Photo-a-Day  (Tuesday, 12th November, 2024)

just nipped in moon for a breakfast un putting a bet on at bet fred lol

Looks are deceptive . She was responding to a call under blues and two's and only pulled over for a few seconds then drove round to the bollards at the bottom of Standish gate . She then parked up and walked up to her colleagues who were waiting near a police van half way up Standish Gate. She must not have been local because she did not know how to get onto Standish gate via the bollards

What a complete financial mess this country is in when they have to close down all the Police Stations and sell off their assets at a 50% discount.
I wonder what price that police car is going for.

Looks like Summer - the leaves on the trees and shirtsleeves on that chap. But it’s ok for the police they can do what they want…it seems.

Looks like a Police emergency so the officer could be on a chase, I don't think parking up properly is number one priority in a emergency call out.
Blue lights are lit up too. Taxis and junkfood vehicles are the worst, offenters, they stop in the middle of the road, and they are not emergency vehicles. Police, Ambulance and Fire service are allowed to park anywhere when dealing on emergency.

Police and other emergency services can park anywhere.
The sign is interesting, I thought Wallpaper Supplies had already shut down two or three years ago.

Why are so many people anti-police nowadays, the officers could be responding to a life threatening emergency.
And the car is on a one way street so there's plenty of room for other vehicles to pass.

There was a Wigan Today report August 2019 that they would be closed by early 2020 with the staff holding that sign.
I don’t think when it was taken really matters as long as it is interesting.

It's a police emergency. Look blue lights.
Some People who have commented about parking up, aren't good drivers.
The Highway code clearly mentions about emergency vehicles and exemptions.

I wouldn't say the police car is "parked up" the Officer is clearly on blue lights so at an educated guess, out on emergency call.

Glad you got the joke Colin.

Are we in April?
And they say a photo never lies.
joke....what joke.

The photo isn't a joke to me with the heading How not to park your Police Car, fake news like this is how riots against the police start against the police.

For one thing Mick and Martin there is plenty room for them to park just a few yards further along Library Street with no need for blue lights, instead
of parking on a Zebra Crossing and blocking half the road.
Double decker buses need the space to negotiate that corner safely.
For another thing, if it was an emergency and she didn’t know her way around then she wouldn’t have been of much use would she?
If you can’t see what the joke was then I can’t help you.

Riots??? Goodness me there’s hardly anybody goes to Wigan town centre to cause one. It just needs the old Bobby back directing the traffic as of old. (joking)
I don’t think a bus driver would mount the pavement that would certainly not be safe even if it’s one way. A car might by a daredevil driver! I imagine the police officer in the car would move on if the traffic piled up.

The joke slowly dawned on me Dennis, (I think).....I'm not the sharpest knife in the box!! Library Street always brings to mind the Aviva advert on the telly......I feel quite proud every time I see it, and Haigh Hall on "Foyle's War" too.

If there's reports of a man with a big knife running wild in the market place it wouldn't have mattered about a double decker bus being late.

Well she wouldn’t have been much use sat in her car on a Zebra Crossing wondering where she was then, would she Mick?
I think I’ll have a look round for Garry and see if he has a spare glass of sherry!

I wonder who the individual was who thought that his idea of extending the pavement into the roadway for a few metres merely in order to accommodate a waste bin and a couple of useless bollards was a good one ?

The mind boggles .

I left school totally bereft of academic qualifications , so university was out of the question as far as I was concerned .

But Oh ! … what a wasted opportunity…

If only I’d done my homework , … if only I’d got a few A levels and been accepted at Oxford .
If only I’d acquired a masters degree , … then I may possibly have possessed the necessary qualifications to apply for a position on the highways department of Wiggin council … sort of like wot this geezer must have done obviously .

It takes brainiacs like this mon to come up with barmpot traffic calming measures and permit parking .

Ordinary blokes same as wot I am wouldn’t have a clue , and Wiggin would become terribly congested … Oh wait ! …

The big knife Mick is the arteries these cars are chasing , driven by twelve year old s who can’t be prosecuted because of their age whilst their masters live on yachts - protected, safe and warm - untouchable!
We give our Police the most impossible task - then blame them when it goes wrong ? They can’t touch them , they can’t fight back , they are spat at , abused
because that’s the job - just another day !
In China and Russia it would be different!
Which lawyer questions , a huge measure of money in a very special suit ?
We cast out poor beggars to chase them , then handcuff their hands?

Ho well Dennis, just another day at the office!

Colin knows the joke and Irene thinks she may know the joke but I am in the darkness. Can anyone enlighten me?

You were there at the right time Dennis!

The man with a big knife running wild could possibly be a butcher, they're now rare as hens teeth in the market place, there's only Stan your man in the butchers van, and that's only on Tuesdays.

If you want 'fake news' Mick then President Donald is your man,
the Pennsylvania vote is in and they're all singing Nellie the Elephant,
and off they went with a Trumpety Trump, Trump Trump Trump.

Just keep studying Owd Reekie it’s a bit obscure but the penny will drop or should I say the price will drop by half. .
Cyril that made me chuckle… chuckle…..chuckle.

Owd Reekie, ignoring Wallpaper Supplies, read the Closing Down Sale sign in front of the Police Car.
Surely you can see the humour in that?

Humour??? If that's humour I don't want to join your club.

Inspired comment Black Ink I bet you was up all night crafting that one. We’ll miss you.

My working life I was a shorthand typist working for Lancashire police. A few years ago I was shopping in Leyland and crossing the road there was a police car parked in the street. Outside the bank there was a queue waiting to use the cash machine and in that queue there was a police officer in uniform. I asked her if she was in charge of that police car, she said yes. You have driven onto the pavement and parked there and her response was “I’ll only be a minute “. I asked her how many people had told her that because they had done the same. Needless to say all those people in the queue said nothing. I told the police officer I worked in prosecutions and knew what I was talking about. I then walked off and when I got to the next street she pulled up in front of me and apologised. Lesson learned.

All praise to you Linda for taking her to task, and all praise to her for having the courage to admit her fault.

Spellchecher again, should be Linma not Linda.

Dennis my name is Linda but my log in name is Linma, Lin is the first three letters of my Christian name and the first three letters of my surname. Linda Massa.

I always have trouble with spellchecking Linda, but these days l think it’s getting sneakier. You type a word and move on to the next one and then it sneaks up behind you and changes the word that you have already typed.
The blasted thing is more trouble than it’s worth.

Everybody makes mistakes Dennis that’s why there are rubbers on the end of pencils.

I’ve noticed that spell check DOES change words after moving on. The most ludicrous sentences too - I wonder if it’s anything to do with AI ( artificial information) it was never as bad as it is now. I find reading through before ‘sending’
Is best. I’m amazed sometimes reading back what has been changed.