December 2021 – British Transport Police History Group

Someone’s Still Watching

Retired BTP officer and BTPHG member Steve Barnbrook has a new crime fiction novel out.

From the information supplied:

Something strange is happening at the dilapidated run down Children’s Home Alldahope. The local Police do not seem to be interested in the sinister goings on despite some worrying events and suspicious homicides. Can dedicated officer Shirley Wallows and her oddball group of colleagues get to the find out the chilling truth or will the collection of waifs and strays be abandoned and left to their fate. Not everything and everyone are what they seem to be.

‘Someone’s Still Watching’ is Steve’s second book in the series and follows the exploits of Shirley Wallows. The settings and locations are based in and around his hometown of Stourbridge.

Prior to retirement Steve was stationed at Birmingham and the Midlands area, and spent much of his career within the Scenes of Crime / Forensic Department. Whilst his books are fictional, many of the individual scenes depicted are loosely based on real events.

The book is available from Amazon.co.uk

ISBN: 9798753798589

That Was the Year That Was

Chair’s YEAR END Message 2021

Our Chair, Phil Trendall, has written an end of the year summary which has been emailed to members.

It can also be found here: That Was The Year That Was

Season’s Greetings!

I thought I’d make a change from my usual roaring log fire picture this year.

🎄Last year I hoped for a better new year than the last, it didn’t work out that way for many of us, but nevertheless a seasonal greeting from all of us at the BTPHG 🎄.
And let’s look forward to a much happier New Year (again)!

LNER Policeman During WW2

Embed from Getty Images

Whilst looking for some images of NER Policeman (for a different project) I came across these two images featuring the LNER.

It’s always interesting what you can randomly come across.

The description reads: Two Police officer dog handlers, one a sergeant and one a constable working with the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) slip a leash on a police dog at a LNER goods depot in England during World War II on 10th September 1942.

(Photo by Calcraft/Popperfoto via Getty Images)

A Reminder to Members

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