 July. Members from across Europe

joined Section UK for a day of events touring

Nottingham’s sights as well as visiting IPA’s

international admin centre.

Kees Sal and Section Netherlands were

among the first guests to arrive. Moldovan

forensic expert Lillian Gluh and his son Adrian

added to the international mix.

In the morning, guests had a choice of events.

Some took a tour of Trent Bridge Cricket

Ground. The ground first saw cricket in 1838

as a field behind the Trent Bridge Inn when

cricket enthusiast William Clark married the

pub’s landlady. Over time it has grown to the

15,000 seat stadium of today, which has

been home to many international test

matches. I joined a group touring

Nottingham’s historic Council House. IPA

member and Blue Badge Guide Ron

Stevenson showed us around this grand

building, which has been the seat of

government in Nottingham since 1929.

Both groups joined for lunch at Trent Bridge’s

Derek Randall Suite. Section UK Vice

President, Mike Luke said “It is good to

see the members enjoying a relaxed

social atmosphere”.

The Section’s motorcycle and caravan groups

hosted displays of their activities to entice

new members. Memorabilia from policing

history was also on display.

After lunch guide Ron Stevenson led us on a

walking tour of Nottingham. As well as having

a huge knowledge of the city’s history Ron

drew on 30 years’ police experience in

Nottingham to guide us through Nottingham’s

history. Olympic skater Christopher Dean can

thank Sergeant Stevenson for allowing the

young Constable time off to practice. Torville

and Dean’s success led directly to the building

of Nottingham’s world class ice centre.

Starting with its famous caves, we learned

Nottingham was first called Tikerakerba,

or place of caves, later being re-named for

the Saxon tribe of Snot.

Moving into the Lace Market we walked

along England’s first paved street, lit by

the first street lights, originally fuelled by

whale oil. On Broadway, which lent its

name to the New York street, we saw

evidence of the Birkin family’s use of

parking restrictions and traffic wardens

from 1854.

Back at Arthur Troop House

motorcyclists Dave and Yvonne Taylor

visited on their return journey from the

motorcycle group’s trip to Poland. The guests

then dispersed to change for the evening’s

gala dinner, organised by Nottinghamshire

Branch and supported by 5 Region

(Midlands).

Neil Hallam, Nottinghamshire branch

To see lots more photographs from this and

other recent IPA events visit:

www.ipa-uk.org/Gallery-2010

In its Diamond Jubilee year, we threw open the doors to Arthur Troop House and Nottingham’s highlights. Neil Hallam joined the guests for theOpen Day.

Open

The staff at Fox Road

Ron Stevenson leads the tour around the City

Evert Richter arrives at BSAC Len Washer takes in the sights at the cricket ground

Members on the tour of Nottinghamshire County Cricket ground

Andy Gregory and Tracie Knight

ready for the evening

Sara and Mick Luke arrive at the party

I would just like to say a big thank you to you all for the hard work and

effort that must have gone on in the background in preparation for the

Section UK Open Day yesterday. The day showed Section UK off in the

best possible light. Well done, you did us, the members, proud.

Chris Charlton

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Congratulations for an excellent Open

Day and Dinner Dance. We had a great

weekend and the organisation of both

seemed excellent.

...it was great to be able to put faces to

all of the names and voices I've been

dealing with over the last few years.

Andy Gregory

“”

I just want to say also many thanks for a fabulous day. At last I got to seethe great house! You all worked so very hard and it was a wonderful day. Judith Smith“ ”

A view of the Old market Squaretaken from the Council House

Jim and Marian Nesbit with Evert Richter

I was honoured to represent my country and I wanted to meet the members.

Lillian Gluh, Moldova“ ”

House

Enjoying the party


IPA News

Sunday 18 July dawned a little cloudy andovercast, with the possibility of some lightshowers, but with the forecast of improvedconditions after lunch.

Once again, IPA members and friends fromvarious parts of the UK converged on thefriendly circuit at Mallory Park in Leicestershireto enjoy another day's motor racing and, inparticular, the race for the Peter GoodwinMemorial IPA Trophy. As usual the Mallory ParkManagement excelled themselves by providingthe IPA with the use of the Hailwood suite astheir base for the day, as well as providingtickets and anything else that we required.

The qualifying sessions got under way at9.30am for the various classes which includedMazda MX5's, Ford Fiesta XR's, TVR's Porsche'sand MG's. The weather was fine for the mostpart of the qualifying session but a few lightshowers did develop towards the end, whichmade for some interesting and exciting racing,to say the least, with the prospect of anaccident not very far away. Haven't they heardof the System of Car control!

This year the programme was slightly differentwith two races before lunch and eight in theafternoon. The second race involved the FordFiesta XR's, and was also the race which wouldeventually decide the winner of the PeterGoodwin Memorial IPA Trophy.

The trophy was presented by Chris Carey, widowof Peter Goodwin. Talking to Chris, I learnt thatthe Goodwin family had a number which hadplayed a large part in their family life. Thatnumber was 17, it turned out that when Chriswas a cadet, her collar number was 117; as aWPC, her collar number was 17; her husbandPeter's collar number was 1517. They weremarried on the 17th, and at one time they livedat a number 17, and this year, it is 17 yearssince Peter died. She was keeping her fingerscrossed for car number 17.

The race was due off at 12.40pm,and as the cars lined up on the grid,car Number 17, a Ford Fiesta XR2,driven by Craig Readyhough, whohad never won a race, was on thefront row next to car number 11,which was in pole position. Therewere 15 cars in total in the race,which developed into a very closecontest with some very close racing,with not more than a few inchesbetween the leaders, andsometimes even less. Chris washaving trouble containing herself,with car number 17 in a tight racewith number 11, and only a coupleof minutes to go, number 17 took thelead and eventually crossed the line in 1stplace. Well it had to be, didn't it.

At the presentation in the Hailwood suite, KevinShortis, Championship Manager for FordMotorsport UK, and also an IPA member fromKent, introduced Chris, and then announcedthat the winner of the Peter Goodwin MemorialIPA Trophy, was indeed, Craig Readyhough, carnumber 17, and his first race win. The Trophywas presented by a delighted Chris Carey, to anequally delighted Craig Readyhough, who afteraccepting the Trophy, promptly dropped it.

Craig, who comes from Preston in Lancashire,has only been racing since April 2009.

After lunch, the racing continued, with racesinvolving Mazda MX 5's, with around 25 cars ineach of the 3 races, which was very competitivewith some close racing and the occasionalexcursion onto the grass areas. The TVR's,Porsche's, and MG's completed the fields in 5of the 8 races after lunch, and the final racefinished at 5.45pm.

