The British Policeman [1959]

[@nickhill941]

If anyone’s interested PC Jack Edwards in the film was really called Jack Broughton and was a police officer in Leicester. He served for 35 years and retired as a Detective Superintendent in 1983. He died in 1991 at age 64

[@garethmorgan3665]

Thanks for this. Sorry to hear he died so young.

[@clivebaxter6354]

He would be appalled at the state of the Police and Leicester today.

[@samuellawrencesbookclub8250]

My friend's a Leicester Uni, and I visit occasionally, I thought I recognised where this was filmed, the clock especially, but I couldn't place it until you mentioned it. Thanks

[@karyne826]

Very sad to hear he died so young.

[@karyne826]

@@clivebaxter6354Of the Country let alone the Police.

[@harmoniefaerielove]

We had a local police inspector ( Mr Pugsley) live in a police house in the next street. He would ride round on his bike most evenings ( not even on duty at times )just having a look around & making us feel safe. Us kids ( aged about 6 or 7) would whistle the laurel & hardy theme & run off giggling ,he would call out our names & say expect a visit tomorrow night at home,I am busy now but the jail cell will be ready by tomorrow. The next day peeping out the window after tea, he would arrive on his bike ( I would be shaking & almost at tears ) As he walked up our path ,knock knock ..Now gulping & feeling sick & terrified ..mum would answer ,he would smile,have a brief chat & then give her a small bag of apples/pears off of his tree, tap me on the head gently ,wink at me & then walk away He did it to all of thr kids parents..No matter how many times it happened ( only a few ) I was always scared to the bone. We of course grew out of it & had deep respect for him. He,his wife & children were extremely popular & we were terribly lucky to have him.

[@gmann6269]

Mr. Pugsley?! I always thought that name was made up for The Addams Family.

[@harmoniefaerielove]

@@gmann6269 There are around 3,000 people in the UK with that Surname still. It originates from Devon but I believe there are around a similar number in the USA ( mainly New York ) ,Canada,Australia etc..who have it too. Like I said ,they were a wonderful family & Jane ' the daughter ' was an amazing friend..

[@woodyspooner]

England 1959, watching this video, you could think that you are watching a film from a different planet.

[@nellhikk8542]

It is from a different planet, a planet called Britain.

[@SunofYork]

@@nellhikk8542 That sounds daft

[@puppets.and.muppets]

a nicer planet.

[@coops1964]

@@SunofYork its true though.

[@SunofYork]

@@coops1964 I was there in the 1950s and it is better now. There was no central heating, just dirty coal.... and the kids had polio etc etc. There was drunkenness and incest. My dad didn't get a second hand car until he was 44. I joined Leeds City police in October 1967, and there was corruption. I resigned and joined West Yorks Police for 5 years.... These images of a perfect world in the 1950s are not true

[@elizabliss6528]

A couple of days before my mum died this year (she was born in '38) she said, 'I don't know what's happened to our wonderful country, I dont recognise it anymore, it used to be so lovely.' Very sad for all of us.

[@kayeninetwo3585]

Many condolences to you for the recent loss of your mother. Her observation is an almost universal sentiment throughout what used to be called, "the civilized world."

[@elizabliss6528]

@kayeninetwo3585 Thank you so much, that's very kind. I felt awful I couldn't give her any answers or hope for all our futures.

[@dj71162]

Immigration, multiculturalism and political correctness.

[@londo776]

@@dj71162spotted the racist

[@stewartw.9151]

My ccndolences on the loss of your Mum, who was obviously a wise lady!

[@susanshadrake6193]

Everything looks so clean and nice..I was 6 when this was made. ...it made me cry for what is gone forever.

[@Chris-f7s2y]

I kind of understand, it makes me nostalgic too. I was born same time as you but please be assured, this is not a true reflection of policing in 1959. It’s in fact a view through rose tinted glasses. Racism, misogyny and homophobia in particular were rife, indeed institutionalised, and commonplace. The world in many ways is better than it was, hard to believe but in a lot of respects true.

[@simhthmss]

I live in a country town. It still looks like this here.

[@che3se1495]

They were hardly going to film the slums, were they?

[@bastogne315]

You mean ricketts and child sex abuse?

[@ycylchgames]

It was made nicer for the film, obviously. Bare in mind, they always do this for every film (even now) it doesn't reflect reality.

[@kenstevens5065]

I was at Junior school in 1959 and I remember it was a long sunny hot summer as in many shots in this film. When you saw a Policeman it made you feel safe and if you spoke to each other in the street it was with respect. Our local Bobby PC Wood always had boiled sweets on him and he'd give you a sweet if you confirmed you'd been a good lad. Nowadays Police seem to dress only in scruffy combat gear and would be likely to scowl if you said hello. So much for University education.

[@zeddeka]

You done kind of troll? Or are you just assuming your naive childhood perceptions were actually right? The police were utterly corrupt back then. We know that as a fact. Are you just bitter that you're old or are you some kind of Russian troll?

[@HerbertTowers]

Being well-educated before police recruitment has absolutely nothing to do with behaviour 'on the job'. That's down to shabby leadership and the prevalence of a laziness atmosphere. How does working hard to get academic qualifications cause people to behave as some do nowadays. Do you think that the more lazy the child was at school the better cop they would be?

