Documents
The following documents are available for background material when considering the questions on the work sheet. A small image of the document, or the first page of a multi-page document, is displayed for reference purposes.
- A map of the Metropolitan Police District, 1837.
- Report of the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis for the Year 1875, C.1594 (1876), p. 13.
- Report of the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis for the Year 1935, Cmd. 5165 (1936), p. 69.
- Bow Street Sub-Division Beat Book: map showing the beats.
- Bow Street Sub-Division Beat Book: plan of No 1 Beat.
- Bow Street Sub-Division Beat Book: description of No 1 Beat.
- Edward Lyscom, London Policeman (unpublished, c. late 1970s), pp. 18-24 (7 pages). See note 1.
- Cartoon from Fun, 16 Sept. 1886. See note 2.
- Moonshine, 30 Oct. 1886. See note 3.
- Return of the number of complaints by letter to the Commissioners of Police, 1831-40.
- 1835 scrapbook of comments from the Weekly Dispatch and replies from divisional superintendents to the commissioner (6 items).
- Report of the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis for the Year 1935, Cmd. 5165 (1936), p. 70.
- 'C' Division Complaints Book (7 pages).
- Memoirs of PC 138 ‘Z’ Arthur Battle, 1929-1954, pp. 35-7 (3 pages).
- Police notices: 'Throwing Stones', 'Juvenile Smoking', and 'Protection of Children'.
- 'H' Division Memorandum: 'Arrest of Suspected Persons under Metropolitan Police Act, Sec. 66', 11 Aug. 1933.
- Cartoon from Fun, 15 Nov. 1873. See note 4.
- Executive Branch Memorandum: 'Age of Consent' 23 May 1908.
- Executive Branch Memorandum: 'Children Bill' 25 July 1908 (2 pages).
- Executive Branch Memorandum: 'Drunkenness' 17 Nov. 1906 (2 pages).
- Executive Branch Memorandum: 'Observation on Public Houses', 8 Oct. 1914.
- Executive Branch Memorandum: 'Facilities for Obtaining Non-Alcoholic Refreshment' 15 April 1915.
- Executive Branch Memorandum: 'Treating at Licensed Premises' 30 Dec. 1915.
- Executive Branch Memorandum: 'Drinking by Soldiers' 1 Jan. 1916.
- Executive Branch Memorandum: 'Confidential Memorandum (No. 20)' 26 March 1916.
- Executive Branch Memorandum: 'Treating at Licensed Premises' 18 April 1916.
- Westminster Police Court desertion warrant, 27 May 1887.
- Report of the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis for the Year 1905, Cd. 3180 (1906), p. 18.
- Photograph of a police officer giving directions c. 1911. See note 5.
- Report of the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis for the Year 1905, Cd. 3180 (1906), p. 34.
- Photograph of a police ambulance.
Notes:
- Edward Lyscom joined the Metropolitan Police in 1934, graduating from Peel House in the following year. He was posted to the Highbury Vale Station at ‘N’ (Stoke Newington) Division.
- Fun was a satirical weekly that ran from 1861 to 1901. While it was viewed as the ‘poor man’s Punch’ (which had a readership of 40,000, Fun reached an audience of 20,000), it displayed a more radical vitality than its more famous rival. In this cartoon the lady is asking after an address, however, the police officer takes ‘14A’ to refer to the number of a colleague! Taken from Christopher Pulling’s scrapbook for Mr Punch and the Police (1964).
- Moonshine, 30 Oct. 1886. Taken from Christopher Pulling’s scrapbook for Mr Punch and the Police (1964).
- Colonel Henderson was the police commissioner 1869-86. Taken from Christopher Pulling’s scrapbook for Mr Punch and the Police (1964).
- The white gloves indicate that he is on 'points duty', i.e. he remained in a stationary position directing traffic.
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PC giving directions to a mono-cyclist, Hammersmith, c.1935.