All in all, a very entertaining day, and on behalfof the Leicestershire Branch, I hope that all whoattended enjoyed themselves. Hopefully we can

do it again in 2011. An event like this cannottake place without the help and advice of a lotof people, and it would be very remiss of me notto express our thanks to them

John Ward, General Manager at Mallory Park.Without John's help, advice, and the provisionof all the facilities that we enjoyed, the eventwould not have been possible. Thanks John.

Kevin Shortis, Championship Manager, FordMotor Sport UK. Kevin was instrumental ingetting the IPA involved with Mallory Park andFord Motor Sport UK. Thanks Kevin

Thank you also to the local IPA members whohelped on the day, in particular to Dave Taylor,who stood at the gate with the tickets from10.30am until 1.30pm. Thanks Dave. I mustnot forget my wife Pat, who organised the raffleand was on duty in the suite all day. Thank you very much.

Finally, our thanks to all who attended, becausewithout your support, there would be no point indoing it. Feedback so far has been positive, sofingers crossed for 2011.

Bob Gunnell, Leicestershire.

IPA News

Lucky Number 17

Chris Carey and Craig Read yhough

Craig receives the trophy

The International PoliceAssociation raised £425 forthe charity Care of PoliceSurvivors (COPS). by way ofan auction for a stay at theIPA House in St Andrews. Theauction which took place at aSummer Black Tie Ball held at the stunning venue ofChatsworth House in Derbyshire.

Mick Luke, Vice President andhis wife Sara representedSection UK at the event. Mick said, "This is amarvellous start to our fundraising efforts for the charityand I was delighted to see it endorsed as the President's National Charity for 2010at last week's National Council Meeting".

For more information on COPS, additional funds raised, and how you can raisefunds in IPA's name, visit: www.ipa-uk.org/Fundraising

On Sunday 25 July, a contingent of IPA members attended the COPS annual serviceof remembrance at the National Memorial Arboretum, Staffordshire.

Attracted by the advert in Police World to join the IPA Wurzburg 50 YearAnniversary Celebrations ‘The ‘elderly gentlemen’ — long standing members BrianKay and Colin Nicholls made arrangements to attend.

Upon arrival in Wurzburg Colin and I werewelcomed with a champagne reception andsnacks. The evening saw a huge turnout ofmembers from all over Germany, Holland andSwitzerland who gathered in the State WineCellar for food and wine tasting.

The harmonious Wurzburg Police Choirprovided wonderful entertainment with manylocal songs sung for our enjoyment.

The next day saw a guided tour of the town anda tour of the magnificent ‘Residence Palace’.

On Sunday we were met by IPA memberHeidrun Them who was a real star and lookedafter us for the rest of our stay. Heidrun took uson sightseeing tours and arranged meetingswith other IPA members. For one day we werehanded over to ‘Achim’ Grosse who took us tosee the delights of Eisenach with its famousWartburg Castle and the Wartburg MotorMuseum and Bach’s House.

We then travelled on to Magdeburg where wewere delighted to be invited to stay in the houseof Steffi and Detlef Burrath. They really werethe 100% ‘Home Hosts’. They took us toWeimar to see its outstanding historicbuildings, the model railway at Wiehe and theHarz mountains to see the narrow gauge steam railway.

The evening saw a goodopportunity for us to socialisewith an assembly of local IPAmembers in a local restaurant.

In the former ‘East Germany’ itis evident that even after 20years of reunification there hasbeen little change; many of thecities still have cobbled streets.Russian was still thecompulsory language up until1990. Colin and I were lucky in that wespoke German, so we found that a fewfriendly words soon broke the ice. IPA and‘Police’ presents go down very well andsoon had us chatting as if we were oldfriends! We both had a fantastic time onour trip and driving on the ‘wrong’ side ofthe road did not present a problemalthough we were glad when we had parkedup the car in the busy cities.

In conclusion we must thank the personsmentioned above but last but by no meansleast the leader Michael Trunk and all hiscommittee and other members for theirfaultless organisation and friendship at Wurzburg.

I would like to thank the staff at BSAC and theInternational Section for the efficiency and

assistance in putting us in touch with ourwelcoming foreign friends. They really areawaiting your visit!

Brian Kay, Blackpool

In the home of Steffi and Detlef Burrath,

Branch Magdeburg

Stephen Crockard

Steve Connor and Mick Luke

Brian and Colin set off

Is There IPA Life After 70?

A Policeman’s Lot

The group gather at the Royal Ulster Constabularymemorial bench

NCM 2011The National Council Meeting 2011 weekend will takeplace from 13 May to 15 May.

Venue: The Marriott Hotel, Peterborough. Details of the hotel canbe found by visiting:www.marriott.co.uk/hotels/travel/xvhpb-peterborough-marriott-hotel/

Costs:The costs for delegates and guests will be;Delegates - £182ppPartners - £160ppSingle occupancy - £260ppExtra night B&B per room - £105

Contact: [email protected]

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IPA News

Changes in KentKent Branch announce they now have a new Treasurer and Social Secretary. Roger Murr takes over as Treasurer and MickAbbott is now Social Secretary. Having stood down from therespective posts, Ian James and Tom Witney will act in an Assistantcapacity to Roger and Mick.

The Branch is looking for two volunteers to take on other committee roles and anybody wishing to help should contact Tom Witney [email protected]

Northumbria Branch is organising a Christmas Weekend toStonecross Manor, Kendal, Cumbria from Friday 3rd to Sunday 5thDecember 2010.

This is a return visit to the same venue as the branch had such atremendous time last year which everyone enjoyed - you can't get abetter recommendation than a second visit to the same place. Theaccommodation, food, excellent service and most of all the goodcompany resulted in everyone having a great time. The opportunity ofshopping in Kendal's busy market town or visiting the smashingplaces and wonderful scenery the Lake District offers speak forthemselves.

The price for the weekend £220 per couple, and £130 for anyonewishing for single accommodation. The price includes a three coursedinner, full english breakfast and accommodation.

Currently there are now 18 rooms held for our party but I wouldadvise anyone who wishes to attend this function and who has notalready booked, contact: [email protected]

NorthumbrianChristmasWeekend

Do we now havea President atNo.10?Steve Connor escorted CorinneConte, her husband Marc Schneiderand their sons when theyvisited London earlier inthe year. Corinne andMarc are IPA membersfrom Paris who stayed atBernard Morgan Housefor four days. During thattime they visited many ofthe famous tourist spotsthat London has to offer. This included a speciallyarranged stop outside No.10 with Steve Connor.

The MountbattenFestival of MusicThat nice Mr Read from Avon and Somerset has done it again, thistime with a visit to London to see The Mountbatten Festival of Musicat The Royal Albert Hall, featuring the massed Bands of HerMajesty’s Royal Marines.