[@user-fg9vr7mk5z]

Interesting comment although I find issue with the "if you said hello", so you've obviously never tried and are just projecting you're own preconceived notion of how they'd respond

[@MrHennoGarvie]

What happened when they got a 'sus[ect' in the cell though? A lot of custody deaths and injuries back then. No thanks

[@che3se1495]

You write about stab proof vests as if it were a failing on the police to need to start wearing them. Turns out, a nice-looking uniform doesn't do much for you when someone stabs you.

[@ryszardlorenc7047]

I was born in Leicester (1952) and I thoroughly enjoyed watching this. However like most of the other commenters I also felt the overwhelming sadness that we will never get times like this back again !

[@clivebaxter6354]

Born same year in what was Leicester

[@Blorp_]

You don’t miss the old days, you miss being young

[@ryszardlorenc7047]

@@Blorp_ They were good times to be young, now is a good time to be old !

[@jasonmugridge]

We can if we want to, where there’s a will there’s a way. Go back 200 years and life wasn’t so good but we improved it, many countries have improved quite recently, it’s doable if we want it to be.

[@weewilliewinkle]

@@jasonmugridge Yes, as long as people can summon the sheer determination to make it happen and pursue it all the way to the end.

[@ronti2492]

The truncheon...'because of the respect by which he (=the poice officer) is viewed, it is seldom necessary to use it'... I could cry, this is truly from a different planet.

[@sbubwoofer]

:'-(

[@Chafflives]

Same equipment issued in 1987.

[@johnogrady2418]

It still works.

[@GeoffreySayce]

I patrolled that same beat in the 90s for 15yrs, it became nothing like it was, so sad. Good people make nice places.

[@martinfortune9988]

Good people make nice places. That is it

[@marriedkiwi]

​@@martinfortune9988that's so true. People are not truly good anymore. They lack wisdom and virtue.

[@MS-zu8ds]

​@@marriedkiwiSome are.

[@MS-zu8ds]

I used to drink with a copper who came from this era. A huge fella with a magnificent handlebar moustache and a real character, he introduced me to boilermakers. 😵‍💫. He was also the go to disciplinarian for ticking kids off, it worked.

[@xaviert.123]

Oh dear oh dear.. It really is a shame that we've abandoned the idea of the policeman being a "friend" of a community, there to help in more ways than just with crime. I truly believe this is the reason for things being so different these days!

[@SunofYork]

Not true. Are you pro-race-rioters ?

[@resnonverba137]

I think you have a fair point.

[@user-fg9vr7mk5z]

but police do help with more than just crime, they respond to concern for welfares, suicidal persons, neighbour disputes, road traffic collisions etc, they just have less resources and far less respect now

[@MrLense]

That's what community support officers were for. We didn't abandon them, We voted for subsequent governments that gutted the police of their funding, powers, kit and training. So we got no one to blame but ourselves for that.

[@jbob34345]

We've also abandoned the idea of family, security and common sense.

[@Delabane]

This was the era of my late grandfather who died in 2022, aged 94. He served in the Military Police as a Corporal in Singapore. He was offered a commission as a officer but could not afford the mess bills. He returned home to Yorkshire, UK and went into the Police Cadets. He was top of his class in everything. He joined South Yorkshire Police and served for 35 years retiring in 1984 as a Superintendent.

[@stevenhombrados1530]

Those were men, and back then people respected the police and the uniform! ❤🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇸🇨🇦🇬🇧❤️

[@aymonfoxc1442]

He has my respect. Service and duty; those are calling too few people hear. May he rest in peace 🙏

[@bastogne315]

He used beat me up at weekends.

[@peter2385]

@@bastogne315 A stupid comment from a stupid person. 😠

[@Arthur54321]

@@bastogne315 good

[@ianross04]

One of the most melancholic and tragic videos ive watched in years

[@angelacooper2661]

Yes - even though my parents were not yet married and long before my brother Anthony and I were born!

[@peterclemmet]

One morning as a 19 yr old constable 1964 while patrolling the streets of Lurton an older working class man approached me and asked for a word. He told me that he thought his wife was having an affair and was always unusually grumpy, and what did I think he could do about it. I had a little conversation with him for a few minutes to get the details, as they say. After the chat he walked away smiling and whistling say thanks mate. I had just explained all the symptoms of menopause to him, he was so relieved.

[@kpopfan674]

Are you still a cop now that most are scumbags or did you leave the criminal gang?

[@peterclemmet]

@@kpopfan674 do the math my friend

[@dertery8724]

@@kpopfan674Unless promoted to senior ranks, he likely retired after 30 years’ service in around 1993. Two tier policing didn’t start until 1999 when the MacPherson report was published.

[@kpopfan674]

@@peterclemmet Do it yourself, potato. He could be a senior officer.

[@kpopfan674]

@@dertery8724 It started before then with the violence against miners.

[@410142109]

Oh Jack we the British people need you now more than ever♥

[@paddymurphy-oconnor8255]

Nobody is coming to save us.

[@peterobbo7512]

@@paddymurphy-oconnor8255 Nigel will save us.

[@410142109]

That wasn`t my point!.

[@peterobbo7512]

@@410142109 What was your point?

[@paddymurphy-oconnor8255]

@@410142109 I think your point was that we need a good police man to restore order but this ignores the problem, that the people are increasingly corrupt. The police are drawn from the people.

[@xvrays]

Oh for the good old days. At 74 I remember these days well. This needs to be shown to our present day government. Fat lot of good that will do.

