In amongst the black and white photos again and some old newspaper cuttings. 1967 when Archie McGuire and I received heroism awards from Provost Frank Feeney of Loanhead after rescuing James Hislop from his upper flat in Dalum Court which was on fire - bit of a hectic night - the benefits of working alone with no radios in those days. Also in the photo was Mrs Merrillees, wife of the Chief Constable, Sir William Merrillees.
Onwards a few years and we have a real line up of the original Lothian and Peebles Community Involvement Department, not too clear as this was from the paper again, we all had fine heads of hair in those days !!! and our caps were struggling to stay on. Have to say that we were a brilliant Department and good at our job.
The phote at the pit head, Bilston Glen Colliery, in August 1974 when I organised a vist for a number of colleagues. Along with the group we had an old friend of mine, Cyril Baxter MBE, who worked for the Britsh Council out in Bahrain, he had brought one of his students over to visit Scotland , Ramzi Mendeel - where he was certainly given a visit of a lifetime - the two ladies, Valerie Archibald and Hilde Peacock were police women at Dalkeith.
On this occasion all on the visit were properly dressed for the trip and took the whole thing very seriously . On an earlier trip to Monktonhall Colliery there were some who went down wearing street clothes and footwear (this was long before Health and Safety went OTT) - what a mess these folks ended up in, ruined clothes and , believe it or not , high heel shoes. WHAT NEXT ????
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