On arrival at Hammersmith the group were seen making their wayalong the High Street pulling their wheeled cases to book in at theHoliday Inn Express. Later that afternoon the remainder of the groupjoined us when we all assembled in the restaurant next door beforegoing into central London.

That part could not have been easier as we all boarded a bus atHammersmith bus station, most flashing their travel passes and thenan easy bus ride to within a few yards of the Royal Albert Hall. It wasmy first visit to the Royal Albert Hall and from watching the Festival ofRemembrance my impression was that it was much larger. Our seatswere slightly on the side but they all swivelled allowing full view of thestage without a crick in the neck.

The programme was amazing! The massed bands played a variety oforchestral pieces interspersed with traditional marches. To me, thisbeing my first military concert type of show, I was further amazedlistening to the solo musicians playing a variety of instruments. A solosaxophonist colour sergeant was playing in his last MountbattenFestival before retirement and we learnt he had spent a total of 15 years of his service aboard the Royal Yacht, Britannia — no mean achievement.

I am always keen to see the Corps of Drums and Bugles and this wasno exception. They played their normal military style but at one stagewhen the compere Dan Snow was addressing the audience he wasinterrupted by a group of scruffy looking men who started to sweep thestage area. Then the fun started. As you may have guessed they weremembers of the Corps and commenced using their brushes as drumson the stage, being joined by others using dustbins and other similaradaptations for drumming and the resulting entertainment really wassomething to behold. You needed to be there to fully appreciate the routine.

I thoroughly enjoyed the show and am sure fellow members of ourgroup felt they had seen a show that was really something very special.All profits from the Festival go for the benefit of children through theSargent Cancer Care charity. Excellent value for money and even morepleasing to know that such a worthwhile charity benefits each year.

After the show our party boarded a return bus to Hammersmith andour hotel. The remainder of the weekend was spent by the groupsightseeing in London and attending shows of their choice on theSaturday evening. All too soon, Sunday afternoon arrived and we joined‘Berry’s Superfast’ service to return to Somerset.

We all thank Dave for his organisation of another thoroughly enjoyableIPA experience doing something which we would not normally thinkabout if it were not for the Association.

Allan Mounce.

Arthur TroopBear-napped!The Motorcycling Group Mascot 'Arthur Troop' made £150 for the'COPS UK' charity at the NCM on the Friday night. Guests eitherpaid £1 per single photo or £10 per table.

However, due to his new found fame withinthe IPA he was also a target for a 'bearnapping' and the femme fatales from 2Region used their charm to whisk himaway. Sometime later a ransom demandwas delivered whereby £100 for theBritish Heart Foundation was raised andGraham Cole aka PC Stamp from The Billwas called in where he promptly savedArthur Troop.

Two Peas in a Pod?

Go GreenHelp cut costs and go green by sharing one copy of Police Worldwith your other half if they too are a member. To opt out of receivinga copy of Police World, update your own record via the IPA'swebsite: www.ipauk.org/UpdateUserDetails.aspx or contact BSAC on 0115 9813638.

Golf DaySuccessJust to let everyone know we ran thethird annual Eric and Avril FriendshipCup at Rothbury Golf Club in beautifulrural Northumberland on 14 June. Theevent was held inmemory of greatfriends who losttheir lives tocancer over thelast thirty months or so.

As usual we werestunned by thegenerosity of peoplewho supplied prizesand donations. Before the first ball was struck we had three hundredpounds handed in, over and above entrance fees.We would especially liketo thank the Chair’s son, Stephen, who for the third year running blaggednumerous prizes including vouchers, power washers, and caps.

The golf club did us proud with wonderful food and unbelievable friendship.Many of their members turned up on the day to help us out, collate thescorecards, chat, and generally point out the way to the bar!

We use the club house quite a lot and treat it pretty much like home. Whenthe press office at Police Headquarters needed to reclaim display space,we sadly moved our trophy cabinet to the clubhouse — ending decades ofIPA history on display at HQ.

Our friends fromCincinnati branchwere visiting us atthis time and sometook part in thecompetition.

In the evening wehad a 60thanniversary dinnerwith our Americanguests and wereentertained byRothbury Pipe Band.

On our behalf DanArkanua from Cincinnatimade an officialpresentation of thecabinet to ThomsonBathgate, Chair of thegolf club.

As far as the golf resultsNorthumbria were last

in the team event, keeping up our tradition of being pretty hopeless.

The main event was won by Matt Henning who won a £100 voucher forHouse of Hardys Alnwick and a surprise prize awarded by Dan Arkanau of aweek to ten days’ free accommodation in a villa in Florida for eight.

We had fifty-three competitors, and between them and the hard work ofthe branch on the day, we sent off £1,517 to Cancer Research andMacMillan Nurses, with the possibility of a few more hundreds of pounds ofmatch funding.

Yours in friendship, Allan Young

The group get together

Brian Fenwick

...and in last place, Geoff Challis, Allan

Young, Arlene Wills and Jon Griffiths

For aGoodCauseThis book by Sam Trotter covers aperiod of 183 years and lists allconstabulary members killed in theterritorial area which is now NorthernIreland. Included are members of the

Ulster Constabulary, the Constabulary of Ireland, the LondonderryMunicipal Police, Royal Irish Constabulary, Ulster SpecialConstabulary, Royal Ulster Constabulary, Police Service of NorthernIreland, Belfast Harbour Police and the Irish Revenue Police.

The main body of the work consists of the date, time, location anddetails of the incident that caused each constabulary member’sdeath. Where available, a photograph is included, and details of thefuneral and burial service. The entries are arranged chronologicallyand 535 names are recorded. This is a not for profit publication, withproceeds going to police widows.

The book is compelling reading and can be obtained from mostbookshops or Impact Printing, 59 Leyland Road, Ballycastle, BT546EZ, email: [email protected]

The book is priced at £25.00 plus £5.00 p+p each.


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IPA News

MotorcyclingGroup GermanTripThe IPA Motorcycling Group are planning a trip to Germany to attendthe 25th Anniversary of IPA Verbindungsstell Nordfriesland and 4thInternational Motorcycle Meeting. This will take place from Friday 10 toMonday 13 June, 2011.

The group is intending to go out on 8 June, 2011 and come back on the12 June, 2011.

For more details contact: [email protected]

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Ayrshire Branch Friendship Week 2011An invitation is extended from IPA Ayrshire Branch for you to come

and celebrate their 25th Anniversary

Saturday 6 - 13 August Cost Per Person £599 (there is no single supplement)

A non-refundable deposit of £60 is required to secure your place.