[@jasonmugridge]

And every Chief Constable

[@RayThackeray]

The last 12 years of Con government, Brexit and austerity did it.

[@showbizsam4440]

I wonder how PC Edwards would've reacted had he been told to drive the car that's multi-coloured in support of turning wee boys into wee girls?

[@RayThackeray]

@@showbizsam4440 Hello the bigots are showing themselves.

[@showbizsam4440]

@@RayThackeray Have always dismissed/corrected unfair comments on the topic of homosexuality. Couldn't sympathise more with sufferers of Gender Dysphoria. Policing is supposed to be politically neutral. Cars shouldn't have colours of a political movement, especially one that supports gender "treatment" for children. Couldn't care less if you call me a "bigot". The word's meaningless.

[@CJR434]

Loved this. Times were good. Oh how we have fallen.

[@bobgrant9882]

We have not only fallen ,but turned our back on the God of the Bible.This is the problem

[@kairigby9117]

​@@bobgrant9882The evil god of the bible doesn't exist. It's pretty bloody obvious to anyone with half a brain. Lol

[@angelacooper2661]

​@@bobgrant9882Well said, Robert. I am a Christian of long-standing and in my mid fifties. A country that turns its back on God is sowing the wind and reaping the whirlwind, ie the consequences of sin and disobedience!

[@RogersRamblings]

As recently as 1992 I left home in west London early on a bright summer morning and was surprised to meet a copper on patrol in the back streets. He was in shirtsleeves, without the body armour and other appointments now considered necessary. We had a brief exchange of pleasantries and went on our ways. Now, I'd think it unusual to see a copper on foot at any time of the day.

[@simeonselmon8318]

You don't see any police at all full stop

[@johnogrady2418]

@@simeonselmon8318 It's not safe for them either.

[@ipanemabeach2266]

I remember the 1960s , a policeman was a reassuring sight you felt secure. Not now.

[@timothyjones660]

When british police were police regimented respectable clean shaven neat and tidy and liked by the public

[@lyntonryan4766]

When was that ?

[@Brendon-e3o]

And without tattoos.

[@lyntonryan4766]

@user-fj9np7mp With the introduction of social media and smart phones, that's when policing SORT Of changed , but there is STILL A LONG WAY TO GO !!!!

[@AverageWagie2024]

no soy beards and glasses in those days

[@thomasklimchuk441]

​@@Brendon-e3oand no religious head dress either

[@mrhappyendland]

How much we have lost. I remember when we used to trust the local Bobby, we don't even have one now.

[@dcarbs2979]

And if we did, we are right not to trust them.

[@peakyblinder777]

I remember growing up in the 1980's and still seeing this . Life was much simpler , long hot summers , family and community , cleaner streets , many grew vegetables in their gardens , my heart breaks as what is happening now 😢

[@rob_1359]

I often wish we lived in an England of old, but alas, times have well and truly changed.

[@zeddeka]

You want to be young again. I can assure you, nobody who wasn't born yet back then wants to live in a world like that

[@Tawny6702]

@@zeddeka Why?

[@rob_1359]

@@zeddeka I'm thinking more along the lines of decency, morality, politeness and respect. The world wasn't perfect but by God it was a safer place, knife crime an almost unknown element, family values held primacy and respect for the rule of law where people placed responsibility before 'rights' a corner stone of society.

[@HerbertTowers]

Outside lavatories, bomb craters, polio, TB, infant mortality, soot-laden air, cigarettes being smoked by the majority of the general masses, atom-bomb paranoia, compulsory Nation Service, cess pits, tramps everywhere, "lucky heather" sellers, no domestic telephones, unlit streets and so on. Get yourself a one-way time-travel ticket if you like!

[@jackcavendish8900]

@@HerbertTowersso why can’t you keep the good stuff and leave behind the bad?

[@janfurze5708]

11 years old and remember those scenes so well, and the trust we had in the Police. We were so lucky to live then and know community cohesion (mostly), discipline and respect. All gone for ever!

[@tonystrange7224]

How things have changed, and not for the better.

[@clivefinlay3901]

Opening shot: Black man just off bus approaches policeman, policeman gets out his truncheon at the ready………..😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@MrHennoGarvie]

Well they have, crime is down across the board, life was much more violent back in this video. Glad you enjoyed the propaganda though.

[@bastogne315]

Cars have destroyed Britain. Street footie is gone.

[@mvttx9851]

@@MrHennoGarvieit objectively was not.

[@MrHennoGarvie]

@@mvttx9851 look at crime stats on the government website mate, it objectively was. Not to mention reporting rates have only gone up. So its probably double as bad as the stats show.

[@stephencope7178]

This era was when the police were respected and the population had pride in their country.

[@hannahdraper]

Yep , and when police actually did their jobs and were disciplined , these policeman would be appalled by the state of the country and the state of leicester

[@lindawatts5102]

Yep and the polkice had a pride in their job and appearence

[@nigelbevan8449]

And you look at the police now..... They all look like members of the Waffen SS.

[@RogerEvans-dx4cs]

Yes, I was born in 1943. If you didn't respect the local Bobby, or misbehaved, and he ( yes, he ) saw you, you got a clip around the ear. Run home and tell your mother, all she would say was " it's your own damn fault " - imagine that happening today. When we saw a copper, we behaved ourselves.

[@bimbobaggypants4820]

You would never see a police officer with tattoos showing, mad hairstyles etc like they are now. They looked professional in them days and had authority.

