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In my article for the May edition I mentioned adopt a more structured approach to I would like to congratulate Bob Mabbutt my visit to the Ex-Mets Branch in Western our lobbying and for them to take a more (check spelling please) and Keith Bowman Australia and how they had asked me to pro-active lead in guiding us in the right who have been elected as Regional Reps say that anyone would be welcome to directions. to the NEC to replace Lawrence Wright and join them at one of their BBQs and I was myself in September after Conference. grateful for our Editor allowing my photo We remain ever hopeful that this campaign of the happy group to be published in our will reach a satisfactory conclusion for all There is still a lot of work for me to do magazine. I make no apology for saying widows and widowers in the future and put before then and the NEC have a lot of irons that I was disappointed to find that my right the injustice which has befallen just in fires and hats in the air with projects and article about the visit to Ex-Met members 131 widows and widowers who have lost reviews designed to take NARPO forward was not accepted by the Editor of the their pension when they chose to remarry into the next 100 years!!!! London Police Pensioner – it was after all or co-habit. It is not rocket science for the about the President of NARPO visiting a Government to realise the injustice that is This will be my last article: I have enjoyed group of Ex-Met members. I am grateful being caused and the very small amount of writing them and hope you may have that the occasion of my visit and address money it will cost to put things right. gained something from reading them over to the London Branch AGM did receive a the past four years. I will of course be mention! On 25 July 2019 our Association will saying my farewells at Conference and they celebrate its Centenary – many of you may will be reported in the November edition I also mentioned our lobby of Parliament already know that. The NEC have been of NN but for now I wish all of you and the and the impetus that our Widows Pensions looking at ways for us to celebrate the Association well for the future. for Life had achieved thereafter and the event and we are hoping to get a special prospect of an early day motion being postage stamp issue, design a new lapel Best wishes heard. It was disappointing that the badge and as you will already know we announcement of a General Election rather are hoping to have a book of our history stalled that process and now it seems published. There are other events planned we will not get another chance until the but you will hear more of those later. It may Autumn Sessions commences. We have be an opportune moment to suggest that in the meantime reviewed our involvement each Branch should consider holding an with Sentinel who are our Parliamentary event of their own, or in conjunction with Ian Potter - President Advisors and with assistance from Chris, their local Branches, to celebrate James, Graham and Josh we hope to this milestone. The world is changing. So are we.

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Ancestry research Lost and found I also have a half sister in Canada, who I was very interested in the article by Geoff I read with interest Geoff Aylen’s article when we first met it was an instant bond, Aylen about family history. R.e, Ancestry. the same when I met her husband.

I started researching over 25 years ago I had led a happy life with my parents and Last year the four of us went to Latvia to and following an appeal for someone to reaped the benefits of being an only child. meet our relations and opened up lecture in this subject from Burton on Trent My mother was Italian, having met and new horizons. College, I decided to apply as I had been a married my father in Naples during WW2. divisional training officer in my career with As a result, she holidays there every Why my adopted parents never told Staffordshire Police. two years. me I will never know. Although, when I

made contact with ‘relatives’ during tree I was accepted for this part time position Due to an accident, I had to retire early research,nothing was mentioned. When and it involved lecturing to members of the from the force but was fortunate to I contacted them with my news, they public who were due for retirement and obtain further employment. As eventually thought that I knew and still wanted to to the public at large. It was fascinating happens, parents pass away and by this research, or I was still unaware and not and rewarding to see the results from time I was redundant. their place to tell me. research carried out. One member of the class discovered from researching the When my wife retired and winter was The revelations in research is fascinating Census returns that her Great Grandfather upon us, we decided to research our but beware. had murdered his wife, she found him in family histories via Ancestry. This was very

Broadmoor. He was later released and addictive, the days and evenings passing John Lightowler then committed suicide. swiftly, waking up with a thought about a Cleveland problem, then cup of tea laptop on at 3am. If there are any members intending to take an interest in this subject, I offer words After several months, we had exhausted of caution; the information from various all avenues, printed and saved the trees. web sites is not always complete, assume The only thing was not finding the record Married Allowance nothing and check everything. of my birth, but with my surname and the This allowance is indeed a good thing and numerous spelling variations, we came I thank you for the publicity. William Stewart I am still researching and would be across the decision to leave it. writes (issue 89, February 2017) of his pleased to offer my free services, based satisfaction akin to my own. on years of experience, to anyone. But I was not content; we had copies of marriage/deaths/births, I needed mine to Unfortunately, I found the process not to Stuart Bailey complete the file. I duly sent away for a be as simple as I had believed. Staffordshire copy. December 2012, two days before my Having applied via the easy on-line form 65th birthday, the envelope arrived and as I did receive notification of a tax refund you do, you open up looking for the said for myself. Subsequently, however, I document, nothing? Reading the covering discovered that HMRC had not transferred CPI v RPI letter left me utterly stunned. I WAS the excess allowances but had used I hate to burst Paul Smith’s bubble (Brexit ADOPTED. their own formula (in our case 10% of the and Beyond, NARPO News, issue 90) but personal allowance), which was more than his reference to, “our gold plated works I readily admit I broke down in tears. I the unused allowances. pension should remain sacrosanct.” is a felt my life had been a sham. I decided little dated. I had to know who my parents were and This resulted in my wife being liable to

went through due process of applying Income Tax where she had not been before Is he not aware that his contract with and being interviewed before details were the transfer process. In our case this did the government, for an RPI index linked revealed. not matter, but could do to anyone who is pension, has already been broken and relying on a non-taxation situation. I was is now linked to the CPI? This runs at The good news was my mother was living unable to obtain a clear explanation for this approximately 1% less than the RPI which in Nottingham and with the help of my outcome, nor see any warning of it on the when compounded over an average 28 local adoption agency they got in touch web-site. year pension is.., a lot of money! with her initially and she did want to have

contact with me. Harry Saunderson The government argues that it no longer London uses the RPI to calculate payments, but My mother was Latvian having escaped unsurprisingly it manages to use them to during WW2 with my grandmother from the calculate repayments, such as student invading Russians .Due to ill health we did loans. not have as long as we would both have

liked together but I do have memories. My Jonathan Camp mother daily was sorry for giving me away, London she could not grasp my forgiveness.

12 NARPOnews Readers’ letters continued...

Royal Review Thanks NARPO News How to be involved? I was very interested to read David Harfitt’s Having just received and read Issue 90, I returned to Britain last June 2016, and letter in the May 2017 issue of NARPO NARPO News, I particularly enjoyed some have been avidly reading the old issues News, and his recollections of the 1954 of the articles especially those affecting of both NARPO and LPP which I found Royal Review of the British Police. It also my retirement and financial matters. I also waiting for me. I would certainly like to get reminded me that I had omitted to write to enjoyed the new feature Retired? Who’s more involved in both my Associations, you following Mark Judson’s interesting Retired? Long may this continue. however, how do I do that? I’m no longer piece in the February issue. a spring chicken and, if I go anywhere, A brief thank you for publishing my article I like to go by car, so, if I want to attend To answer Mark’s question - the previous, on the Slum Kids in Kenya in a previous an AGM, how do I do that? The LPP and first Royal Review of the Police Service issue and as a result at least 10 people AGM was held at the Union Jack Club in was undertaken by King George V on are now involved in AMUKA Foundation Waterloo. No way am I going to travel by 20th July 1935. There has been one such and supporting children in Kenya. I look train to Waterloo and spend money staying review subsequent to the 1954 event, and forward to my next visit in July/August at the UJC, even if discounted, so what’s this took place at the Metropolitan Police’s 2018 when I will be taking two 11 year old the solution? I need a location where I Peel Centre at Hendon on 6th May 1977, Scouts and 12 Explorer Scouts for a life can park my car, stay overnight, get up to mark Her Majesty’s Silver Jubilee. By changing three week visit. They will work to a leisurely breakfast and then drive comparison to the 1935 and 1954 events, with the slum kids, climb Mount Kenya, do home after spending a fruitful evening with this was a much smaller scale event. a safari and end up in a Maasai village. colleagues at the AGM, followed by a few There has not been a repeat of it since, drinks; all preferably, with my wife in tow. and sadly I very much doubt we will ever Many thanks see another one. Can some thought be given to locations, Kath Bainbridge as I feel that there must be many in By the way, the open Land Rover which Dewsbury situations similar to mine? conveyed Her Majesty and the Duke of Edinburgh through the ranks of the parade Which brings me to the letter in the on 14th July 1954 has been preserved at November 2016 issue of NARPO from the British Motor Museum in Warwickshire. Liz Godwin. What a lovely letter and how Hearing Star she expressed her satisfaction in getting Having spent many years coping with NHS Sadly, I was not present at the 1954 review involved as a widow. She sounds a lovely hearing aids which constantly whistled as it predates my arrival into the world by a lady and I’m so glad she has found a niche causing embarrassment to me and much couple of years! However, as a student of with NARPO. amusement to my grandchildren. police history, I have managed to amass a number of documents relating to the event, Terry Gibson After researching many costly brands on including press cuttings; various force London the market, my husband suggested that I orders for the event; and a copy of the contact Hearing Star which is advertised in official order for the event and the public his NARPO and LPP magazines. programme (the latter even giving details of the music played during proceedings. My first contact was with Marie who Worth knowing organised a home visit with Kevin Howlett. Having received the magazine and read Can I ask you to pass on my details to My hearing was tested in the comfort of most of the contents, I once again realise David Harfitt and Mark Judson, with the my own home and I was fitted with two just how big the spread of the Police request, that if at all possible I can obtain Starkey hearing aids which I began using family is. copies of the photographs and documents immediately. The product is far superior to that they hold and make reference to in any similar device that I have tried and the Another Merseyside centurion concerns a Mark’s article and David’s letter, please. after sales service from Marie and Kevin is Mrs. Margaret Luck. I will of course reimburse all reasonable exemplary. May I add that an extra bonus costs relating to copying, postage, etc. is Kevin’s wit and charm. In 1953/4 I was a Police Cadet in the, then,