The deadline date for deposits is 30 October, 2010 to give us anidea of numbers and the final date for balances to be paid is

30 April, 2011

If you are interested in attending, for further information or booking form contact Jim Nisbet at:

[email protected] or visit:

www.ipa-uk.org/Event-Catalog/Friendship-Weeks

National PhotographicCompetitionThe International Police Association is running the National Photographic Competition again this year. It will run until 31 December. So plenty of time for you all to get snapping! For competition details visit: www.ipa-uk.org/Event-Catalog/Competitions

Winners will be announced at the 2011 National Council Meeting.

Starting from Edition 3 a ‘Star Article’ will

be chosen and a IPA Thermal cup will be

awarded as a prize. So what are you waiting

for, email us about your news and

adventures and you might be lucky enough

to be selected!

Where Would We Be Without The IPAOn Thursday 15 April, 2010, Nickand Pam Smith, fromNorthamptonshire Branch, saidtheir goodbyes to friends andrelatives in New Zealand andboarded a flight to Los Angeles.15 minutes before they toucheddown, the captain announcedthat all the passengerscontinuing on to London shouldremain in their seats. As we hadarranged a stop over in LosAngeles, we never queried this announcement.

We had already arranged a trip around Los Angeles with Eric Dirksen the Chair of the local IPA, and he duly rang to confirm he would collect us at 9:30 the following morning. After a good night’s sleep and a hearty breakfast, Eric and his partner Maria, arrived in their duty vehicle and took us for asight seeing tour of Central LA. We also visited their police station at 251E 6th Street and the LA Police Academy. Eric and Maria then dropped us back at our hotel tocollect our baggage and before leaving Eric gave me his card and said ‘Any problems –ring me!’ We then caught the shuttle bus back to the airport.

As we queued at the airline desk, rumours began to circulate that our first flight hadbeen cancelled because of a ‘volcanic cloud’ over the UK. The airline staff seemedunsure what was happening and told us everyone was in a meeting discussing thesituation. The desk finally opened one hour late, and when it was our turn, we were giventwo pieces of paper. One stated that our flight had been cancelled and to ring a numberin the evening and the other was a list of hotels to ring to try and take the shuttle busback. During that evening we tried to ring the airline, and after hanging on for nearly anhour, we were told they were rescheduling the flight for 3 May.

Panic then set in. We were on our way home, little money left, and a suitcase of dirtyclothes – what do we do now?! We remembered Eric’s card and rang him for someadvice and explained our situation. He was most reassuring and told us not to worry andthat he would ring us in the morning. After a fairly sleepless night, Eric rang us back andsaid we would be collected by a family and would be staying with them for a few days. Wewere duly collected by Paul Marshall, a retired captain from LAPD living at RodondoBeach. He drove us back to his lovely home overlooking the ocean, and we were greetedby his wife Carol. She showed us to the guest room and then to the laundry room. Laterwe had an interesting walk amongst the pelicans on the pier and a visit to the large fish market. We walked back to their house and had drinks on their roof terracewatching a lovely sunset. We all spent the evening with neighbours discussing thedifference between the USA, the UK and Scotch whisky!

Sunday we relaxed, spending quality time together. On Monday 26 April, we spent severalhours phoning the British Consulate and then the airline and finally we were offered aflight back to the UK via Frankfurt, on 29 April, much better than 3 May! On the Tuesday,we went to meet our new hosts, Rick, a retired sheriff, and Lucinda Wallace in Santa Monica.

On the Wednesday morning we received a call from the British Consulate to say that anextra flight was being arranged for Thursday morning, so we should contact our airline toreserve our seats. After nearly five hours on the phone, our seats were finally confirmedand we were going home!

During the afternoon, we were visited by a serving officer and IPA member, SteveSavandez, who we were due to stay with next. Soon after, two other serving officerscalled in to see ‘The English Policeman’, before we left the next day.

Without the help of the IPA, our enforced stop over in America would have been anightmare. We cannot thank the chair and members of the Los Angeles Branch of theIPA enough for their kindness, hospitality and friendship. We would like to thankespecially Eric for arranging it all, Paul and Carol Marshall, and Rick and Lucinda Wallacefor all their help and support, and we look forward to meeting up with them in the future,

Servo per Amikeco, Nick and Pam Smith, Northamptonshire Branch

Nick and Pam Smith with officers from Los Angeles

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On your Bike!Nine members of the Birmingham branch of the International PoliceAssociation havejust completed agruelling 54 milecycle ride in aid of charity.The London toBrighton cycle ride inaid of the BritishHeart Foundationtakes place annuallyand over 27,000cyclists make thejourney from Clapham Common to the south coast through picturesquevillages and countryside.

The team consisted of Karon Heap, Martin Sewell, Mark Sheehan,Graham Wright, Mark Stokes, Bill Burrows, Phil Stacey, Chris Bradley andAndy Gregory, with ‘back-up’ drivers Karen Burton and Chris Edgeworthhelping transport the team, bikes and equipment to and from the event .

One of the team Andy Gregory said “Sadly one of our IPA colleaguesRoger Lincoln passed away last year and it spurred a number of us intogetting fit again, while also raising money for a very worthwhile charity”.The team have so far raised around £1500 and you can still sponsorthem via http://original.justgiving.com/ipabirmingham

Recognition for2 Region GolfThe Millennium Shieldwas awarded to AndySpence on behalf of the2 Region Golf Society.The award specificallyrecognises the efforts ofthe Society in sustainingthe successful StanleyHanna Memorial Inter-Region golf tournamentover 27 consecutive years.

StarArticle

A small company which hasprepared slate plaques for clientssuch as the Shotton PaperCompany which was officiallyopened by HRH Prince Charles, aswell as the National Lottery whofunded signs for the Malvern HillsArea of Outstanding NaturalBeauty, has stepped in at shortnotice to help IPA.

Cloud9Craft produced the Plaque used to celebrate the re-dedication of the IPA Stained Glass Window in GuildfordCathedral — see page 10. The plaque is 100% Welsh slate andthe template for the IPA logo was computer generated to suit.Having placed the design on the slate like a stencil, the engravingis blasted out of the stone, cleaned down and then painted withthree coats.

Gary Eccleston of Cloud9Craft said, “We did the Wales in Bloomawards for three years running at a discounted rate (it wasentertaining seeing these being presented to the little ladygardeners who didn't expect something so small to weigh somuch). One of our favourite jobs was for a family who wanted ahouse sign which had stick figures representing each familymember and their pets. This was to help make the whole familyfeel included after their frail grandparents had come to live with them. We loved the design including the horse, dog and thegrandfather's habitually lost shoe.”

The plaque will be housed permanently at IPA's Admin Centre,alongside a photograph of the window.

A CompanyNot to beSlated!