[@Britkong]

They were once the most RESPECTED people in British society 🇬🇧

[@redberrysoftwarehklimited4040]

Even the British Bobby worked in Hong Kong until the sad end of the lease.

[@250RX_channel]

Was that before they tossed their own citizens in jail for speaking out against Islamic invasion of the island?

[@craigrothwell6144]

@@250RX_channel Yes it was.

[@kevincarroll1983]

There is a big difference between respect and fear. I'd argue they were the most FEARED members of society.

[@craigrothwell6144]

@@kevincarroll1983 Not by law abiding citizens though.

[@Oldwoman1977]

I really enjoyed watching that, it took me back to my childhood when you really could trust the police and look up to them.

[@nilsalmquist9424]

Ah civilization I can remember it well.

[@zeddeka]

You knew where you stood with the Krays, didn't you

[@sidewindersid4180]

​@@zeddekaTrue, it was far from perfect, but better in many ways than today's society.

[@Thecrazyvaclav]

The era of Dixon of dock Green, who was murdered in the last episode. But the good old days so everyone says

[@bastogne315]

Peter Sutcliffe thought so too.

[@nilsalmquist9424]

@@bastogne315 Frivolous at best.

[@shaunleat7124]

When Britain was fit place to live in plain simple lovingly warm no matter the weather a distant memory of my childhood

[@Khayyam-vg9fw]

Wait for the usual suspects to claim that in 1959 children still worked down coal mines, the electric light hadn't been invented and nobody had the vote.

[@daimontilley9860]

I had the pleasure and honour of being the Inspector in charge of that police station between 2000-2003. It was a bit different then, and sadly the station was closed in 2003.

[@HerbertTowers]

Shame on you. During your time in management the crime rate increased and more and more plods were becoming physically unfit.

[@puppets.and.muppets]

evening all

[@matthaxx7137]

@@HerbertTowers Shame on YOU Herbert Towers. How can you judge a man without knowing his works? It is bigoted attitudes like yours that have contributed to the demise of our society so bemoaned by the other commenters on this video.

[@thatguy1809]

@@HerbertTowers and how is that his fault? In the grand scheme of things, an Inspector can't do much in regards to the crime rate in an entire area

[@averagejoe8358]

​@@HerbertTowersHow can someone be that thick? Shame on YOU.

[@johngrant5448]

I remember those days. People don't realise just how far downhill Britain has gone. This country is now a disgrace.

[@250RX_channel]

Careful, Starmer might toss you in jail for speaking ill of his domain!

[@RayThackeray]

The last 12 years of Con government, Brexit and austerity did it.

[@250RX_channel]

@@RayThackeray austerity is stupid. I can’t figure out what the point of Boris Johnson was, he was a flop, Kier Starmer is a tyrant though. Tony Blair is probably the worst of them all.

[@RayThackeray]

@@250RX_channel Define how Starmer is a "Tyrant". I hated Blair for poodling to Bush's Iraq/Afghanistan war but his economy was the best the UK has ever seen.

[@thomashowe1509]

@@RayThackerayfast streaming people to go to jail for comments on Twitter, while letting out murderers, domestic abusers. Now that’s a serious case of self harm

[@Peterisgb]

If only it was like this today.

[@davidharwood9552]

I was born 1954. How are country has changed. No longer. RESPECT

[@gazza2933]

I quite agree David. I was born in 1953. As kids, we would cross the road if we saw the village bobby. Remember them? Just out of respect.

[@frankclough380]

I was 11 years old when that film was made. I remember the days when cops were Bobbies, smartly dressed and well spoken. One used to ride his bike down our street, he'd stop sometimes to speak with us kids and tell us not to play football in the middle of the road. Once, by mistake, I rode my bike the wrong way down a one way street in town center and crashed into the Bobby on traffic duty, I was terrified, the Bobby gave me a good telling off then let me go my way, but pushing my bike.

[@zeddeka]

CentRE

[@frankclough380]

@@zeddeka Sorry about that, I've been spending too much time on American media.

[@frankclough380]

@@dd52161 I am absolutely ancient, 78 years old and hoping to make my 80's. I remember a United Kingdom very different than the one we have today. The social and demographic changes have been massive and catastrophic, I do believe the UK is in rapid decline and the the future looks very bleak indeed.

[@199019852007]

76 not out

[@frankclough380]

@@dd52161 Unfortunately I believe the UK is in it's dying years, what has been lost is unrecoverable. It was great while it lasted but we are now entering uncharted waters. Something new will eventually emerge, but there will be much turmoil and what will emerge could well be much worse than what has been lost.

[@TheDrachman]

I was born in 1959, in England, a foreign country. How I wish we were there now

[@Matt_from_Florida]

A country forever lost to time.

[@angelacooper2661]

I would have been born eleven years later. My father was a Community Beat Officer - he joined the police force three years after this film came out. This was well before my time!

[@angelacooper2661]

​@@Matt_from_FloridaRather difficult for me to evaluate that observation - born in 1970 and so a later generation!

[@londo776]

Spotted another racist

[@londo776]

@@Matt_from_Florida And a good job too

[@Failedcivvy]

Fantastic, thanks for posting. How we have lost our way…☹️

[@TheDrachman]

My daughter was out on the town a couple of weeks ago in another midlands city not far from Leicester. She watched a man being stabbed during a fight, watched - watched- by the police, and when she remonstrated with one of them, she was told that they'd wait until the fight was over and then take whoever was stabbed to hospital.....needless to say, at 18, she has no sense of safety on the streets, even with coppers standing nearby. They do nothing.