Liverpool City Police and one of my first If any other NARPO members have any I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Hearing Postings was to C.I.D. A Division, where documents, photos, cutting, etc. relating to Star to all your readers. My hearing is as the lowliest form of life it was part of the event then I would be very pleased to back to normal, it has changed my life my daily tasks to “Get the tea” whenever hear from them as well, with the same offer completely. required. to reimburse all reasonable costs if they are prepared to supply me with copies. Maureen Macdonald One of those who would make the

London suggestion was none other than Det. Sgt. Kind regards, Johnny Luck.

Happy memories! Steve Daly

Chelmsford Gordon Griffin Dorset

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The It is available at: www.gov.uk/childcare- Textphone: 0800 917 7777 Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) calculator estimates that some 250,000 carers are Attendance Allowance: eligible but just 20,000 currently claim. • People who don’t have access to a Telephone: 0345 605 6055 computer, or have difficulty using one, Textphone: 0345 604 5312 To claim Carer’s Credit, you must satisfy could be missing out on important Pension Credit: the following criteria: benefits. Tools such as benefits calculators Telephone: 0800 99 1234 are often the first step in establishing what Textphone: 0800 169 0133 • You must be aged between 16 and benefits might be available, but these are State Pension age; only accessible online. Applications via • Following the general election, there will • You must care for one or more person the internet are then usually the easiest be no changes to the State Pension triple for at least 20 hours a week; and preferred route to some of the main lock or winter fuel payments for pensioners • The person you care for must be benefits available. In particular, claimants under the new agreement between the receiving at least one or more of these of Universal Credit are expected to apply Conservative party and the Democratic benefits: Disability Living Allowance online and then manage their account Unionist Party (DUP) of Northern Ireland. (care component at the middle or online, but for people who do not have higher rate), Attendance Allowance, a computer and/or do not know how to The triple lock guarantees that State Constant Attendance Allowance, use one, it can be a daunting process, Pensions will rise each year in line with Personal Independence Payment resulting in delayed applications and inflation or average earnings, or by a (daily living component at standard further financial difficulties. minimum of 2.5%. It was introduced or enhanced rate) or Armed Forces in 2010 by the Conservative-Liberal Independence Payment. However, there are alternative ways to Democrat coalition and was designed to check for and claim benefits. Citizens ensure that the value of the State Pension If the person you care for does not receive Advice can help by carrying out a benefits was not eroded by increases in the cost of one of the above benefits, then it may still check in a face-to-face meeting at your living. be possible to claim Carer’s Credit if your nearest centre, and will also help with application form is signed by a health or filling in application forms. In addition, the In its 2017 election manifesto, the social care professional. Citizens Advice national phone service is Conservative party pledged to replace the currently being rolled out across England triple lock with a ‘double lock’ in 2020, by You can take breaks from caring for up to (03444 111 444) and is already fully removing the 2.5% minimum increase. As 12 weeks and still qualify for Carer’s Credit. operational in Wales (03444 77 20 20), part of its deal with the DUP to secure a Claims can be backdated to include the Northern Ireland (0800 028 1881) and majority in the House of Commons, the previous tax year so, a claim made before Scotland (0800 800 9060). Conservative government has agreed to 6 April 2018 could include the full 2016/17 keep the triple lock in place. tax year. The main benefits can be applied for via telephone or textphone. 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The free-to-use Pension Tracing Service helps people trace these lost or forgotten pensions, in which the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) estimates £400 million may be sitting waiting to be claimed.

The previous system involved filling in paperwork, and could take several days, but the online Pension Tracing Service lets you track down your old pension firm immediately. It tells you which pensions are associated with which employers, and has contact details for more than 320,000 administrators responsible for different pension schemes. If you’re struggling with debt, there are Pay As You Earn and Self Assessment several organisations that can help HM Revenue and Customs BX9 1AS The Pension Tracing Service is designed by offering free advice on prioritising, United Kingdom to help you find the administrator of your managing and reducing your debts. Here lost pension. However, it’s worth noting are the main ones: Occasionally, HMRC is unable to help, that it won’t be able to tell you whether you in which case one of the following have a pension or what its value might be, Online help: organisations may be able to assist: although it will tell you who to check with. National Debtline: The service can be found online at: www. www.mymoneysteps.org Tax Help for Older People is a service gov.uk/find-pension-contact-details Citizens Advice Web Chat: from the charity, Tax Volunteers providing www.citizensadvice.org.uk independent and expert help and Alternatively, you can request contact Debt Advice Foundation: advice for people over 60 on incomes details of your pension(s) from the Pension www.debtadvicefoundation.org below £20,000 who cannot afford to Tracing Service by telephone on 0345 PayPlan: www.payplan.com pay for professional tax advice. You can 6002 537 (+44 (0)191 215 4491 from StepChange Debt Charity: contact them at www.taxvol.org.uk or outside the UK) or textphone on 0345 3000 www.stepchange.org by telephoning 0845 6013321 or 01308 169 by textphone. 488066. Telephone help: Or you can write to: National Debtline: 0808 808 4000 TaxAid offers a similar service, again aimed The Pension Service 9, Mail Handling Site Debt Advice Foundation: 0800 622 6151 at those on lower incomes. Details can be A, Wolverhampton WV98 1LU PayPlan: 0800 280 2816 found online at www.taxaid.org.uk or by StepChange Debt Charity: telephoning 0345 120 3779. • Consumer debt continues to soar as more 0800 138 1111 and more people turn to credit cards, Citizens Advice (England): 03444 111 444 If your affairs are more involved, and you overdrafts and personal loans to fund (may not cover all areas yet) can afford it, then you may want to engage everyday living expenses. In addition, Citizens Advice (Northern Ireland): the services of a tax adviser. You can use the UK is seeing record numbers of new 0800 028 1881 the Chartered Institute of Taxation’s ‘Find cars bought through finance agreements, Citizens Advice (Scotland): a Tax Adviser’ service at core.tax.org.uk, especially Personal Contract Plans (PCPs) 0800 800 9060 or by emailing [email protected], or by which offer comparatively low monthly Citizens Advice (Wales): 03444 77 20 20 telephoning 020 7340 0550. instalments. At the end of 2016, the average household had unsecured debts • Many people find tax confusing and the of £13,200 and this is expected to rise. If you have a benefits query you can situation can become further complicated Meanwhile, calls to debt charities have contact Wordshop direct quoting your once pensions and benefits are seen a corresponding increase as more NARPO membership number: considered, which may have the effect of and more people seek counselling and Email: [email protected] changing your tax code. advice for money worries. Fax: 01935 812800 or Post: Benefits Information,Consultant, General Income Tax queries can be raised Wordshop, 7 Tilton Court, Digby with HMRC by calling 0300 200 3300, or Road, Sherborne, Dorset, DT9 3NL. you can write to the following address: 18 NARPOnews

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Dear Readers We are introducing a new feature for NARPO News, which will hopefully give you a better idea of what’s going on in Parliament. Quite simply, many of these plans have These informative articles will give an objective overview on now been ditched. The state pension triple upcoming legislation, with particular focus on issues which affect lock which the Tories had planned to water down will now remain in place, plans to our membership as they are tabled for debate. reform social care have been delayed and put out for consultation, and a ban on new grammar schools will not be lifted.

