What's Tha Up To? Memories of an Attercliffe Bobby by Martyn Johnson

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What's Tha Up To? Memories of an Attercliffe Bobby by Martyn Johnson

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What's Tha Up To? Memories of an Attercliffe Bobby by Martyn Johnson

If you want to know what it was really like to be a policeman in a large working-class area of Sheffield during the 1960s and 1970s then Martyn Johnson's memories provide us with a superb insight of the twilight era of the 'beat bobby'. Centred on Attercliffe and Darnall, we meet a host of colourful characters, lovable (and not so lovable) rogues and a rich variety of incidents and events that could not have been imagined even by the most creative of fiction writers. But they are all true. Read about amazing traffic accidents, impromptu fights, antics of burglars and thieves, 'domestics', a dreadful house fire, a dead horse that moved, a lost peacock, suicides and suspicious deaths, mortuary training, and even UFO's. Along the way we meet a host of lovely people that made up an almost forgotten and fading part of old Sheffield; and a few visitors too, including the great Brazilian footballer Pele. At times hilarious, occasionally sad, but never dull, this book is highly recommended for anyone interested in our recent social history.

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ISBN 13 9781845631239
ISBN 10 1845631234
Title What's Tha Up To? Memories of an Attercliffe Bobby
Author Martyn Johnson
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Year published 2010-07-20
Number of pages 176
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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