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Open Day 2022

The BTPHG Open Day was held at Euston BTP station on Thursday (13/10/2022).

Those who attended are agreed that the Open Day was a great success.

There were 187 items on display, including pictures, posters and 4 video clips and numerous electronic photos. Approximately 70 visitors attended over the course of the day, mainly members – both retired and serving – and quite a few serving officers and guests, who hopefully were impressed with their first taster of the group. We are grateful to the Force publicising the event on the Force intranet.

Chair Phil Trendall comments:

“When the idea came up I underestimated the amount of labour that would be required in the run up and on the day. This meant that a few people ended up doing a huge amount of work. 

John Owen and Ed Thompson carried the brunt of the preparation work and we ended up with a proud shop window for the Group and for our history. Our collection is our jewel in the crown and if the Group had not worked to safeguard it we would have had nothing to display.

Please can I say a big well done to everybody concerned. Our visitors enjoyed it and I know I did.

A special thank you to CI Tara Doyle for the use of the police station and thanks to her staff, and Karen, Rae and Stuart for their help on the day.”

Photos courtesy of Viv Head and Phil Trendall.

Some comments on Facebook from attendees:

AT: “It was an excellent display. Super work being carried out by the BTP History Group.”

RP: “Respect to the team who put on the show. Really informative and a trigger for fond memories. Good to catch up with a few old colleagues.”

DE: “A huge thank-you to The British Transport Police History Group who offered a fantastic amount of memorabilia on display at Euston today, it was a pleasure to meet ex colleagues, who all looked so healthy and happy. Very interesting visit. Thank-you once again.”

 

 

BTPHG OPEN DAY

The Euston Arch in the 1890s

 

As previously advised we will be holding an Open Day on Thursday 13th October at Euston BTP Station. This is a first for the Group and is therefore something of an experiment.

The Open Day can be attended by serving and retired BTP and BTPA staff, other members of the BTPHG and members of voluntary and support groups associated with the force. Visitors are welcome to call in any time between 10:00 and 16:00 hours.

The Chief Constable has indicated that she will visit.

Members will be aware that the Group’s historical collection is housed at Euston – thanks to the generosity of the divisional commander, the sector commander and the officer in charge. We will be displaying a selection of artefacts, documents, films and photographs from the collection and members of the committee will be on hand to talk about the history of railway, dock and canal policing and our plans for the future of the BTPHG. We have a proud history and we are very keen to show what the Group has done to preserve the physical evidence of our past.

Euston is an operational police station so we need to know the names of members attending in advance, so checks can be made ‘on the door’. This is not necessary if you have a current BTP Warrant or ID Card. You are welcome to pop in at any time during the day but please indicate if you are likely to visit in the morning or the afternoon.

We will reassess the situation if a rail strike is called for this date.

The police office at Euston is in the same place it has been since the late sixties – on the western side of the station near Melton Street.

If you plan on visiting us please notify the Chair. Members can use the contact information shown in the recent email, or use the Contact form.

We look forward to seeing as many of you as possible.

BTPHG Committee

 

Image: Wikipedia / Archimaps (Public Domain)