At 10pm on Thursday 8th June, the official campaigners have spent decades fighting And even more controversial measures exit poll of the 2017 General Election for, but was only achieved because of the like the plan for a vote to bring back fox left the political classes stunned. Quite new parliamentary arithmetic. hunting were quietly dropped following the frankly, to some, the prediction of a hung unexpected election result. parliament was akin to being told that The precarious situation in the House the laws of physics no longer applied to of Commons was also underlined in a So, new MPs from the 2017 intake may Westminster. major speech on 10 July by Prime Minister find they have a lot less on their plates Theresa May, in which she urged MPs than they anticipated, with much less What has followed since has indeed been to “contribute and not just criticise” in controversial legislation, and possibly a a strange turn of events. We now find a bid for more political consensus with less antagonistic House of Commons. ourselves with a minority Conservative Labour and other parties. This was an government engaged in a confidence and inconceivable state of affairs before the Despite this, you can expect to see supply agreement with Northern Ireland’s General Election. significant moves on Brexit, with the Great Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), and a Repeal Bill set to transpose EU law directly Labour Party that has defied expectations But whilst the Government faces up to into UK law, as well other legislation where and added seats under Jeremy Corbyn. this new reality, it must also retain a laser there is cross party agreement, on issues like focus on Brexit and the ongoing like HS2 and digital improvements. The Government’s deal means that negotiations with the European Union over the DUP’s ten MPs will support the the UK’s exit. After all, the clock is ticking Keen Westminster watchers will know Conservatives on key votes – the Queen’s and the Government must negotiate a that all governments – with big and small Speech and the Budget – and allow it to settlement for Northern Ireland, the status majorities – face pressure and are forced survive any votes of no confidence. But of EU nationals and meet the cost of a to make concessions, but it is clear that in practice, it means the Government is divorce bill before moving onto our future Theresa May’s Conservatives will face susceptible to challenges on a whole host trading relationship. intense scrutiny during this parliament. of issues. Only time will tell what happens next. But where does this leave other important One example of this new vulnerability came matters of the day? The Conservatives at the end of June, when Walthamstow MP entered the election with bold and broad Stella Creasey forced the Government to manifesto commitments on pensions, offer NHS funded abortions to Northern social care and grammar schools. Irish women in England – something 22 NARPOnews What’s on? Dates to remember for your diary

9th WIGSTON OUT OF There will be another BOURNEMOUTH re-union of members SUB-DIV & - INTO DORSET. of the first intake LEICESTERSHIRE Sadly, due to a lack of volunteers to take over the role of secretary, the of the Metropolitan Bournemouth Branch closed on 30th June TRAFFIC DIV 2017. The good news is that the Dorset Police Cadet Corps REUNION Branch has received the members into the who joined on 3rd To be held at Wigston Liberal Club, enlarged branch and will now serve the (opp police station) on Friday 27th whole of the county. On behalf of the Chief October, 1960. October 2017 @ 7.30pm. Constable, Debbie Simpson the Assistant The event will take place on Sunday, 1st YES…we’ve joined together this year. Chief Constable Mark Cooper formally October, 2017 at 2 p.m., at the same Invitation extended to all ex-traffic division thanked the long standing chairman and venue as last year. We had the usual 20 officers and all retired Leicestershire secretary, Derrick Porter and Jill Talbot for plus attend last year and hopefully the officers living on the old Southern their service over the past 15 years. numbers will increase this year before we Division. Usual buffet, free and charity all start dying off! raffles and famous ‘silent’ disco. No Metropolitan Police All those wishing to attend, please speeches, just a meeting with old friends. inform Taff James on rb.james@ Cheque for £7 (payable to Wigston Sub- Annual Reunion of A10/ ntlworld.com or 01708 446708. Div Reunion) to John Thomas, 3,Grafton Drive, Wigston. Leics LE18 3WT or e-mail CIB/MS15/16 and DPS [email protected] for To take place on 18th October information. Receipt if e-mail address 2017 from 5pm until 11pm. BOURNEMOUTH enclosed with payment. Numbers limited Please contact either of the following to & unable to accept payment on the night. confirm attendance: BOROUGH Robin Cliffe on email address [email protected] POLICE THE LAST BOW STREET Richard ‘Dick’ Andrews on 07512 353291 or email address richard. CELEBRATION [email protected]. POLICE STATION 50yrs since amalgamation 1st October 1967, to be held at the REUNION REUNION; DORMETS Bournemouth Electric Club, The next Bow Street reunion will be in the LUNCHEON CLUB, DORSET Broadway Lane, Bournemouth upstairs bar of the Lamb & Flag Public on Saturday 30th September House, Rose Street, Covent Garden, WC2E 9EB at 7pm, Tuesday, 10th, We are a group of retired Officers who 2017, 1200hrs-1530hrs primarily live in and around the West October, 2017. Details to all will be sent individually later in Dorset area, mainly consisting of ex- Met the year. No food. No charge. Just turn up. Officers, although any retired Officer is This is a request to all ex Borough officers Dave Allen. Tel:- 020 8402 1038 made welcome with their partners. for memorabilia, photo’s, newspaper E-mail:- [email protected] We meet every quarter throughout the cuttings etc from 1948 when Bournemouth year at Highlands End caravan park formed its own Borough Police Force, (social club), which is situated at Eype, separating from its parent body of the just outside Bridport. It is strictly a social Hampshire Constabulary, until 1967 when CYPRUS gathering to enjoy a good priced meal Bournemouth joined Dorset as part of a and enjoy the company on the day, all set national policy. POLICE (U.K.U.) in surroundings overlooking The Jurassic We want to make the 50th anniversary a Coast. Our meetings usually take place in very special occasion and hopefully have a March, June, September & December. good attendance to mark this special event. ASSOCIATION For further information please Please contact Stella Gardner (01202 The annual reunion will be held at the contact Mick & Gill Coleman 280621 or [email protected]) usual venue, Park Manor Hotel, (Ex West Midlands), on either: if you have any of the above or any Scarborough, on Monday, [email protected] or particular stories of those good old 9th October, 2017. 01308 424472, leave a message days. This will be the last Borough Reunion gathering so let’s make it one Meet at 6.30.p.m. for Dinner at 7.p.m. and we will get back to you. to remember.

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grandchildren;a guide to saving for their future Which types of investments are suitable for children? Is a question we are often asked, so we have put together this short guide to give parents and grandparents some ideas, which might help with future planning.

Duration vs risk Protect your growth How to invest This first thing to do is clarify when and from the taxman • Investment trusts how you will need the money you are When it comes to children, there are lots of These are a popular investment for saving. Is it a lump sum to help with a ways to protect your hard-earned growth if children. They are a type of collective house deposit at 27, or a wedding at 30? you consider the following: fund listed on the London Stock Or do you need a regular income for school Exchange, so can invest across a range and university fees? If you have between • Use your children’s personal allowances of assets in order to diversify risk. 18 and 30 years to raise the money, you Of £11,500 for 2017/2018. For parents They have certain inherent advantages can afford to take more risk than if you and step-parents, money given to one of over other forms of collective equity need an income in the near future. your children who is under the age of 18 investment in that they tend to be and unmarried, that produces more than cheaper to invest in and can have lower The options £100 gross income per year (£200 if from minimum investment levels. However, Once you know what you need and both parents) is taxed as if it were yours, unlike Unit Trusts and OEICs, Investment when, the next thing to look at is how but grandparents are exempt from this. Trusts are traded on the stockmarket and much money you have to invest and what • Junior ISAs therefore their pricing and, in turn, what investments there are to choose from. Long-term, tax-free savings accounts you get back, is subject to the laws of Here are some of the questions you might for children up to 18 years. £4,128 can supply and demand. This can make them need to ask at this stage: be invested per tax year and cannot be a little riskier than alternatives. withdrawn until the child’s 18th birthday. • How much risk can I take? • Unit trusts/OEICs A child cannot have a Junior ISA if they Are you prepared to tolerate short- already have a Child Trust Fund (see These are also collective funds. term fluctuations in your capital value below) unless the Child Trust Fund is Again, they are available from many in exchange for a higher potential first transferred to a Junior ISA. different fund managers with a wide return? As a general rule, longer-term range of investment strategies, investments generate higher returns and • Children’s bonds including bonds, equities and alternatives. therefore outweigh the apparent safety Offered by NS&I, they allow parents, Your eventual return is based on the of lower-risk options. But if you find the grandparents and great grand-parents underlying value of the investments idea of short-term losses too unsettling, to invest from £25 to a total of £3,000 held in the fund rather than, as with you may be better matched with a lower- on behalf of each child, over a fixed Investment Trusts, the price as defined risk option. five-year term. The interest rate is by the relevant stock exchange. tax-free and guaranteed. • How do I secure an income? • Individual shares Some products are • Child Trust Funds (CTFs) This is a higher risk option. Nevertheless, specifically designed Stopped in 2011 and replaced by the the rewards can be impressive for those to pay a predictable Junior ISA, millions of parents still have in a position to take the risk. income, while others active CTF accounts for their children. In respect of all of the options defined offer the chance of a Parents, family and friends can add a total higher income or the above it’s really important that you’re of up to £4,128 each year, and there is no clear on your investment objectives, the potential for growth, tax to pay on income or gains from the but could result in a period of time you intend to invest for and fund. Funds can be accessed from age 18. It the level of risk you are prepared to take. less consistent income. is possible to transfer the funds to a Junior ISA instead and close the CTF account.

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Myself and the WI The distinguished gentleman stood to deliver his vote of thanks at the end of my talk. “I am, no doubt, the only person in this room who has seen Neil totally naked!” he said, to looks of surprise from the mixed audience. He qualified his comments very quickly, explaining that he had actually been my family doctor for over twenty years!