[@elizabliss6528]

Surely they'd call an ambulance to take the injured to hospital?? And what about arresting the knife wielders?? Calling for backup if outnumbered?? What the heck!

[@Arthur54321]

Deriliction of duty.

[@quantisedspace7047]

She's lucky she wasn't arrested for remonstrating with the Polis.

[@harbourcycles7756]

A different world

[@AFaceintheCrowd01]

A better world in many ways.

[@SunofYork]

@@AFaceintheCrowd01 polio/outside toilets etc etc etc

[@palacehaunter5442]

Still the same

[@zeddeka]

​@@AFaceintheCrowd01because you were young?

[@charlie891]

@@palacehaunter5442where are all the people in tracksuits?

[@nigelhall6714]

What a wonderful film...shame this approach is now long gone...

[@MrHennoGarvie]

What happened when they got a 'suspect' in the cell though? A lot of custody deaths and injuries back then. No thanks

[@ArcticVXR1]

@@MrHennoGarvie ? who cares. People who got locked up back then where actual criminals. What a strange thing to say

[@MikeH401]

Shame the public behaviour and standards have deteriorated

[@Khayyam-vg9fw]

@@MrHennoGarvie Still happens.

[@josephstanton4872]

Wonderful film? It's a comedy😮

[@stevedudley3322]

A copper, 6 feet at least a couple of gallantry ribbons on his tunic, and was not afraid to cuff you if you cheecked him

[@hugovandermeer1566]

Definitely, great days, which I remember only too well! Brilliant country then, really brilliant.

[@karenblackadder1183]

​@@hugovandermeer1566The most mischief we ever got into was walking behind the local bobby singing the theme from 'Dixon of Dock Green'

[@tjm3900]

This video could well have been about my father. He joined the police after coming out of the Army, and we grew up in a police house. Police were given housing as part of the job. A big deal during the post war housing shortage. Neighbors would come knocking at our door any time, day or night.

[@Johnsmith-uk2gi]

This is what treacherous politicians have denied us.

[@luiathmorgan7709]

It's about how they have conned British citizen out of their rights ie council tax England included water . Now English pay 2 taxes . 1989 Council tax paid for Policing like this now it's a corporations based around money & Neighbourhood Watch Networks getting share of the police budget . Community policing it's termed .

[@robertp.wainman4094]

I love these old films - even the starting music portrays a sense of optimism.....instead of the doom and gloom of a similar production nowadays!

[@Cupit29]

Yeah because it's propaganda 🤣

[@johnogrady2418]

@@Cupit29 Yeah. The cops could beat you close to death back in those days. And if you were poor? Who cared.

[@riderofthewhitehorse8879]

Its funny... When you stop recruiting ex-Soldiers and recruit University Students instead the quality of Policing goes down... Wonder what the correlation is...?

[@tech-rich]

It's become a very unattractive job. Underfunded, under constant scrutiny and pressure.

[@favesongslist]

@@tech-rich Most men had seen action back then, and did their best to secure the values they had fought for. How the UK has changed!

[@colinthomas5462]

​@@favesongslistvery true.

[@normanpearson8753]

Diversity training in the Army is woeful . ( Sarcasm the intention here).

[@MrHammerkop]

Holding a degree gives 'em notions, even with the Mickey Mouse degrees in social studies that they dish out like party hats these days.

[@paradox7358]

Very depressing to see how far our police service has fallen.

[@paddymurphy-oconnor8255]

And society in general.

[@nickhill941]

Not really, police corruption and ‘fit ups’ were absolutely rife in those days

[@JP-et6fj]

It's not the police that have declined, its 'us'. Society is atomised and violent

[@Khayyam-vg9fw]

@@nickhill941 And the corollary is that they aren't now?

[@davewhiteside6698]

Very depressing to see how far society in general has fallen! This once proud God fearing nation has turned way from God and gone its own way. Is it any wonder the country is in such a mess? As the Bible tells us, "Seek ye the Lord while He may be found; call upon Him while He is near"

[@RolandoRatas]

No knocking on the door to check your 'thinking' or what you post on wall posters.

[@simhthmss]

"We are concerned over something you said about a controversial topic at the church meeting last week, you're nicked!"

[@Cupit29]

This was during the Red Scare 😅 They absolutely were rounding people up for their political views

[@squirehaggard4749]

@@Cupit29oh ffs no they weren’t. What overwrought tv drama did you see that in?

[@Cupit29]

@@squirehaggard4749 It's basic history ffs 😅

[@Chafflives]

And still not.

[@barb4645]

Thanks for posting such a moving film. At the time it would have been a very ordinary and normal piece of film. Today, it’s moving, haunting and sad precisely because this “normality” is forever lost

[@iandeare1]

My father was in Dundee City Police, and Angus Constabulary: 1951 - '73 An old-fashioned Bobby; exactly like this! He was a great believer in foot patrol, it meant he knew the people, and they knew him - often nipping trouble in the bud, with little fuss, and long before it could escalate

[@wetleyrocks3092]

At any moment, I was expecting to see Wallace & Gromit come flying around the corner in an Austin A30 van

[@mrobo9037]

😅🤣😂👍

[@petehall889]

A lovely film - thank you for showing it. I grew up I the 1950s and I wish life was like that now. The police were respected, not insulted then. The current lack of parental discipline of kids in the home and in school is regrettable - they are told they have 'human rights'. I was occasionally spanked at home and caned at school and it put me in my place. Now, kids raise two fingers at authority, because they know there's little or no comeback. Very sad and worrying!

