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HORSE POWER

     The term “horse power”, was invented by James WATT in the early 1800’s, when he was working on improving the performance of steam engines.     He made his calculations based on the work output of pit ponies and now the term “HP” is used on anything that has an engine including your house …

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MYSTERY MEN

    There is nothing worse than coming across a family photograph and not knowing who it is !      On the other hand, you can treat it as a challenge to identify that person and on numerous occasions I have been lucky enough to do so !     It is a bit more …

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MAURICE HANN

  On the evening of 11th September 2020, I was going through my emails and one of them was from Maurice HANN. ———————————————————————————————————–    Dear Ian,   It’s Anita Hazell here (Maurice Hann’s daughter). I am writing to inform you that Dad sadly passed away on Wednesday evening (9th) at 17.30.  It was a peaceful …

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BOER WAR

  DORSET CONSTABLES WHO WERE ARMY RESERVISTS CALLED UP IN 1899     I knew basically nothing about the Boer War. Whilst trawling through old newspaper reports I came across reports of Dorset policemen being involved, which naturally, then made me want to know of their experiences and whether they came home safely.  So I …

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DOG SECTION

This photograph was taken at HQ in 1956, but long before this, dogs were thought to be valuable and a possible asset to police work and detection.     The first mention I have found of Dogs being used was in March 1901. In General Orders dated 18th April 1901 it states:     “The …

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