Retiring from Sussex Police in 2008 after Wind the clock forward six years and I Feedback often provide me with a thirty years, I was really looking forward to have been lucky to receive many bookings smile. Examples have included: “Very working on a casual basis at police recruit from a wide variety of organisations, from well received: one of our members who assessment centres. Sadly, the 2010 as far afield as Andover , Hampshire to regularly falls asleep during talks did not do general election put paid to that idea, as all Dartford in Kent. I’ve now developed a total so on this occasion!” and “...short, sharp recruitment ground to a sudden halt. I soon of six talks (three police related). The first stories, kept their attention (the first time realised I needed something to occupy one is called “A policeman’s lot…can be they have kept so quiet !”) my days (and give my long suffering wife, quite an interesting one”. Another is titled Julie, a break!). I’d spent some time in “Gongoozling for beginners” and is a light Finally, people never cease to surprise me national police training, so the thought hearted “cruise” through some of the most when they come up and speak to me at gradually emerged of developing a variety beautiful countryside in the UK, touching the end of a talk. From the lady who told of talks, as most people seem to enjoy on the practicalities of living aboard a canal me her great grandfather was a mounted “cops and robber” stories. narrowboat….especially when things don’t policeman at the Great Exhibition of go exactly to plan! 1851 to the elderly gentleman in Brighton Little did I know that in order to be able who came and gave me his somewhat to talk at Women’s Institute meetings I What I really enjoy is meeting nice people, forthright views on Margaret Thatcher and needed to attend and pass an audition, in nice places who actually want to see her attitude to the miners’ strike in 1984. I not dissimilar from being on X Factor. The me…..unlike many times during my police will also never forget the elderly lady at a day arrived and I attended my first audition service. Venues have been as diverse as regional WI meeting who whispered to me in Polegate village hall near Eastbourne. I a south London Synagogue, a Sussex “Before you leave will you handcuff me…I had assumed (wrongly) there would be just church and a Unitarian Meeting House, not have always wondered what it felt like!” I a handful of ladies sitting around a trestle to mention numerous village halls and the suggested she may have been reading table, we’d have a brief chat, a cup of tea odd pub. too many copies of 50 Shades of Grey and and then I’d go home. I was amazed to promptly excused myself. find 130 ladies sitting in rows awaiting my At one such hall I was to be followed two “sample performance”, all with marking days later by a lady whose talk was entitled As I said…..I am still meeting some sheets to score my efforts! “My life as a Playboy Bunny-girl!”…… interesting people. variety is certainly the spice of life in I’d been allocated the slot just before that village. Neil Sadler lunch, hence there were very few questions Sussex at the end… lunch awaited! Fortunately, I was accepted. 26 NARPOnews The Police in the First War

Peter Hinchcliffe is a volunteer with the South West Police Heritage At the start of the war, the reservists, in particular, were suffering great hardship. Unit. He recently took part in a project organised by the British Police pay at that time was about 30 shillings Archaeological Society, “The Home Front in the First War”. It soon a week. When recalled for active service, they became clear that a great deal of myth and false propaganda has were paid the same rate they had achieved before demob, or at the usual rate of seven been written and circulated about the war. This is an extract of his shillings a week (which ever was the greater) paper as the result of his research. Most of the men were married with children, many lived in police houses which their families were forced to vacate.

The First war changed everything in the way Plymouth and Exeter the Chief Constables On 14th September, the Exeter CC called of British life. were career policemen who had served a special meeting of the Watch Committee through the ranks of Leeds and Bradford, to express his concern for the welfare of The Police was controlled by committees respectively, whilst in Devon there had been his reservists and their families, who were and, in many cases, were used to break a policy of appointing “gentlemen” (usually struggling financially. At the end of a long the strikes. Discipline in the police was military types) directly as Superintendents, meeting, the Committee agreed to pay the “draconian” and wastage rates high. The to impose their more “feudal style” on the wives of reservists a subsidy of 12 shillings majority of constables did not serve long Constabulary and each child 3 shillings per week. This was enough to receive a pension, police pay was still a shortfall, but a much better result than below that of a skilled artisan, but there was The declaration of war came after a slow achieved in Cornwall, where the Standing always plenty of men from which to recruit. build up, on Tuesday 4th August, 1914 . Joint Committee, declared that as the men The War Office had issued plans, and in the were no longer Policemen, their welfare was In 1911, with the war clouds gathering, event of war,vulnerable buildings and railway not of their concern! meetings were held to discuss the installations should be guarded, day and establishment of Reserves for the police, one night, by armed policemen. The same day the Cornish also issued a favoured answer was the establishment of warning to any of its constables considering the unpaid Special Constabulary, and some The CC of Exeter was prepared for the war volunteering for military service. They were planning was undertaken to form a reserve and on Tuesday 4th August, he cancelled all warned that, if they did so, they would lose should war break out. leave and had every man on duty for the 24 their job, their pension, their seniority, there hours. This continued the following day, and would be no re-entry to the police until a In 1913, The Government appointed the the day after that!! 3 days without a vacancy arose, and finally, if they were in a “General Officer Commanding the Fortress”. moments rest! police house, their wife and children would Initially, this was Major General Arthur be evicted! PENTON, who commanded the strategic port The shortfall of men was resolved by and Garrison of Plymouth and the Coastline recruiting “Temporary Constables” who In 1915, the Exeter Chief was having difficulty adjacent to it. were employed on a month’s notice. These in recruiting men for the force. He reported men were paid about the same amount as that he had advertised in the “News of the General PENTON had far reaching powers Constables, with an annual increment. They World” and successfully recruited three men. and authority over the Chief Constable who came with a different view of discipline, and He also reported that he had allowed one enforced the General’s orders. In August were an early sign of things to come. Constable to ply his former trade of Chimney 1914, the General closed all the pubs in the Sweep, to subsidise the cost of his Plymouth area and they stayed closed for The Devon Standing Joint Committee met growing family. six weeks. When they re-opened, he placed on 7thAugust, 1914, they agreed to allow further restrictions, allowing them to sell the Chief to recruit 200 of his Specials at six In June 1915, the Police (Emergency Powers) alcohol between 9am and 9pm. shillings a day to guard bridges and tunnels Act 1915 was brought into force with far until the Railway companies made their own reaching effect on the Police. It decreed that In October 1914, PENTON ruled that women arrangements. all police serving in the military would be paid could not buy drinks after 6pm. No civilian the equivalent of their police rate of pay. It could buy drink for a serviceman, and no pub All Courts, Magistrates, Quarters Sessions seems also to have protected their home, could sell to a serviceman for consumption and County Courts were adjourned for two if that was police accommodation. The Act off the premises. He also invented the “no months and closed on 4th August, 1914 prevented any man leaving the force, or treating” rule which prohibited the practice retiring, without the permission of their Chief of purchasing drink for any other person. The Special Constables recruited were not Constable. Later, when conscription was In effect women could not drink after 6 pm. issued with uniforms; they wore an armband introduced, it allowed Chief Constables to These rules became national in 1915. and a lapel badge. decide which men could be spared from the force, because police forces were becoming There were 185 separate Police Forces in The use of pedal cycles by police to patrol seriously depleted. England in 1914, they were really two differing their beat became official, and men were paid types, City and Borough Forces, comprised an allowance to use their cycles. In Exeter, The war was taking place on the near of “professional policemen” and County all men were paid this allowance and this continent, and it seems that very little was Constabularies often formed of men with a remained the policy until the amalgamation happening in Devon and Cornwall, except “background in the county”. This is illustrated in 1966. for a drive to recruit volunteers for Kitchener’s by the selection policy of Senior Officers, In New Army. The young men in Devon showed NARPOnews - the voice of retired police officers 27 little inclination to join the King and Kitchener, up where they had left off, and some were there was a strike at a police station in the only County to slow less enthusiasm to quite incapable of continuing to perform police London, it was reported in the press, that serve, was Cornwall. A week’s patriotic effort duty. the strike was restricted to one station, and produced only eight volunteers. all the men who had taken action had been Late in 1918 the Government realised that dismissed. The shortage of police was a problem many men returning from the war would throughout the war, and exacerbated by the be less fit than they were at the outset. The The Metropolitan Police then were 12,000 introduction of conscription, because the Home Office pleaded with Police Forces to strong and the following day several thousand majority of constables fell into the category of re-employ, wherever possible, suggesting the were not “available for duty”. men liable for conscription. Cornwall, Devon less fit men be used for supporting roles within Lloyd GEORGE the Prime Minister was forced and Exeter City lost all their “Temporary the service. to intervene. He Commissioner (Sir Edward Constables” and many other men. Exact HENRY) resigned immediately, all police were numbers are not available, but it is estimated At the outbreak of the War the Plymouth granted a “war bonus” of about a week’s extra that over a third of the strength were called up Council was generous towards its men who pay. All the strikers were re-instated. for military service. had joined the colours, this generosity did not stretch to its “Temporary Constables” or to the By the end of September 1918, the The Chief Constable of Exeter attended men who had completed their pensionable membership of the Police Union had reached a London meeting where they discussed service, but were not allowed to retire due to 50,000. Personnel records for Exeter City the use of police dogs, as a solution to the the war. indicate that the majority of Constables were manpower shortage. They were told that the subscribing members of the Union. most suitable breed for police work was an Wages increased and the police pay was left Airedale terrier. Neither the dog, nor its many behind, with the added restriction of not being The Strike led to the establishment of the handlers, received any additional training. able to resign and take up a job with better Desborough Commission, which examined remuneration, discontent within the police all aspects of the police. In effect, it brought mounted. The Government was forced to give the service into the modern era, with national more “war bonus” payments to the police to standards of pay and conditions. It gave the ensure their co-operation, these were regularly police a substantial pay rise. given from 1915 onwards, and sometimes they amounted to an extra week’s pay. At the start of the War, Plymouth had no Policewomen, the wives of constables were On 8th January 1918, the Home Office called employed on an ad hoc basis to search a national meeting at the Castle, Exeter, to and oversee detained female offenders. discuss discontent caused by the pay and Representations were made to the Council conditions in the police forces, it was chaired that women should be appointed to serve in by the Conservative Marquis of Bath. the Police, foremost in these, came from the Womens’ Co-operative Guild By 1918, the country was in turmoil, there was great unrest amongst workers, strikes were When the Watch Committee decided not common place. Much of Plymouth was on to employ women, various other women’s strike. organisations joined the campaign, advocating the need for a female presence in On 7th July, 1918 the Plymouth Chief policing. Some Christian groups, and others Here is a photograph of the dog and a Constable advised the Watch Committee that concerned with morality, were providing PC BULLEN on patrol in 1915 there had been a meeting of all ranks of his ladies to accompany the police on patrol, “to men to discuss their pay and conditions, and give advice to young soldiers found in the There was some reluctance to register for he had agreed to the formation of a committee company of prostitutes, or to offer guidance to conscription, and some men did their best to to further their cause. young women of the flapper type” avoid the “call up”. It was not uncommon for the police to be involved in actions to ensure A Police Union had been formed, and by In June 1919 two women were appointed that men had registered. August 1918 it had about six thousand by Plymouth Borough Police, they were members, in the Metropolitan Police and Inspectress CARNEY and Policewoman The war and the many Orders were a new some in the major cities. On 30th August, TAYLOR. challenge for the Policeman on the beat, he was required to ensure that such things as Police union rally, 1918 “the Bread and Cakes Order” were complied with. PC MEMBERY of Topsham, had visited a local tearooms (in plain clothes) and ordered afternoon tea. He was served with six slices of bread and butter, clotted cream and jam, at a cost of nine pence! The regulations specified that he should have received only two slices of bread and butter. The tearoom proprietor was duly summoned to appear before the local magistrates, where he was fined three shillings for breach of the order.