[@L0ND0NITE]

I’m literally in mourning for my country

[@samlittle-lx9jo]

IT'S ANGLOPHOBIC

[@linjubar]

You are not alone. 😢

[@hannahdraper]

Same it’s really upsetting and I wasn’t even alive then 🥲🥲🥲

[@HowieHoward-ti3dx]

The cop should have deported that black guy at the beginning. I bet he and his descendants are ruining the nation along with the other non wh!tes.

[@keithjackman8886]

A time when a Policeman was also an Officer and a Gentleman. Alas, those days are long gone.

[@woodyspooner]

@keithjackman8886 2024, a police officer is likely to be pervert or rapist or a violent thug or corrupt. How times have changed 😕

[@paddymurphy-oconnor8255]

Now he’s more like to come after you for your social media comments.

[@richardwillson101]

Why should they be "a gentleman" when people don't listen to them, don't respect them and even assault/kill them? That sort of attitude doesn't work today, so a different approach has to be taken? I didn't see that child spit on him and say "F****g PIG", which I have seen many a time in real life. Nor did I see him holding back 5 teenagers trying to assault him whilst people stood around laughing and filming it, only to claim he was being "heavy handed" when he pins one to the ground in self defence.

[@neilurquhart8622]

@@woodyspoonerYou’re talking misleading nonsense. The vast majority of cops today are honest, hardworking people trying to deal with knife carriers, druggies, thugs, vehicle driving idiots…etc

[@georgepatterson3428]

@@woodyspoonerHateful, untrue comment

[@custardcream2226]

A softly spoken "move along there please" is enough to send the people on their way. Can you imagine it now...

[@jasoncutler4645]

Although it doesn't mention the city, it is indeed Leicester. The railway station featured is Leicester Central which closed in 1969.

[@Rogsie-p6l]

Thought it was!

[@garethmorgan3665]

A nice , was wondering. I thought I made out Leicester on the side of that lorry .

[@mobileentertainment575]

'By his mere presence he will deter many wrongdoers'... Pity the police have forgotten that. If I see a policeman on the beat I will ask for his/her autograph.

[@itsweb1584]

You say that like it’s the police officers fault

[@BlatentlyFakeName]

The police were more effective back then because they were pro-active and there was a lot more of them on the streets. Would you see police checking buildings were secure now? Would you ****, they don't care even if someone does break in, they just tell you to phone your insurer.

[@hanndonfield91]

Because back then the police didn't have to tolerate as much bullshit

[@TITAOTT-3A]

@@hanndonfield91yep

[@Jack-sd3hh]

See loads on foot in my area. We have a named beat officer

[@vmax42dave]

The year of my birth - also, my Dad (ex Forces) was a Bobby on the beat with his own Push-Bike! Got knocked off by a truck in Sleaford - ended up in CID Grantham Rip Dad..

[@Wench64]

Back then people respected them they were smart and friendly, we were told if you were lost or needed help you went to them, now they are not as friendly, we had police on the the beat you only see them in a car, so they don't know the people in the area, we had a beautiful blue brick police station near us, it was knocked down and rebuilt, then you couldn't go to the desk, I remember as kids we took some kittens we had found the kids were frightened that someone would kill them, and they put them in a box, and got someone to pick them up

[@maximcooper4036]

The real issue with this is not the police, it’s funding from government. The reason you only see them in a car nowadays is because there are so few that they’re stretched over much greater distances. Also the same reason for closing the stations, not enough funding to keep them open. Blame the people in charge

[@joe-vl3nd]

My uncle John was a policeman from Ruby in the Midlands in the 70s I remember him as smart professional a real British policeman Well respected by the community Unfortunately all are gone in 50 years Very sad

[@ianwatts8446]

In the days when you were only as good as your last arrest...collaring a burglar exiting the premises would have been a pat on back from the Gaffer and your credibility on the shift was maintained..Loved my 25 years you spoke to everyone and they spoke back, you felt respected and gave respect back, you had a sense of purpose and you only ever dealt with those who needed dealing with. I joined wearing a smart uniform like that and left wearing something looking like I was about to be bundled out the back of an aircraft. You took the Oath and served the public....something has seriously got lost along the way.

[@robhardingham6770]

Where do we start, disposing of physical requirements, Uniform standards, Too much academia involved. Can you recall when you had to learn your definitions and points to prove for offences? Too much nonsense talking giving a load of waffle to a simple question (bullshit baffles brains sort of thing) Social media, IT systems that actually make more work and take a lot longer to do- all in the name of progress.... Anymore anyone?

[@davidc4408]

Thanks for your service. ❤

[@maximcooper4036]

@@robhardingham6770are you saying it’s bad that officers should know the definitions of crimes and points to prove for offences!??

[@robhardingham6770]

@@maximcooper4036 No far from it. Ask a probationer what they are taught, these don't appear on the list as prevalent as they should.

[@maximcooper4036]

@@robhardingham6770 you’re right to be honest. I’m actually a probationer currently and the only one they really focus the points to prove on is for theft

[@leedobson]

The days when you weren't arrested for your thoughts and policemen were smart, physically imposing, professional and respected

[@admiralcraddock464]

Now many of them look like Robocops with anti stab vests, tazers, pepper spray, Asps, handcuffs and bodycams....oh, not forgetting the heavily tattooed arms and necks.