In MemoryGary Waine, 3 region, passed away 14 July. See Karel’s tribute toGary on page 5.

Brian Davies, 10 Region, passed away 17 July aged 69 after along illness. Notified by Mike Stanbury.Ever thought of

Becoming aLifer?From 1 January, 2011 the life membership fee will rise to 15 x £28(£420). Currently the fee is 10 x £25 (£250). So if you choose to become alife member now you will save £170.

To qualify for life membership you must have been an ordinary member for atleast four consecutive years at the time of application.

If you want to find out more or if you have any questions contact: Michele Rai on 0115 981 3638 or email: [email protected]


IPA News

New MembersThere are 111 new IPA members since the last

edition of Police World.

Congratulations to all the

branches that successfully

recruited new members.

The website lists all new members,

you can find this list at:

www.ipa-uk.org/Member-Area/new-members.

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Our Sword is Missing!In 1979, as the Chair of 6 Region, Kevan Barrett oversaw thearrangements for the various functions when 6 Region marked the 150th Anniversary of the Metropolitan Police with a Friendship Week.

During that week the Wilkinson Razor Company presented 6 Regionwith a commemoration sword to honour the work and achievementsof the IPA.

This came about through the connections and good offices of DaveWillis, who was then the ‘C’ Division Representative serving at Bow Street.

As 6 Region had no proper place to display such an item, Dave

naturally took care of it on the Region’s behalf.

A recent idea is to find a display location for some of the majorpresentations that 6 Region have received over the years.

Dave retired in 1987, as did Kevan, and nothing has been heard orseen of the sword since.

Kevan recently contacted Dave, who states that on retirement hepassed the sword to someone in the IPA ‘A’ Branch of the Met.

He cannot remember to whom he gave the sword, and Kevan is nowtaking on the task of trying to trace it.

So: Is there anyone out there, who was in ‘A’ Branch (which becamepart of the Two Cities Branch), who knows the whereabouts of the sword?

Or for that matter is there anyone anywhere who knows where it is?

Kevan and 6 Region would be most obliged for any informationleading to its arrest. To contact Kevan please email: [email protected] telephone BSAC on 0115 9813638

Keukenhofhas morethan TulipsNottinghamshireBranch members JohnMason and GrahamBuxton are organising a weekend trip toAmsterdam, Holland,which will include a fullday at the famousKeukenhof Gardens. Thedates are 15 — 18 April,2011. Accommodationwill be at the HotelMercure aan de Astel Amsterdam for 3 nights bed & breakfast.With evening meal included on the Friday and Sunday evenings.

The cost of the trip will be £306 per person for a double/twinroom for three nights bed breakfast and 2 evening meals. (£389single room). This includes coach travel, tunnel charges andadmission to the gardens together with tea/coffee facilities onthe coach. Should you wish to be part of this trip then pleaseforward a non-returnable deposit of £75 per person. Chequespayable to ‘Notts IPA’ c/o John Mason as soon as possible. Thebalance will then be required by no later than 11 February, 2011.

To view more information visit:

www.ipa-uk.org/Event-Catalog/Event-Catalog

Regards fromthe GoldenBearDave Hardy from 3 Region knows Jack Niklaus personally. After tellingJack about the IPA and the DiamondJubilee Anniversary, Jack wanted topass on his regards to the organisation and all the members.

Send your good wishes message from a famous person to theeditor, [email protected]

newItemsIPA shop

There have been two more additions to the IPA Shop.These are a pair of gold coloured enamelled cufflinks priced at £5.50 inc p&p; and a manicure set housed in a silver coloured metal container, priced at £5 inc p&p.

visit: www.ipa-uk.org/Shop to place an order

There are still JEDD items for sale: www.ipa-uk.org/Jedd-Merchandise

Visit the forum to add your comments about any aspect of the IPA Shop. Make a suggestion as to what type of products you would like to see on sale.www.ipa-uk.org/Forums/Shop-Feedback

Good Livingfor the IPA An organisation named 'Good Living - Health Matters' held an exhibition at the Open Day at the British Section Admin

Centre in July. Visitors were fascinated by the items ofdisplay, which included models of clogged arteries, asmoker's lung and 1lb of body fat.Christine Golding of 'Good Living - Health Matters' said,"We were really pleased with the opportunity to come tothe Open Day and give advice to visitors on how theycan improve their health and well being."The organisation, which formed shortly before the Open

Day and receives sponsorship from the British HeartFoundation to carry out its work, has a websitewww.goodliving-healthmatters.org.uk/index.asp

IPA News

Police Officer Says Thank YouWith Her FeetA marathon-running police officer has had to seek treatment from the very charity she is tryingto raise money for. Jackie Muller, the Secretary ofLothian and Borders Police Federation, is vowing notto let an injury to her ankle hold her back as shecontinues with her training for the ING New YorkCity Marathon in November.

Jackie is taking part in the event in aid of thePolice Treatment Centres. After falling down some stairs and

injuring her ankle Jackie applied to receive intensive physiotherapy atCastlebrae, the Police Treatment Centre in Scotland.Jackie is confident the treatment she has received, coupled with herintensive training programme, will help her cross the finishing line inNovember. As if the challenge of completing the marathon isn’tenough, Jackie has set herself a target of raising £20,000 for thePolice Treatment Centres.

If you would like to help Jackie achieve her target, you can sponsorher via her JustGiving page www.justgiving.com/Jackie-Muller

Barbara Marchantillustrated a series offunnies for the Caravanand Camping DiamondJubilee event inLiverpool. One of theseillustrations was used onthe mugs and coastersmade for the IPAmembers going on theManchester Ship Canalcruise. (See page 12).

Barbara MakesThem Smile!

Anyone forScuba?

New IPA DivingGroup

Are there any members interested in creating an IPA ScubaDive Group?

Mark Faunt would like to set up a group with a broad geographicalmix of contacts with access to dive sites and club equipment.

The idea is to set up events throughout the country andthroughout the year where divers could meet for either organisedor impromptu diving sessions. There are currently two members:Mark Faunt and Tess Adams from North and South Englandrespectively. They are keen to create a Dive Group and they wouldlike to hear from other keen divers who would be interested in thecreation of such a group.

Mark hopes that in the future trips will be organised around theWorld and would like to hear about experiences and contacts thatmembers have made that can help other divers.

Mark would like to see this new group attend the DiveFest inCornwall which is held annually. He would therefore like to hearfrom Divers of all abilities that could help in forming a Dive Groupthat could eventually liaise and dive with foreign sections.

If you are interested then please contact: Mark Faunt at:[email protected]

Great RateMBNA are offering IPA members a great credit card thatsupports the IPA. See page 30 for more details.