The Industrial scale of slaughter and casualties was beginning to be felt at home. Fit young constables were returning on demob as “broken old men” seeking to take 28 NARPOnews Retired?

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I retired from Bedfordshire Police loudly on each occasion of the dozen or so times we had to run on stage and fight. You as a detective sergeant in 2002. can imagine how shattered (and bruised) we priests were. Having always been intrigued by the workings of the film and TV industry, I decided to enlist as a Supporting Artist, better known as We also get selected as background extras for various product advertisements. I was at a film and TV ‘extra’. home at 9pm one evening when the phone rang and I was asked if I could be at the Tower of London for 7am the next morning If I ever mused that retirement would mean waiting areas or on set and I remember to take part in a TV ad for a well known long lie-ins then I was sure kidding myself. feeling very, very cold. But seeing the brand of gin. What I didn’t know was that I But rising at 5am to be on set for 7 is well professionalism of the principal actors would be the only ‘extra’ there. Their main worth it for the fascination and sheer buzz (who were just as cold as we were) was character was unavailable and it seems I of being part of the production. And they impressive and in one scene I did get was the right age, size and appearance pay you, too. to have a glass of champagne - well, for the costume. On arrival I was ushered apple juice really - poured for me by Uma into a converted transit van from where I My first taste of what was to come Thurman. The film also starred Robert emerged half an hour later in the regalia of concerned a BBC TV ad for a forthcoming Pattinson and Philip Glenister (DCI Gene a Tower of London Yeoman Warder. I had to series of Antiques Road show with Fiona Hunt of Life on Mars fame) who I have march up and down outside the Tower then Bruce. After five hours of sitting around to say were extremely down to earth stop and drink a glass of (fake) gin and then lunching in the extras bus with an individuals. tonic. Having done it about 20 times we entertaining Eric Knowles I spent a couple had a break and I realised we were filming of hours wandering around some antiques Speaking of being cold, I did an episode next to a tourist bus stop. A bus arrived and then wandering around them again. And on TV’s ‘Silent Witness’ which qualifies as what seemed to be most of the Japanese again. When I went to bed that night the probably the chilliest experience of my life. nation descended upon us, or to be more only words going round in my head were “We want you to play Dr Nikki Alexander’s precise, upon me. Try as we might, neither ’action’, ‘first positions’ and ‘cut’. But I was father,” the agency said. They didn’t tell me I nor the crew could convince them I was hooked. he was dead and I would be wearing just a not a real Beefeater. They crowded around, hospital gown lying in a freezing mortuary pushing and jostling and taking dozens I thought the novelty might wear off after a for most of the afternoon. I had a label tied of photographs of yours truly. I can still while but it never has. Every job is unique to my big toe which Dr Alexander, played see the director sitting on the edge of the and not ever what you expect even if you by Emilia Fox, had to check. pavement despairingly shaking his head. work on the same TV programme more than once. I’ve done Holby City eight times Trouble was each time she did so, it tickled, If you enjoy films, TV and have a real to date, occasionally as a hospital visitor so they had to do several takes because of interest in the industry then give SA but usually as a patient: sometimes in bed course corpses don’t giggle… work a try; to give you an idea, I’ve been asleep, or having a heart attack, or sitting lucky enough to work alongside Steven in a wheelchair or just vomiting in a corner Very occasionally we get asked to do a Spielberg in ‘War Horse’, Robert Downey Jr somewhere in AAU. I once played chess in job involving a live audience which is a and Jude Law in ‘Sherlock Holmes’, Kiefer a scene with sick consultant surgeon Elliot completely different ball game. I’ve only Sutherland in ‘24’, Ralph Fiennes in ‘The Hope who was in the next bed. done one and that was enough! I was a Invisible Woman’ and many others. Roman Catholic cardinal in a spoof fight But the proudest moment of all was Though if you’re easily bored, being a SA with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Ghandi meeting Kermit the frog at Pinewood on is not for you. One February I spent a week and a couple of other clerics on Harry Hill’s the set of ‘Muppets Most Wanted.’ A true with 50 other extras in a disused factory TV Burp show. We had to run on stage and gentleman… in Essex for a film called ‘Bel Ami’. Most pretend to knock seven bells out of each days were spent chatting and drinking tea other. It was bad enough for the studio John Dickin and there was virtually no heating in the audience who were instructed to laugh

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NARPOnews - the voice of retired police officers 31 WHAT MAKES YOUR HOUSE A “We had to claim for storm damage to our summerhouse roof and I have to say the service was excellent; hassle free and no issues”

Home, and family time spent at home are hugely important for everyone. HOMEPolice Mutual commissioned a survey to find out what makes a house a home for the Police family, and the results are in…

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719886_NARPO_Home_Insurance_Advertorial_297x210.indd 1 06/07/2017 10:39 32 NARPOnews Parliamentarian Question Time

As a new feature we are introducing into future editions a Question and Answer session with a Parliamentarian. This edition we start with; Angela Felicity Harris, Baroness Harris of Richmond, DL who is a Liberal Democrat life peer and Deputy Speaker in the House of Lords.