[@speckledjim_]

My uncle (we called him Pc Shiny boots) was a cop back in the black and white days and yeah cops were different back then, smart, friendly, physically imposing and fair.

[@zeddeka]

Russian troll

[@zeddeka]

​@speckledjim_vos you russian trolls are pathetic. Everyone knows how utterly corrupt the police were back then. You're not fooling anybody.

[@MargaretMcLaughlin-c7d]

​@@admiralcraddock464Wow, yes! All that kit - its come a long, long way from a truncheon, a pair of handcuffs and - of course - the trusty notebook. Those really were the days.😟

[@London1064]

Superb video of life in better times

[@zeddeka]

Because you were young. It really wasn't better times whatsoever

[@London1064]

@zeddeka Your opinion not mine!

[@kenneth2656]

@@zeddeka They were absolutely better times.

[@flyhi2773]

​@@zeddekaOh they were definitely better times. Hard for some but they still are for many, but this is civilisation. Civilised. Civil. Today's police are thugs hardly in uniform, more armed and with body armour, attracting thugs basically.

[@johnogrady2418]

@@flyhi2773 They had a lot more burial places for you if it came to that. Let the rain fall for a couple of months and let the critters feast...

[@Lucy0809]

Oh how we need this now more than ever

[@345seadog]

I bloody loved the 60s and would go back to those wonderful times in the blink of an eye.

[@petererle5194]

I joined the police in 1959. This film brings it all back to me. Walking the beat was the best job but sadly the job started to change in the late sixties. Respect of the public had to be earned and it was largely reciprocated.

[@jamesgraham6122]

Those of us growing up during this idyllic period should be forgiven for feeling frustrated at what our country has become. For those too young, this was England while it still was England. We did have criminals, serious criminals, but they were mostly concerned with activities that didn't impact greatly on the general public...Muggings were unheard of, shoplifting was a serious offence and the police would use their judgement when dealing with the general public both on the street and driving cars. We didn't appreciate at the time how privileged we were to be English. Watching that policeman assisting the young girl having fallen off her bicycle.. he would have to be very careful today not to have to explain himself for laying hands on her... Thank god I won't be around a generation from now to see what this country will be suffering.

[@aflaz171]

Picked up the owner of the store because his door was unlocked. Brought a dog along to sniff out intruders. No doubt, drove the owner home. Now that's a police force!

[@jkkay477]

They also knocked over a stack of shoe boxes lol

[@patpending8134]

@@jkkay477 And upset the cat!

[@johnogrady2418]

Fanciful...

[@barbsussex3865]

I can well remember those heady days. Like ancient history now, looking at the video!

[@MrTrevor181]

Complete contrast in british policing compared to now.

[@EvanJ-g8n]

because modern police are filmed in colour yeah?

[@StarSprangledBanner]

Get off the internet

[@adamdavidson2858]

65 years how did it go so badly wrong

[@dokkenratt]

Alas, politician traitors.

[@Loki-and-Thor]

11:48 The police dog came upon a cat burglar!

[@andrewnelson3681]

Our country and society was as close to perfect then, as it ever could have been. Every deviation from the standards expected and practised then has been a backwards step. RIP Great Britain.

[@Blorp_]

“Was as close to perfect then, as it ever could have been” unreal, the delusion is actually astounding

[@UhtredRagnarsson1949]

Yes! I do remember seeing one of these when I was a kid; in the late 50's. He was just like this.

[@CTE-hs2qe]

This is when police were actually police and was respectful to citizens as was citizens to police. People were much safer then because they protected people

[@johnmargetts-b1c]

I saw a bobby on the beat in central Oxford the other day. A rare sighting indeed and I went up to her saying how nice it was that she was there. If the police need to regain the respect they once had they need to get back on the beat and get to know the people and area they are policing.

[@johnogrady2418]

And take notes...

[@trevorgiddings3053]

I remember these days and NO ONE can tell me it’s better now because it isn’t.

[@PeopleMakePictures]

My dad was a copper for 30 years in the 60's 70's and 80's. He wore his uniform just like the film. And patrolled his local town streets. Now they've closed the local station and the larger town sends a patrol car to drive around the town for 15 minutes, every 2 hours. If only people realised they are completely unprotected for hours everyday. What's happened.

[@markandaimeelou]

Police cadets should be made to watch this film and maybe one day the UK police service might be respected again!

[@aanttz4803]

1959 - 1 policeman to 650 people and safe to walk the street 2024 - 1 policeman to 440 people and UNsafe everywhere

[@leeosborne3793]

It's not unsafe everywhere.

[@paulnewton3059]

Where on earth did you get those figures, you just made them up? The population has quadrupled and a police officer has far more expected of him than back in the day.

[@importantjohn]

Crime is much lower today (it’s actually at a record low)

[@terryfarren667]

​@@importantjohnPlease can you provide us with the proof that crime is at a record low?

[@Roblovesbushcraft]

B0ll0cks​@@importantjohn

[@bruhman2089]

"A policeman to be servants, not the masters of the public." If only todays police followed this mentality instead of power tripping on some citizens.

[@ashwayn]

Walked the beat day and night knew everybody and their names

[@robbringbackthe50s10]

Please transport me back there now, I love a lunchtime meal!