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4. Hatred (6)

5. Muscular contraction (5)

6. Ahead of time (5)

7. Without much effort (4-7)

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15. Causes to be indebted (7)

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International News

AUSTRIA23rd IPA Krampus party and also the 25th anniversary of IPA UpperCarinthia from 3 to 5 December, 2010. For details and booking visit:www.ipa-uk.org/Event-Catalog/Event-Catalog/Social

The IPA Ski Week 2011, Sektion Österreich – Landesgruppe, willtake place from 29 January to 5 February . For details and bookingvisit: www.ipa-uk.org/Event-Catalog/Event-Catalog/Sport

CANADAIPA 2012 Canadian Rocky Mountain Tour. The three IPA Canadaregions in Alberta are once again hosting an exciting IPA friendshiptour. This tour is tentatively scheduled for 2 - 14 June, 2012. Thiscoach tour will spend two nights in Calgary, two nights in Banff, twonights in Waterton and two nights in Edmonton. While in Edmonton ourtour guests will join the IPA Canada Annual General Meeting delegatesfrom across the country for joint social events.

The prices of $1,800 CAD for the Alberta tour or $2,400 CAD for thefull tour terminating in Vancouver are per person based on doubleoccupancy. Tour details will be updated onhttp://ipa.ca/events/rockymountaintour2012.php

IPA Canada celebrates its 50th Anniversary 4 -14 June, 2011lPA Canada is proud to offer you the opportunity to visit all that Ontariohas to offer! The 10 day tour includes visits to London (home ofCanada’s founder), Niagara Falls, and see the sites of Toronto (thecapital city of Ontario). All these sights and more, along with thewarm hospitality of Canada awaits you! The tour begins onSaturday 4 June following the lPA Canada AGM in London, Ontario.The tour concludes on Tuesday 14 June in Toronto, Ontario.

The cost for this all-inclusive tour is only $1,900 (Canadian) perperson based on double occupancy or $2,400 (Canadian) perperson for single occupancy. This tour is only open to the first 54people who register. For further Information contact:cop300@mountaincanbelteVisit: www.ipa-uk.org/Event-Catalog/Friendship-Weeks

FRANCEIPA France - Ladies International Friendly Indoor FootballTournament - at the Centre Sportif SNCF des Trois Doms – Route StJUST - 80500 MONTDIDIER, France, 14 - 18 March, 2011.

The tournament is limited to 16 teams. The number of players perteam is limited to 9 players maximum. 5 players must participate inthe game (goalkeeper + 4 players on the field and 4 reserves).

PACKAGE PRICE € 180 P.P Included in the price · Welcome Buffet · 5days - 4 nights, full board and breakfast on the day of departure ·Rental of bed linen (duvets, sheets and pillows) · Beds are made uponarrival · Rental of bath towels · Participation of your team · A teamtrophy for the best keeper, the best scorer, the team with the most fair-play · ID badge · Souvenir t-shirt · Opening Ceremony onMonday, 14 March, Night of Champions buffet on 17 March (includingdistribution of trophies, show and DJ)

If you have any questions please contact us at:[email protected] or download the programme at www.ipa-uk.org/Write/Documents

USACajun Country and the Great River Road on 10 - 16 November, 2010.The Motor Coach Trip departs from Region 57 near St. Louis. Join us aswe journey into the Deep South for an awesome historical and culturalexperience.Open to all IPA members and friends. Cost: Double $1230Single $, Triple $1100, Quad $1040. Deposit of $25 due at time ofbooking. Final payment due 24 September, 2010. For more details and booking visit: www.ipa-usa.org/region57

Crossword& SudokuIn this edition we are giving you the chance to win a copy of ‘Kent Disasters’by Roy Ingleton in our crossword competition. Enter the sudoku competition and win acopy of ‘Unsolved Murders In and Around Derbyshire’ by Scott C Lomax. Solve the puzzles and then send them in. The lucky winners will be drawn from the hat.

Books supplied by Pen & Sword Books Limited. For similar titles visit www.pen-and-sword.co.uk,

Send the completed crossword to: IPA, Editor, Arthur Troop House, 1 Fox Road, West Bridgford. Nottingham, NG2 6A. Please include your name, address and membership number.The deadline for entries is 25 October, 2010.

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About the booksKent Disasters: Disasterspunctuate our national history andsome are so extraordinary, and soterrible in their consequences, likethe Black Death, the Great Fire ofLondon and the Blitz, that theycome to define an era. Roy Ingleton,in this gripping and well researched book, has made a tellingselection of the sequence of disasters that have hit thepeople of Kent.

Unsolved Murders In and Around Derbyshire: There is nosuch thing as the perfect crime. Yet within these pages arethirteen 20th Century murders whose perpetrators have - sofar - escaped justice. Some may still be alive, cold casesawaiting new forensic leads but others have taken theirchilling secrets to the grave.

Famous modern cases are also explored, based on newresearch. The Barbara Mayo murder is still in the memory ofmany Derbyshire people as is the Stephen Downingmiscarriage of justice. A compelling read for anyoneinterested in true crime.

Visit www.ipa-houses.infoThe IPA offers great value accommodation in morethan 40 IPA houses in 20 different countries. Also see page 10

Details of all international events can be found on-line: www.en.ipa-iac.org/online-diary/en_diary-events.htm

Upon arrival into Auckland you will be welcomed by IPA Membersand transferred to the scenic Airedale Hotel in central Aucklandwhere you are booked in for the first night of the tour. The following eight days will be spent touring places such as theincredible Waipoua Forest, Paihia and the wonders of thisamazing Island’s scattered wonderland, Cape Brett and thefamous Hole in the Rock cruise, Rotorua and Te Puia ThermalReserve, home of the Maori Arts and Crafts Institute.

Tour costs per person are:Single Room @ NZD $2460.00, Twin Sharing @ NZD $1895A deposit of NZD $500.00 per person is required on or before 30 November 2010.Balance of payment is required by 31 January 2011

Visit: www.ipa-uk.org/Event-Catalog/Event-Catalog/Friendship-Weeks for more details and booking.

Section New Zealand Friendship Week 5 - 14 April, 2011

Section Slovenia 20thAnniversary CelebrationsYou are invited to join the celebrations from 21 to 24 April, 2011

We are cordially inviting you to the celebration of the 20th anniversary

of Section Slovenia, taking place at Hotel Špik in Gozd Martuljek from

21 to 24 April, 2011.

Our Section was established on 20 April, 1991, and now after 20

years, we would like to celebrate this anniversary at the same place

and in the very same hotel that the founding assembly took place.

280 euro person which includes:

- Full programme of the celebrations,

- Accommodation (double room) and meals at Hotel ŠPIK, including

lunch in Goriška Brda,

- A commemorative present,

- Transport from the Jože Pučnik Airport in Ljubljana to the hotel

and back.

