Flickr Image Description

Two officers of Lancashire County Constabulary gaze intently through the door of a post office in Leigh. Perhaps they had seen a possible offence in progress or were simply greeting members of staff as they passed on their beat. On the other hand, maybe the station had run out of stamps.

This image is from a set labelled Lancashire County Constabulary Training Slides and depicts various officers on patrol in the town centre, at work in the police station or undertaking a variety of other duties.

They set forms part of the collection of the Greater Manchester Police Museum and Archive, which is currently being digitized, and contains many marvellously evocative images of policing in the past.

We originally though this set of images, taken in and around Leigh, dated from the early 1970s, however sharp-eyed viewers have pointed out that they are more likely to be the late 1960s.

We hope you enjoy this glimpse of bygone Leigh. We will be publishing further images from this series in the near future.

For further images from this series please see the Lancashire County Police Training set

For more information please follow Greater Manchester Police Museum and Archives .

To find out more about Greater Manchester Police please visit our website.
www.gmp.police.uk

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