| | As every schoolboy of the 1950s knew, British police cars were big black and shiny, with chrome bumpers and silver bells. That was the way things had always been, but with new, higher-powered cars, motorways and a rapidly growing motor-owning society, things were going to change as the 1960s dawned. The opening of the Preston By-Pass (now part of the M6 Motorway) in 1959 was the start of the change, and Lancashire Constabulary were in the vanguard of police car progress. The late Alan D. Johnson was involved in the process, and he had planned to write a series of books on his experiences with police vehicle testing and evaluation he gained with the Home Office. His early death in 2003 robbed us of his phenomenal knowledge, but from his notes and records, the present volume has been completed by transport historian Robert W Berry. The book has been actively supported by several police forces around the country, especially the Lancashire and West Yorkshire forces. The book, soon to be followed by others on the same subject, joins with the Trans-Penning Nostalgia Road books on ambulances and fire appliances, which have been well received by readers and reviews alike. We hope you too will become absorbed by the arresting subject now under discussion. Contents:
- Introduction
- In at the Start
- The origins
- Motorising the Force
- The 1940s
- Into the 1950s
- Colour Files
- The 1960s
- The Cars
- Radio Control
- Acknowledgements
Continent: Europe
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