APPLICATION AND PAYMENT DEADLINE: Monday, 28 February, 2011

e-mail: [email protected]

Further details and booking forms are available at:

www.ipa-uk.org/

Edition 2 Winners:Congratulations to Alastair Thomson from 1Region who sent in the luckywinning crossword entry.Alastair wins a copy of 'GreatHoaxes, Artful Fakers andCheating Charlatans’ by NigelBlundell and Sue Blackhall.David Stamp from 11 Regionwins a copy of 'Miscarriages ofJustice' by John J. Eddleston.

National President, Steve Connor, urged delegates at this year’sNational Council Meeting to “go away and enrol at least twonew members”.

His message, which he hassupported with positiveaction, (he’s recruited twomembers himself) also goesout to all members of the Section.

The names of all those whohave recruited two newmembers between 1 October –31 December, 2010 will bepublished on Section UK’s website. The nameswill also go into the hat and will win a JEDDprint plus £50 on receipt of framing costs.Sorry Mr President, the start/finish dates meanyou’ll need to recruit two more new members ifyou want to enter!

Congratulationsto Hertfordshire and Devon who havehad some real success with 71 newmembers recruited during July and

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October7 Region - Devon Branch, 8 - 10 October.Invitation to join the Weekend at Torquay.Devon members invite members from within7 Region to join them. Cost £83 per personhalf board at the Balmoral Hotel, Meadfoot,Torquay. Tel. 01803-293381. For furtherdetails contact: [email protected]

3 Region - Scarborough Branch, Sunday 10October: Bowling & Buffet at Ryedale IndoorBowling Centre, Norton, Malton at 3.00pm. Ifyou would like to play in a gentle andrelaxing, or slightly more energetic andcompetitive game of bowls followed by abuffet and time to pass the time of day withfriends old and new then put this date inyour diary.

For more information and booking contact:[email protected]

3 Region - Scarborough Branch, Sunday 24October: Charity Kart Grand Prix. Followingthe hugely successful charity Grand Prix Kartevent held last year, this event is being heldagain. The race will be a 2 hour team event.There is a restriction of eight teams with amaximum of five drivers per team. Even ifyou don’t want to drive, this will be a greatspectacle to watch so please come alongand support the event. This year, we areinsisting that at least 2 members of eachteam are members of the IPA. The cost perteam is £135. Unlike last year, full paymentwill have to be made in advance and in anycase before 9th October. Places fill veryquickly so book early.


9 Region - Trip to the Tower of London -ceremony of 'The Keys'. On 26 October,2010 9 Region have arranged a trip towitness the ceremony of 'The Keys' at theTower of London. Contact John Cooper:[email protected]

5 Region - Northampton Branch SundayLunch Sunday 31 October, 2010. Contact: [email protected] for more details.

November11 Region - Kent Branch ClassicalSpectacular 20 November. Tickets are £44per person. This includes travel, a fish &chip supper with bread and butter, picklesand a pot of tea. If we sell all 50 tickets theprice will be reduced to £39. If you wouldlike to come please contact [email protected] more information.

9 Region - Trip to the Tower of London -ceremony of 'The Keys'. On 23 November,2010 9 Region have arranged a trip towitness the ceremony of 'The Keys' at theTower of London. Contact John Cooper:[email protected]

December3 Region - Northumbria Branch ChristmasWeekend, 3 — 5 December: See page 18. Contact: [email protected]

3 Region - Rochdale & District Branch

Meal, Tuesday 11 December: At the WestEnd Bowling Club, Selkirk Avenue, Oldham,commencing at 8pm. Contact: [email protected]

7 Region - Christmas Function, Saturday 11December - at the Tregenna Castle Hotel, StIves in Cornwall. Contact: [email protected]

3 Region - Scarborough Branch, Sunday 12December: Christmas Lunch, venue yet tobe confirmed.


11 Region Sussex Branch - ChristmasLunch, Sunday 12 December: At TheComfort Inn, Crossbush, Nr Arundel.


11 Region - Kent Branch Christmas Lunch.On Sunday 12 December at 1pm at theInternational Hotel, Ashford. The cost will be£17.00 per person. Contact [email protected] booking.

5 Region - Derbyshire Branch, Wednesday15 December. Christmas Meal at TheKestrel Public House, Upper Marehay Road,Marehay, Ripley, Derbyshire, to book pleaseemail: [email protected]

5 Region - Northampton Branch ChristmasLunch at the Dairy Farm, Stowe NineChurches on Sunday 19 December, 2010. Contact: [email protected] for more details.

11 Region Sussex Branch ChristmasLuncheon. Further details for all events canbe obtained from Adrian Boniface [email protected]

To find details of all events, includingmeetings, visit: www.ipa-uk.org/Event-Catalog or contact BSAC.

January 20113 Region - Scarborough Branch, OldenburgCabbage Festival: Friday 28 January -Sunday 30 January, 2011

Full details for the Oldenburg CabbageFestival have not been circulated but it hasbeen confirmed that it will take place onFriday 28 January - Sunday 30 January,2011. This is the 40th anniversary of theevent for Oldenburg IPA so it will no doubt beextra special. We can expect the closing datefor bookings to be 31 October, 2010 so if youare thinking about going, please register yourinterest with Chris Charlton. A number oftravel options will be available dependentupon the number of people interested in attending.


AGM Dates5 Region - Northampton AGM on Friday 4February, 2011. Contact: [email protected] for more details.

3 Region - Scarborough Branch AGM - willbe held on Sunday 6 February, 2011 at11.00am. Contact: [email protected]

6 Region - New Scotland Yard AGM onTuesday 8 February, 2011 at 6.30pm. Contact: [email protected] for more details.

3 REGION - IPA LEEDS BRANCH AGMTuesday 8 February, 2011. At Leeds CityPolice Social Club, Gledhow Lane, Gledhow,Leeds, LS8 1NQ. Contact: [email protected]

5 Region - Derbyshire Branch AGM andMeal, 9 February, 2011. At the KestrelPublic House, Upper Marehay Road,Marehay, Ripley, Derbyshire.

