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Does not seem quite right to see them without the Wigan Coat of Arms portrayed in their lapels. Served with each them in the early sixties.

Does anyone remember a police officer who did road safety in school. Mr Pearson who had a puppet named “Tommy Caution”?

Certainly not a job for a police officer. Police should be there to stop crime (of which there is, nowadays, more than they can handle).

Apologies....the puppet's name WAS Tommy, not Charlie. We had a police officer teaching us road safety at Ince Cenral school and we used to call him "Bobby Beacon". Trust someone to make a negative remark about this lovely photo....we had more police officers in those days, and children were quite thrilled to have a policeman teaching them road safety and probably gave them more attention than they would have given their teacher.and it gave us respect for the police and let us see them as human beings.

Mr Hanson. There are also a lot of traffic accidents involving children, some of which prove fatal. What is worse than the death of a child?

Why people have to make negative comments, is beyond me.Whats happened to "Be Kind"

Why are people unable to read and comprehend?
I haven't made any 'negative' comment. I gave my opinion.
And, in my opinion, a police officer's job isn't teaching kids to ride bikes safely, just as much as it isn't a school teachers job to stop criminals.

Youve got it wrong james doing this was only part of there job ,pretty sure they caught the bad guys aswell

If it helped to save lives on the roads then it was money well spent and good police practice. It is now called Bikeability and run by the Department of Infrastructure. https://www.bikeability.org.uk/

Crossing roads safely and the wearing of seat belts in cars now by Wigan Council Education Road Safety Team, Lessons for Infants upwards. https://www.wigan.gov.uk/Business/Professionals/Road-safety-lessons-and-resources/Key-Stage-1.aspx

And yet despite these safety campaigns and rules and regulations there shall always be those who are selfishly opinionated, choosing to drive recklessly along roads and endangering or sadly ending other road users lives.

@ Hanson. I am sure the officers in question saved many lives from their dedication to the cause of teaching children road safety, and I take my hat off to them, WELL DONE OFFICERS!!!!

Yes, I recall PC Pearson. Marvellous rapport with the kids.

Gaz. It is, of course, possible that the officers in question saved many lives with their dedication to the cause of teaching children road safety, BUT, a police officer should not be doing that job.
Of course, SOMEBODY SHOULD. But not a police officer.

Ena Malcup, if PC Pearson held such marvellous rapport with the kids, he should have been a schoolteacher or a social worker rather than a police officer.

James they are road traffic police officers ,best men for learning children how keep safe on roads

I remember Joe Lydon and his lovely wife Nancy very well. Nancy became a Catholic in order to marry him and practised her religion faithfully ever after. They were parishioners at St Cuthbert's for many years. Joe had been a good friend of my father since before the war. Joe's parents were Joseph and Susannah Lydon and they lived at Cropper House Winstanley, where Joe and his brothers and sisters were brought up. He served in the Royal Navy during the war and joined Wigan Police shortly after he was demobbed. The Lydon family came originally from a tiny island called Glan on Lough Corrib in County Galway.

Mr Hanson. The police spend a considerable amount of time of every shift ,dealing with a whole variety of incidents SOMEBODY ELSE should be dealing with.

I said "Joe" Lydon. Of course I should have said "John" Lydon or "Johnny", as I believe his family and friends called him.

There's always someone it was also away fort local Bobby to get know kids of the area which is very good and should be done today me thinks

There's always someone it was also away fort local Bobby to get know kids of the area which is very good and should be done today me thinks

Malc, there isn't any local bobby anymore.

I know George that's what iam saying father-in-law was Bobby for 35 years still going strong he tells me some good stories but like say s when you where coming up for retirement backin his day them last few years you was put on desk in office booking all bad uns in younguns were left on street then doing proper police work enjoy Easter

When I was growing up the advice was to always 'ask a police man' - meaning if lost or just asking the time! Now its like seeing the first cuckoo in Spring... if I see one walking on a street I think "Goodness me is that a Bobby I see there or a mystical vision!" We don't seem to call them 'Bobbies' anymore either....

Malc. Was your father in law in the Wigan Borough Police?. I was from May, 1958 until July, 1964.

He was Tony Bate cracking chap like all that clan back then there's 30 years lost generations for me country's lost it now never return it back to what it was no respect now day no moral s anymore back then you went shop for all street not just your mam or dad

Malc. He must have been a Central Division when I was at Pemberton. Such a long time ago.

Malc. He must have been a Central Division when I was at Pemberton. Such a long time ago. Wouldn’t have left Wigan but for the writing being on the wall for the demise of Borough Forces.

Hi Albert he says it's Wust thing they did like all council boundaries too old skoo best yey Albert

I lived near Joe Keegan when I was a child at Beech Hill and lived near John Lydon in Pemberton when I was in the police.