A brief history of the Court Procession and the Dorset police officers that were involved. In the 12th century, King Henry 2nd introduced the circuit system of administration of justice by which Judges of the Kings Court travelled throughout the Country holding courts called Assizes. The courts met twice a year in lent …
THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UNFORTUNATE OK, so there are those of you who maybe thinking that title sounds familiar. Clint EASTWOOD 1966, the trilogy that kept us glued to the screen, Lee VAN CLEEF as the bad and Eli WALLACH as the unfortunate (ugly). This chapter is about officers that …
THE GENERAL STRIKE OF 1926, THE RHONDDA VALLEY, GLAMORGAN, SOUTH WALES. For those of you that know very little about this time, I will start by summarising the events before the Dorset Constabulary were dispatched to the area. The coal industry had declined in production after the enormous output before …