[@johnmayer8438]

It would be interesting to see a remake of the films locations and people.

[@MancaveManbower]

Agreed; Looks like could be leaving ‘home’ at No.1 Jersey Road Leicester then (having turned right) cycling down Border Road, then later (possibly) in King Street Leicester?

[@williamdavies1373]

For anyone wondering, this is Leicester in 1959

[@deansmith9232]

I was born 1958 in uk remember a lot of times like this before we moved abroad it’s amazing the changes!

[@hannahdraper]

The roads and streets were spotless

[@johnogrady2418]

The roads and streets were NOT spotless. Squalor and mess were normal back then.

[@leoroverman4541]

I was a copper in 1974 for a couple of years, No chance we'll ever go back to that, we were the last of that ilk. All changed in '76

[@Bruno-tm3xo]

Why and how ?

[@leoroverman4541]

@@Bruno-tm3xo if you really want to know why it all changed? Pay and conditions. The down side was those who were coppers before then wanted to do the job, after that time they wanted the Money.

[@lewtube6436]

I weep at what we once had but have now lost.

[@Ytwhna]

Society was different then. This guy would get all the “what you gunna do about it bruv?” And “don’t touch me or I’ll sue you.” In the 50s, a copper would give you a good whack and you wouldn’t talk like that again.

[@peterpisspotty3052]

The year I was born - how times have changed in 65 short years 😢😢😢

[@NoContextRDH]

A respected authority figure who loves his country, his community and most importantly the people in it.

[@j.wwilson4866]

Now a lot of the UK officers can barely speak English fluently

[@Jackomac43]

Source?

[@j.wwilson4866]

@@Jackomac43 kzbin.infosBv--n7NkPU?feature=shared

[@zestwoodsdarlin]

@@Jackomac43Pulled straight from their back end

[@j.wwilson4866]

@@zestwoodsdarlinI d i o t posted reply few times shock it doesn’t come up hold on ill try again

[@j.wwilson4866]

@@zestwoodsdarlin kzbin.infoCfPNKerlPeI?si=h1OOq-VhCh2-biaS

[@stephenlang3135]

Happier days

[@zeddeka]

They really, really weren't. Everything was just brushed under the carpet

[@Jackomac43]

Happier for who? You?

[@bogglesbiggins1101]

@@zeddeka Such as?...

[@angelaknight7184]

I was born 1960, but these were our England the good old days.we’re have we gone ❤

[@Richard.Allsop]

An elegy to a world lost forever.

[@barbaraannecortina7899]

I thought that this film was set in Southampton...until I saw a BMMO S14 saloon (that's one of Midland Red's own buses to those not into buses) by the bus station, not to mention the municipal buses when I realised it was Leicester. Why they didn't mention Leicester as the city in question is beyond me; after all, this was fourteen years after the end of the war!

[@GaryGeezer-l2s]

Leicester is now a third world cesspit.

[@jeanroberts8262]

I would love to be back then it was so very much appreciated thank you today 👍

[@user-dd9nj7zv5b]

Everything so very different back then,when everyone had a lot more respect 🙏 for each other it's not the same anymore, Great Pity wish we could go back

[@Cupit29]

This is propaganda, mate 😅 We can't go back to something that never really existed

[@tominnis8353]

Those were the days when Britain was British.

[@londo776]

Let's think what you mean I think you Mean you dont like brown faces in your town

[@sheerluckholmes7720]

@@londo776 I think you may be overthinking.🙄 I went to school with John Brown,Barry White,Peter Blacker and David Green. Barry White was my best friend,and he was black,😨Peter Blacker was my next best friend and he was white,😲David wasn't green and John Brown's face was only50% brown...freckles can do that.😱... 🥱

[@250RX_channel]

How weird, you mean the country was comprised of its own citizens? That makes no sense! I thought countries were comprised of foreigners- being sarcastic of course. It’s a shame! America is the same way. Different from the 80’s when I grew up.

[@NBK-Misc-zk3be]

Uncontrolled immigration of folk with values that are at odds with British values and poor integration efforts by the government have have lead to this situation in the UK---and also the US. You have parts of town that have high crime and low development and society clamors for a heavy handed response and that degrades the culture of the police force that begin to look more like a paramilitary force in occupation enforcing martial law. I live in the US and our police's first response is an overwhelming (rather than "measured") use of force to control every situation. Folk distrust the police and the police distrusts every citizen.

[@johnogrady2418]

@@NBK-Misc-zk3be Bullies Only Understand A Bigger Fist.

[@Zippsterman]

7:13 That stern look is something I gotta work on before I have kids

[@peterpisspotty3052]

I couldn't watch this to the end, it's so upsetting. Everything is so horrible here in the UK now.

[@resnonverba137]

Wonderful to again hear the word, 'policewoman', used.

[@ArcticVXR1]

Good times. None of this DEI or Woke weirdness back then and people having multicoloured mental illnesses.

[@zestwoodsdarlin]

@@ArcticVXR1Jesus you sound like a parrot

[@quantisedspace7047]

I'm not sure I know what a police woman is.

[@quantisedspace7047]

​@@zestwoodsdarlinJesus sounds Ike a parrot?! Well, yes, he does, because he's (temporarily) shuffled off this mortal coil and gone to visit the choirs eternal

[@Blorp_]

@@quantisedspace7047reading comprehension isn’t your strong suit