Do you think many What are your views on the Parliamentarians are aware provision of social care in this of NARPO? country and have you any I don’t think many Parliamentarians are thoughts on how it could be aware of NARPO – but having said that, as an honorary member (which I have improved? to declare), I see it as my job to educate Social care – and related health issues, them at appropriate times when we have should be seen together. We have been debates. trying to get a more co-ordinated approach to this urgent matter, but government is now focused on other things (Brexit) and What are your views on the unless we keep this issue in the forefront of crops – jobs that our own people don’t state pension triple lock and the health agenda – along with the serious want to do. Where do they come from? And don’t get me started on all our healthcare means testing of universal issues surrounding mental health – we will fall further behind the most pressing professionals – nurses, doctors, carers in benefits in particular the winter social problem we are now facing. Local society... We are losing them daily because fuel allowance? authorities, who’s responsibility it is to we haven’t come up with a plan to keep I think the state pension triple lock is deal with social care, find themselves in them here yet... And please don’t tell me absolutely vital for providing security serious financial difficulties because of that it will all work out in the end. Tell me to pensioners and those approaching funding issues and we need to ensure they how we will do that please! old age. Committing to an annual state are given enough resources to meet their pension increase of a minimum 2.5 per obligations and integrate a more united What are your views on the cent is designed to ensure that no one social/health care provision. Getting people current state of policing and do is left unable to meet their basic needs, from health and social services round a and that’s exactly the sort of policy that table and bashing their heads together you think police numbers are at Government should commit to for people until they come up with a workable solution the right level? who have worked hard and paid into would be my chosen way forward (and I Talking to a young police officer today, he the system their whole lives. I think the am not being entirely flippant about that!). was telling me that everyone in the service Winter Fuel Allowance should be subject is utterly fed up with it. Well, sorry – but I to means testing because we need to What are your views on the have heard that for the last almost forty help those in need and those on middle years that I have been involved in policing. incomes - not those who are very well off main priorities for the Brexit Is it very different now? Well yes, it is – and do not necessarily need a helping negotiations? cyber crime, online abuse, child exploitation hand from Government. Obviously the security of our nation must – I could go on. It is very different from be first. Taking us out of the European walking the beat and using the first Do you think it is fair that Arrest Warrant and the European Court computers. I guess the paper-work is the of Justice is the most likely thing that same but also the dangers have escalated. police widows[ers] are treated will endanger us in the future! We are an For those of you dealing with IRA crime, in differently in countries within the inter-connected world and we absolutely a sense a lot of that was based in major UK in relation to the retention can not see ourselves in isolation when it cities where it would do most damage – comes to matters of security. We depend although in Northern Ireland of course, of their pension should they on our European partners to tell us about it was (and still is) an appalling problem remarry or cohabit? travelling criminals and possible terrorists and was everywhere. To be honest, I don’t It is iniquitous that police widows[ers] and to shut that off for a pig-headed ideal see much change in the leadership of are treated differently in the countries of “standing on our own” is the height of the police – the front line will always carry within the UK and I know from speaking folly. In my opinion! So that is one area the burden, but I’m not too sure that the to a number of people how badly this we must ensure we keep. We then need leadership of forces has changed that has affected them. I have raised this with young, clever professionals from other much. Police numbers are at a record low. the Government Minister responsible for parts of the world to help us survive in the This cannot go on. It is impossible to police this area – and will continue to do so in future. We are an ageing population. Who properly with so few officers – and whilst I meetings that we have from time to time is going to pay for all our education and am in absolute agreement that they need relating to policing issues. healthcare in the future if we don’t have the best possible protection that we can enough people paying into our coffers? give them, I would still hate to see all of Then there are the workers who pick our our police officers armed. And I think they potatoes, strawberries and other field would too.

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When I close the application down Question: everything appears to operate normally. Could you tell me, if possible, how I can transfer photos from my tablet to the picture I would be grateful for your advice. album of my laptop. I thought I could email them to myself from the tablet to the laptop but beyond that? Answer: I suggest you download ccleaner. Here is a Answer: link to the free download. If installing the updates doesn’t work, Emailing them to yourself is a clever way of another thing to try is running a command https://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/ doing it and should work. Once the email that resets the parts of the system the download has been sent from the tablet and the start menu relies on. Open a “command pictures are attached, log on to your emails prompt (admin)”. This is also found when After downloading the free version you can on the laptop. You should be able to right right clicking the start button. After right complete two cleans/scans. click on the attachment and click save as. clicking the start button, open command From here you can choose where you wish prompt (admin) then enter the following Once it is downloaded you can open the to save your photos. command. “DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup- programme. On the left it should be on image /Restorehealth”. Copy and paste the cleaner. If you wish to keep your internet The more conventional way of transferring command in to the command prompt and history then you can uncheck this from the the photos would be to use a cable. When press enter. options. After that you can complete the your tablet arrived it should have come clean. Next you need to select the registry with a cable that can plug in to the tablet You can also create a new user to on from the left hand side. Then select scan mainly for charging but the other end of the determine if the problem is with the for issues and then select fix all issues. cable is a USB (might be plugged in to the computer or your specific user. To create plug for charging). You can plug the USB a new user right click on your start button end in to your laptop with the other end in and select control panel. Then select user the tablet. You can open your file explorer accounts and then click manage accounts. Question: From here you can make a new user in (folder icon along the task bar at the I have windows 10 on my computer but bottom) and click this PC/computer. In the order to test if it’s your account or every have recently lost the use of the start button account that has the issue. sub-heading devices and drives, there now in the bottom left hand corner of the screen should be an external device which would to open programmes. When I left click be the tablet. You can open this > find the After completing these steps restart your on it nothing happens so I can only open computer. photos > right click > copy > then go back programmes from the screen. If I right click to the location you wish to have them saved on the box I do have the facility to close This could be one of many issues that on the laptop > right click > paste. down the computer. cause your start button not to work so its trial and error until you can get it working. Answer: If these steps don’t work you may need to Question: Check for any updates. To access settings reinstall windows which we would normally Could someone please assist with a slight without using the start button, you need to advise to contact a local IT company for problem I am having with my laptop. When press the windows key on your keyboard help, unless you are experienced with this? I log on a window appears in centre screen and the “R” at the same time. Then type saying the following: “ms-settings:” in to the box and click “ok”. From here, go to update and security > Send your email queries to “AccelerometerSt.exe – Application Error windows update > check for updates. The application was unable to start correctly [email protected] (Oxc000007b). Click OK to close the application.” and one of our IT Consultants will reply to your mail in layman’s terms, or call Nicky Kidd on 01369 706 656 38 NARPOnews NARPO MEMBER’S £22,000 REFUND FROM BANK HOW MUCH COULD YOU BE OWED?

With years of experience in the Payment Protection Insurance Just some of our recent successful mis-selling business, we’ve claimed refunds for people all over the country. Having helped a large number of serving Police claims for NARPO members Officers, we didn’t want NARPO members to feel left out. Even now, with the widespread press coverage, a huge number of Mr L awarded over £22,000 from Lloyds TSB for mis-sold PPI people still haven’t investigated whether they have been mis-sold on his loans and credit card this insurance, and are due a refund. Many are even unaware that Mr F awarded over £7500 from MBNA for mis-sold PPI they had taken it out, whilst others felt pressurised into purchasing on his credit card it. At Active Credit Reclaim we realise that some members of the public are a little daunted by the thoughts of dealing with a claim Mr D awarded over £10,000 from Barclays for mis-sold PPI themselves. Some are too busy, or cannot find any paperwork. If on his overdraft you have EVER had a credit card, bank loan or HP you may have Mrs T awarded over £2700 from Co-operative bank for been sold this insurance, and if Payment Protection Insurance was mis-sold PPI on her Loans mis-sold to you, the lender may owe you £££££,s! Mr L awarded over £9500 from Blackhorse for mis-sold PPI FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS on his loans Mrs A awarded over £9500 from Barclays for mis-sold PPI “I’ve had loans and credit cards in the past but I don’t have on her credit card them anymore. Can you still help?” Yes, so long as you can remember who you borrowed from we will Mr K awarded over £2600 from Halifax for mis-sold PPI on his loans apply to the lenders at no cost to you, and ask them to send us details of all loans and credit cards you have held with them. Once we receive this information we will update you with our findings. Have you had a Barclays overdraft? “I’m pretty certain I’ve always refused this type of Barclays added PPI to a huge number of overdraft facilities. One insurance in the past. Is it still worth investigating? NARPO member was awarded over £10,000 for the mis-selling of Yes. Many people tell us that they don’t think they have been sold PPI this insurance on his current account. in the past, but often we will find evidence that clients weren’t aware of. It will cost you nothing for us to find out for you. You may be surprised. PPI was more actively sold from the late 1980’s until 2005.

How much does your service cost? To find out more - We charge no upfront fees whatsoever. If we investigate your lenders and find no evidence of PPI being sold to you, we will advise you and call us: 01707 649 665 close the file. There is no charge for this. Our success fee (25% +VAT of refund) is only payable IF we win your claim. If we do not or 01707 649 688 win, you owe us nothing. Email us: [email protected] Testimonials or go to activecreditreclaim.co.uk and “request a call back” We are proud of the numerous Testimonials retired police officers have taken their time to send us, to view a sample of your colleagues comments, please visit our website www.activecreditreclaim.co.uk Remember, we are here to help YOU!!! Active Credit Reclaim: 45a The Broadway, Darkes Lane, Potters Bar, Herts, EN6 2HZ Regulated by the Claims Management Regulator with regards to Claims Management Activities. No: CRM40830

