Left 30 Newman St-Centre-Burton Latimers former Police Station in Finedon Road,Right-police house in Higham RdThe Parish Constables and Beadles of earlier times were residents of the town in their own right, living in their family homes. It was not until the latter...
Police at Sunday School Parades: left in 1920s; middle: P/Sgt Frost in 1936. Right bowler hatted Cllr A G Miller on the steps of the Council Schoole after his County Council by election victory in 1930 with P/Sgt Boswell and PC A llen.Police attending a rail crash...
Article written by Margaret Craddock (nee Thurlow), 2005 - amended 2015 My father was born in a small village in Suffolk and in the 1920’s served in the Coldstream Guards. At the age of 22 he joined the Northamptonshire Police Force. After 18 months stationed at...
Article fron the Chronicle & Echo, August 31st 1959, transcribed by Sally CraneSafe blowers armed with gelignite raided the central offices and three department stores of the Burton Latimer Co-operative Provident and Industrial Society Ltd. during the weekend....
Extract from Kettering Evening Telegraph 1957Former Police Sergeant George Thurlow of Burton Latimer, brought a runaway horse which had thrown its rider, to a standstill at Cranford today by grabbing its bridle. In bringing the bolting animal under control he was...