Author: FAIRHURST, JAMES.
Title: Policing Wigan. The Wigan Borough Police Force 1836-1969.
Description: Landy Publishing, 1996. 1872895298. "For 133 years, the Corporation of W igan ran its own Police Force. It was authorised by Act of Parliament to set one up in 1836, and by virtue of another one, had to stop doing so in 1969..Relates the story chronologically from the day when six men and a Head Constable swore to serve their Sovereign, to the day when 188 officers and their Chief Constable were amalgamated with most other Forces in the county." Pp.86, occasional black & white photo illustrations. Paperback. VG.

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