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If you want to appear in this new feature, email [email protected] £22,000 REFUND Who’s Retired? info with your retirement stories. What do police officers do in retirement? Good question and varied. Some simply fly off to new lands and enjoy their retirement and others get FROM BANK another job or start a business. Let us know your experiences... HOW MUCH COULD YOU BE OWED? MG Y Type Club With years of experience in the Payment Protection Insurance Just some of our recent successful My services were no longer required on my 56th Birthday, and I was mis-selling business, we’ve claimed refunds for people all over retired from the Police Service 14 years ago. I had already retired the country. Having helped a large number of serving Police claims for NARPO members Officers, we didn’t want NARPO members to feel left out. Even once from the RAF in 1988 after 22 years service as an Aircraft now, with the widespread press coverage, a huge number of Mr L awarded over £22,000 from Lloyds TSB for mis-sold PPI Engine Fitter and took up my new (totally changed) career as a people still haven’t investigated whether they have been mis-sold on his loans and credit card beat bobby in my home town. I joined the year they removed the this insurance, and are due a refund. Many are even unaware that Mr F awarded over £7500 from MBNA for mis-sold PPI age limit of 40, I was 41 and one of the first ‘mature’ entrants and they had taken it out, whilst others felt pressurised into purchasing on his credit card it. At Active Credit Reclaim we realise that some members of the wearing an RAF Long Service and Good Conduct medal. public are a little daunted by the thoughts of dealing with a claim Mr D awarded over £10,000 from Barclays for mis-sold PPI themselves. Some are too busy, or cannot find any paperwork. If on his overdraft you have EVER had a credit card, bank loan or HP you may have Mrs T awarded over £2700 from Co-operative bank for But I am an engineer at heart having Leighton Buzzard Narrow Gauge Railway We get little free time to ourselves as been sold this insurance, and if Payment Protection Insurance was mis-sold PPI on her Loans done an indentured apprenticeship as a where I am a Duty Operations Manager, we also have two very active young mis-sold to you, the lender may owe you £££££,s! Mr L awarded over £9500 from Blackhorse for mis-sold PPI toolmaker. The last 14 years have been a guard and part of the Permanent Way grandchildren whom we look after some on his loans filled with restoring my 1952 MG Y Type Maintenance Team (every Monday, all week days every school-week as Mum FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS saloon that I’ve owned and run since year round) and Hedge Cutting Team. and Dad need to work to pay today’s high Mrs A awarded over £9500 from Barclays for mis-sold PPI 1995, it is used regularly and always get a Each year I organise a big ‘Sand and mortgages. They help me in our garden “I’ve had loans and credit cards in the past but I don’t have on her credit card crowd around it when parked in the street Motorcycle’ show as the sand pits the (yes, I’m a gardener as well), eat us out of them anymore. Can you still help?” anywhere. As a member of the MG Car little 2ft railway was built for, use old house and home, keep me very active and Yes, so long as you can remember who you borrowed from we will Mr K awarded over £2600 from Halifax for mis-sold PPI on his loans Club and MG Octagon Car Club, I act as motorcycles for their maintenance teams are amazing to watch as they grow up. apply to the lenders at no cost to you, and ask them to send us a specialist technical adviser for the MG to get to the mining equipment in the details of all loans and credit cards you have held with them. Once Y Type ‘One and a Quarter Liter’ saloon 1940-50-60s. This motorcycle show As members of the National Trust, we we receive this information we will update you with our findings. and have published a book on the ‘MG really took off in 2012 when I opened try to visit at least one a month in that Have you had a Barclays overdraft? Engines 1935 to 1995’, available free to a Facebook page for it to capture the old MG; again it is very relaxing to “I’m pretty certain I’ve always refused this type of Barclays added PPI to a huge number of overdraft facilities. One all as a text file. I answer questions about younger riders. wander about these big old houses and insurance in the past. Is it still worth investigating? NARPO member was awarded over £10,000 for the mis-selling of MG engines and Y Types from all over the their pristine gardens. I look in at the Yes. Many people tell us that they don’t think they have been sold PPI this insurance on his current account. world by email. I’m a member of the Royal British Legion Shuttleworth Collection (I’m a member in the past, but often we will find evidence that clients weren’t aware Riders (biggest branch of the Legion with here also) to see how their aircraft are I run a Facebook page for the now rare 6,300 members nationally) with whom I faring, but alas do not have time to assist of. It will cost you nothing for us to find out for you. You may be MG Y Type. assist in raising funds all year round for them. surprised. PPI was more actively sold from the late 1980’s until 2005. the RBL Poppy Appeal and attending To find out more - As well as being an old MG enthusiast, the funerals of servicemen who have Retired? I simply do not have any time to How much does your service cost? I like old motorcycles and since retiring no relatives. That AJS motorcycle and be retired, I’m far too busy. My giddy Aunt, We charge no upfront fees whatsoever. If we investigate your lenders I restored a 1947 BSA B31 (a 350cc sidecar comes into its own here as we let how the last 14 years have just flown by, and find no evidence of PPI being sold to you, we will advise you and call us: 01707 649 665 motorcycle), two AJS model 18S (1952 young children sit in it (with three wheels and my 70th birthday just arrived out of close the file. There is no charge for this. Our success fee and 1953) one with a sidecar and last it cannot fall over) for a photo shoot, at nowhere this year! (25% +VAT of refund) is only payable IF we win your claim. If we do not year a 1959 650cc Matchless G12. events. The RBLR assist in the above or 01707 649 688 My ‘retirement present’ to myself was motorcycle show. As well as the clubs Neil Cairns win, you owe us nothing. Email us: [email protected] a Hinkley Triumph Bonneville, but this above I’m also a member of the Vintage Ex BedPol and the BSA were sold in 2007, the Motor Cycle Club and assist in our local Testimonials or go to activecreditreclaim.co.uk and “request a call back” Triumph became far too heavy for me to Bedfordshire ride-outs for pleasure. You We are proud of the numerous Testimonials retired police officers move about. I’m a member of the AJS & cannot beat phut-phut-phuting along have taken their time to send us, to view a sample of your Matchless Owners Club who are excellent country lanes in the summer on an ancient colleagues comments, please visit our website Remember, we are here to help YOU!!! at supplying spares for all the AMC AJS! To roar off on the G12 Matchless www.activecreditreclaim.co.uk motorcycles the original company made. makes me feel 19 years old again, its a I’m also a very active member of the real beast of a machine. Active Credit Reclaim: 45a The Broadway, Darkes Lane, Potters Bar, Herts, EN6 2HZ Regulated by the Claims Management Regulator with regards to Claims Management Activities. No: CRM40830 40 NARPOnews Book ’em! Ordering books: All of the listed books are available via online retailers, or you could ask your local book store by quoting the

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Death Diary Deadly Game by Gary Powell by Matt Johnson Two aristocratic brothers executed for Reeling from the attempts on his life and forgery in 1776; a young woman who that of his family, Police Inspector Robert spurned the advances of a one-legged Finlay returns to work to discover that admirer, battered to death in her Camden any hope of a peaceful existence has Town home in 1926; a pornographer shot been dashed. Assigned to investigate the dead by the Krays in 1966 for having Eastern European sex-slave industry just ‘too much lip’ … Take a terrifying day-by- as a key witness is murdered. Finlay, along day journey and experience hundreds of with his new partner Nina Brasov, finds shocking real-life crimes – poisoning, throat himself facing a ruthless criminal gang, slashing, stabbing and shooting all demonstrating the evil that determined to keep control of the traffic of people into the UK. men (and women) do.

ISBN: 978-1-4456-6502-3 ISBN-10: 1910633666. ISBN-13: 978-1910633663 The Jasmine Sari Crime in the Second World War by Philip Tucker by Penny Legg Written with the authentic insight of a former At a time of national emergency, the average counter-terrorism officer, The Jasmine Sari person could be forgiven for thinking that is an evocative and fast-paced thriller that crime rates would go down as everyone explores the complexities of terrorism and tried to help the war effort. However, the the frailty of those who become terrorists. reality was that criminals saw the war as Seasoned London anti-terror cop Alex an opportunity to exploit the emergency Cadman is sent to Bangladesh to share conditions and those with a previously his experience with local police officers. unblemished reputation found themselves He thinks his days of working on terrorist tempted off the straight and narrow. Criminal investigations are long gone. After all, he activity wasn’t just a civilian occupation. has enough on his hands dealing with the The military services had its share of crime arrogantly talented Sam Kanoski, the academic terrorism ‘expert’ and the influx of foreign troops added to the problem. American with whom Cadman must now work. and Canadian troops found themselves transported to Britain in preparation for D-Day. Lonely and far from home, some rioted and many looked for other distractions with desertion being a significant problem and one which was often funded by crime. ISBN-10: 1785898620. ISBN-13: 978-1785898624 ISBN-10: 1781220093. ISBN-13: 978-1781220092 Credible Witness Bennett Crime Series by Andy Gilbert by Malcom Hollingdrake Would you tell someone if you had seen The books feature DCI Cyril Bennett a ghost? A dilemma that has faced many and DS David Owen. All the books are people becomes magnified when your set in the North Yorkshire area with the professional reputation is at stake. Credible occasional criminal straying into the Witness is a collection of compelling neighbouring industrial heartlands of accounts from members of the police Bradford, Leeds and Manchester. family who have witnessed or have intimate The second book in the series, ‘Hell’s knowledge of unexplained incidents. When the world of policing and the paranormal Gate’, has been nominated for the Crime collide, even the most hardened sceptic might have to think again. Writer’s Association, Goldsboro Gold However much we think we know about the world around us, Dagger Award for 2017. perhaps we don’t know everything. The Bennett books are available in both e-book and paperback format.

