A GROUP of retired senior police officers visited the Cheshire Museum of Policing in Warrington to reminisce about their time serving with the force.
Ten retired Cheshire senior officers of varying roles visited the museum on Arpley Stree.
D/Supt Frank Ball, Ch Supt Derek Barnett, Ch Supt Gary Finchett, D/Ch Supt Phil Charlton, Ch Insp Steve Gould, Ch Supt Tim Jackson, D/Supt Richard Hood and D/Ch Supt Steve Wilkins were in the party.
Also among the guests was retired Detective Superintendent and the museum’s own researcher, Will Brown and retired Deputy Chief Constable Graeme Gerrard, who first raised the idea of bringing a policing museum to Cheshire.
The senior officers were given a tour of the museum and enjoyed seeing their old haunts, beats and various items of equipment, uniforms and historic policing artefacts on display within the museum.
The group regularly keep in touch but for most, it was their first time visiting the museum, and some their first time in a police station for 20 years.
Peter Hampson, Museum of Policing manager, said: “The trip brought back happy memories for the officers, who were mostly senior CID Detectives.
“They enjoyed seeing their former offices and the museum cells – where they had spent many hours with offenders.”
Retired Chief Superintendent Phil Charlton, added: “It was a fabulous visit to the museum and a great trip down memory lane.”
Cheshire’s Policing Museum is an independent charity run by volunteers in co-operation with Cheshire Constabulary to allow members of the public the chance to explore the history of policing within the region.
It is home to a large collection of policing artefacts; including handcuffs and shackles, murder weapons and police equipment that has been preserved from local police stations from across the Constabulary’s history.
For more information, visit the Museum of Policing http://www.museumofpolicingincheshire.org.uk/website or call 01606 365803