If meal required please contact Secretary -Sean Murphy, email: [email protected]

3 Region Durham Branch AGM, Sunday 13,February, 2011. Location to be agreed.

7 Region - Devon Branch AGM, Tuesday 15February, 2011. Takes place at GladstonesPolice/Hospital Social Club, GladstonesRoad, Heavitree, Exeter at 7.00pm. Foodand Speaker to follow. Contact: [email protected]

7 Region Hampshire AGM 16 February,2011 at 7pm. Venue is the Winchester roomat Netley Headquarters. Contact: [email protected]

11 Region Sussex Branch AGM, 16February, 2011. Members and guests arewelcome and a free finger buffet will beavailable following the meeting. Furtherdetails from: [email protected]

7 Region - Thames Valley South BranchAGM, Thursday 17th February 2011.7.30pm start at the Alma Social Club, AlmaRoad, Windsor, Berkshire. A buffet will be available. Contact: [email protected]

9 Region - Middlesex Branch (North WestLondon) AGM, 21 February, 2011. 8pm atMet Police Sports, Club, Aldenham Road,Bushey, Herts. Contact: [email protected]

7 Region - Avon & Somerset South AGM,Tuesday 22 February, 2011. 8pm at theRailway Inn, Sandford. Those wanting a mealprior to the meeting will need to orderthrough David Read, no later than 20 February 2011.


10 Region - K Branch AGM, Thursday 24February, 2011. At Chigwell Police Club.


The Motorcycling Group AGM, Wednesday16 March, 2011. 12 noon at Police Mutual(P.M.A.S) Alexandra House, Queen StreetLichfield, Staffordshire, WS13 6QS.Contact: [email protected]

1 Region AGM Sunday 27 March, 2011.10am start at the Northern PoliceConvalescent Home, Castlebrae, CastletonRoad, Auchterarder, PH3 1AG.


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The President’sRallying Call

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Letters Page

In each edition the ‘Star Letter’ will be awarded an

IPA baseball cap, so what are you waiting for, write

in and have your say!

Dear EditorI was reading through my recent ( vol 55 No 2 2010)copy of Police World and I particularly enjoyed the article on the ceremonyof ‘The Keys’.

I was in The Coldstream Guards (nulli secudus) many years ago now, andlike many retired and serving Police Officers who served in any of the FootGuards had to do ceremonial duties when in the country.

I recall having to be on guard at the Tower of London and there had been arequest from one of the TV Companies to film the ceremony of ‘The Keys’. A Geordie lad from Ashington was chosen to challenge ‘The Keys’.

Barney (as I will call him ) was a very broad Ashington Pitmatic speakinglikeable lad but always with a cheeky and unpredictable side to him — weall knew he would be up to something — particularly when by himself hewould burst out into fits of laughter as he schemed away in his mind how hewas to ‘challenge’.

Officer of the Guard — Senior NCOs had us out making sure that the wholeprogramme would run without problem - even Barney surprised us with hisrazor sharp foot movements and loud challenge — TV producer and theluvvies were obviously thrilled with the prospect of a brilliant display.

Time came — Boots polished, Bearskins brushed, uniforms immaculate —Cameras ready — Guard ready — Drummer with the lantern ready — Officerready — Yeoman with the Keys ready — perfect — “action!”— the keys weremarched forward to the gate — the order came loud and clear from Barneyon his Challenge —“Halt,” he screamed in a loud voice — “Wee gaanstheor?”— the Yeoman of the Guard politely said “The Keys”— Barney yells atthe top of his voice,“Wees Keys?” Yeoman “Queen Elizabeth the SecondsKeys.” Barney shouted in his best Pitmatic, “Pass Queen lisabith theseconds keys! Aals weel noo”

Cut ! — Cut! No - no we cannot have that we need someone else, theProducer was so close to tears while we were in tears of laughter andBarney was dragged to one side by the Senior NCO to the words,

“I am going to ram this pace !�� stick so far up you you willnever �� need to �� bend for the rest of your�� life”

We reckoned the NCO didn’t see the funny side of Barney’s chance tochallenge on TV particularly when he was told, “You have lost your nameand are on Company Orders in the morning”, — no problem to Barney, I amsure, there was a worn patch in the Company Commander’s carpet allBarney’s.

He was in close arrest for a week — I can say that a rerun was done usinganother challenger and all went well and looked good on TV.

Just thought I would share this joyous note from my past, as it alwaysbecomes a centre of any reunion I attend with the Coldstream GuardsAssociation — and fuelled by the quaffing of the foaming brew we spend ahappy time laughing for the umpteenth time in as many years.

Regards, Brian William Finlayson, Northumberland

Dear EditorCongratulations to those who were involved in organising the excellentService at Guildford Cathedral on 17th June for the rededication of theIPA stained glass window in the Cathedral to celebrate the Association’sDiamond Jubilee.

They did well to include hymns from the four countries of the United Kingdom.

It was great to see all ranks of the Police Service represented and the

colourful uniforms of some of our overseas visitors was splendid to observe.

It was noticeable after the Service that so many visitors were reluctant toleave, staying in the brilliant sunshine to talk to old and new friends. It is afitting tribute to the Association that there are no strangers in the IPA, just friends that you have not yet met.

For my part I met friends that I had last met some 30 years ago when Iregularly attended National Council meetings and others from the old 6(4) Region before we became 11 Region.

Looking back I am pleased that over the years I was able to take advantageof some of the facilities that the IPA has to offer. I recommend membersenlarge their circle of friends by also taking advantage of these facilities.Remember - Anno Domini - waits for no man.

In Friendship, Ken Rosam, Surrey branch.

Dear Editor

On Friday 25 and Saturday 26 July this year Julie and I looked after thePennington family from Houston Texas on a quick visit to Norfolk. We hadthe pleasure of meeting Joe who is a serving officer with the HoustonPolice, Cathy his wife and their 21 year old son Eric. Eric was studyinghistory for his minor subject at college. They expressed an interest inRoman and Viking history.

We met them at 5 pm on the M25 and made sure they were settled in attheir accommodation at the Travel Lodge. We left them for the evening. We managed to get them into the Travel Lodge on Queens Road Norwich atthe last minute as they had not booked ahead.

Julie and I collected them at 9am on the Saturday and we all went to theNorwich Museum to have a quick look at the artifacts found in Norfolk fromthe Roman and Viking periods. We went on to Caistor St Edmunds to look atthe site of Venta Icenorum, a walled town, built just after the Boudiccanrebellion about A.D. 70. Through our mobile phone Eric was able to have acommentary about the site. We lunched at a pub in Loddon where we weremade most welcome by the staff. After lunch we went to the Roman Fort atBurgh Castle built about 200 A.D. They were most impressed by theremaining fort walls which encompass three sides of the site. After acomfort stop at our home we all went out for a meal at Wayford Bridge andback to the Travel Lodge at about 11pm. It was a full day and they were alloff to York the following morning. They had made contact with Alan Brownanother IPA member in the York area who would assist them whilst theywere there. They had a full itinerary and hoped to go to Northumberland,Scotland, Wales and France whilst they were over here. We enjoyed theircompany and hope to keep in touch.

Christopher and Julie Hulse, Norfolk branch

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