‘Only the Dead’ ISBN-10:09956212. ‘Hell’s Gate’ ISBN-10:0995621282 ISBN-10: 1326927728. ISBN-13: 978-1326927721 ‘Flesh Evidence’ ISBN-10:099569262

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In the ‘Nick’ of Time How to be a Police Officer by Tony Ford by Graham Wetton After leaving the Royal Marines in 1960, How to Be a Police Officer takes you from a bright eyed enthusiastic young man those first thoughts about joining through decided to make a career in the Police to the training itself and to the real work Service. This is his story chronicling eight involved in policing. A thirty-year veteran years in a northern city police force, of the police service in London and across patrolling a myriad of areas from close the UK, Graham Wettone now trains prospective police recruits and acts as a knit slum communities, wealthy suburbs policing expert for Sky News. In this book, and ‘red light’ districts. We follow one man he provides insider tips for those seeking on his journey from uniform constable on to take their first steps in the service, the beat, into the Vice Squad and then the CID on a multitude of explaining things no one else will tell you dangerous assignments, meeting a host of colourful criminals about being a police officer, from the recruitment process to how on the way. The action-packed career of one unassuming to use handcuffs. A must-read for anyone curious about the reality constable facing danger and laughter is detailed in the new novel, of life on the front-line, How to Be a Police Officer offers fascinating ‘In the ‘Nick’ of Time’. Even though the police and its various insights into the job taking in the upheavals that have shaped the departments were often stretched and overworked they were still landscape of British policing and explaining what it really takes to regarded as part of the community. make it in the force. ISBN-10: 1545139954, ISBN-13: 978-1545139950 ISBN-10: 1785902199. ISBN-13: 978-1785902192 The Man Who Played Trains London’s Mounted Police by Richard Whittle by Andy Petter Mining engineer John Spargo is distraught In these memoirs, Andy Petter recalls his when his mother is attacked in her home life in the Metropolitan Police over 35 years and later dies from her injuries. Her home the bulk of which was spent in London’s has been ransacked. Determined to track Mounted Branch. This account details the down her killer and discover the truth author’s early life in the tranquil valleys behind her death, John finds a connection of the South Downs through a hilarious between his late father’s wartime mine and account of his National Service with the the wreck of a U-Boat. The connection King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery and his deepens when he discovers the diaries of early almost Dickensian years on the beat the U-Boat captain and a wartime mission in London’s east end. His later account to spirit Göring to safety along with a of progress through the mounted branch fortune in stolen art. When John’s daughter Jez is kidnapped, at virtually every area in London details a remarkable career he is contacted by a mysterious consortium her life hangs in the where political upheaval and terrorism brought him into contact balance unless he can find the stolen art. What is the link with his with tragedy and chaos. For the equestrian, there are hilarious father’s abandoned mine? Who was the U-Boat captain? Did he accounts of cussed horses with mean streaks that should never survive and hide Göring’s treasures? have been on the streets to gentle lovable characters. ISBN-10: 1911331035. ISBN-13: 978-1911331032 ISBN-10: 1326990535. ISBN-13: 978-1326990534 Investigating Organised Crime & The Face of Evil by Robert Giles & Chris Clark War Crime In 1994, Robert Black was convicted of by Anthony Nott MBE the kidnapping, sexual assault and murder Tony Nott retired from the Dorset Police in of three young girls, and sentenced to 2002 at the rank of superintendent. He had life imprisonment with a minimum tariff of spent most of his service as a detective, thirty-five years; in 2011 he was convicted and had been involved in the investigation of a fourth such killing. He died in HMP of a number of murder cases and other Maghaberry, Northern Ireland, in January serious crimes. In 2000 he led the British 2016, aged sixty-eight, unmourned, and forensic team on exhumations in Kosovo entirely unrepentant of his repellent crimes. and describes the horror and brutality These bald facts, horrific as they are, do not begin to scratch the carried out by Serb paramilitaries. He then surface of the truth about Robert Black, a Scottish-born serial worked in Bosnia for the UN, where he was the commander of killer who undoubtedly committed further murders for which he the eighty-strong UK police contingent. He describes in detail the was never tried, both in this country and on the Continent. In this investigation of human trafficking for the sex trade and illustrates ground-breaking account, Robert Giles, who has spent years some conflicting rivalries between the UN and the European Union tracing the killer’s movements and sifting through all the evidence, police mission. including transcripts of the trials. ISBN-10: 1473898919. ISBN-13: 978-1473898912 ISBN-10: 1786062879. ISBN-13: 978-1786062871 42 NARPOnews Advertisement Taking on a tablet is easy ablets like the iPad, Galaxy It’s published by The Helpful Book Tab or Kindle Fire are Company and the author, Tim Teverywhere nowadays. And Wakeling, has helped thousands they can be great. 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If it’s interesting, we will let you know... info [email protected] Royal Review Federation National Conference Recent articles in the NARPO magazine jogged my memory. NARPO attended this year’s In 1954 as a very newly appointed young constable in the City Federation National Conference, of London Police, I was told that I had “volunteered” to be a which was held in May in member of the Force contingent in the Review Parade and was Birmingham. instructed to attend 3 sessions of marching drill after normal Pictured are the NEC members, duty. Having just completed my National Service in the infantry, I Kate Rowley, Richard Critchley, thought drill sessions would be a thing of the past. I duly took part Sandie Wilde and Pat Gates in the parade and was very proud to do so. A photo of the City of who attended. In addition, London contingent marching past is forwarded. the Competition winners, with George Murrell, City of London Police NARPO Vice President, Brian Burdus. Merseyside Police Cadets Final Ceremony 2017 Life Membership There was a shock in store for Huddersfield branch vice-chairman, George Banks, at the branch Sunday Luncheon on 2nd April when he was presented with a life membership certificate by branch chairman Graeme Haley in front of George Banks (left) receives his 65 members. This Ceremony marks the completion of the Cadet 12 month certificate from chairman Graeme Haley. programme. Cadets and their families together with the sponsors, After national service, George (87) joined the West Riding Police in VIP’s and invited guests enjoyed a wonderful night. During the 1949, transferring to Huddersfield Borough in 1956, serving for 27years evening Cadets summarised their extensive activities during the up to retirement in 1975. The majority of his service was spent in Road year and concluded with the awards presentation. The NARPO Traffic where he served in all sections including the Driver Training award is sponsored by the Merseyside Branch and is presented School teaching and testing advanced courses as well as Instructor to the Cadet(s) who have demonstrated the most progress over training. On police retirement, he worked for a further 14 years as Office the course of the programme. This year four Cadets received the manager at the Huddersfield Magistrates Courts. award. They were Cadet Millie Keegan, Cadet Chantelle White,

Cadet Maria Shamim and Cadet Morgan Soul. In the photograph He joined NARPO upon retirement 42 years ago and has been the (below), Chair of the Merseyside Branch Malcolm Parry presents Huddersfield vice-chairman for the past 14 years, 12 of which he the first of the awards to Cadet Millie Keegan. has also been the social secretary arranging all aspects of meeting The Merseyside Branch believes in the ‘Police Family’ and will speakers, luncheons and parties, venues, bookings, seating always do whatever it can to support its retention. To that aim they arrangements, bingo, raffles and conducting auctions. He has support the Merseyside Volunteer Police Cadets scheme together arranged two previous amalgamation reunions and is already working with the newly formed Merseyside Police ‘Mini Police’. You could on plans for a 50th anniversary reunion in 2018. say the whole age spectrum is supported from the youngest to the oldest! The photograph (above) is a true reflection of the ‘Police George continues to work tirelessly for the branch, ably supported Family’. Taken at the Cadets Final Ceremony Merseyside NARPO by Betty, his wife of 64 years, and their contribution is very much Branch member Max Woosey (ex Superintendent), his son Martin appreciated by committee colleagues and members. (Superintendent) and grandson Matthew (Cadet).

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Down 33 1. Wild West cowboy food. (5) 2. Sketch. (5) 15. Northwest London suburbia immortalised 3. Fanciful name for a looper caterpillar. (4-4) by John Betjamin. (9) 4. 4Spicy Malaysian sauce dish served with a variety of 18. Lionised. (5) vegetables. (6) 20. Large blue-backed fish shoaling around 5. Side opposite the driver. (8) the North American coast. (8) 6. Short official note recording a sum owing. (4) 21. Large flat-sided liquid container. (8) 7. Optical device for exploring stomach, etc. (9) 26. Bright star in the constellation Aquila. (6) 8. Nicholas Hilliard excelled in this type of portraiture. (9) 29. First name of a controversial Tory politician 11. 14 across may produce this. (5) of the mid-20th century. (5) 14. Light passenger carriage with hood. (9) 30. Surrey town near Runnymede . (5)

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...... Postcode: ...... Crossword solution for issue 90 Across Down Crossword 1. Hopalong Cassidy, 9. Nay Henry Hall, 2. Paymaster, 3. Learned, Winner 10. Abracadabra, 11. Yearns, 12. Apparent, 4. Nero, 5. Cacophony, 6. Sidearm, Congratulations to Winner 14. Acted, 15. Broomrape, 18. Lord Percy, 7. Imbue, 8. Yea, 13. Nip, 15. Barricade, Mr Paul Hanson Rochdale (February) 21. Fugue, 22. Slow Boil, 24. Car Rug, 16. Algorithm. 17. Evergreen, 19. Oil, and Mr Roger Bull Wiltshire (May) for 26. Hydromantic, 27. Toe, 20. Pibroch, 21. Francis, 23. Oddie, winning our ‘Time Out Puzzle’ in the last issue. 28. The Three Wise Men. 25. Stow, 26. Hut