I recognise all these officers although I was based at Brixton we took our prisoners to Gypsy Hill when I was on the crime squad. I hope your dad is still doing well. It seems like only just now to me so astonishing how time flies.
and this is exactly how my first nick at Kings Cross looked and the way we all went about our business. Happy days, when London had a police force instead of the cast of a West End Show
1:40 "So I told him, becuase of the condition of the car, we better leave it there. So he said "Right officer, call me a taxi." So I did, I said "you're a Taxi' Sir."
4:50 "anyone can pop in at any time for advice, or just to say hello if you like" 😂😂 I'm gonna pop in to my next station, go up to the front desk and just say "Hello".
Renee Macrae @0:55. Her body and that of her son have never been found. The prime suspect, her lover (and, allegedly, the missing boy’s father), was finally arrested in 2019 and is due to stand trial this year.
Gypsy Hill, the one-time boundary between The Met and Croydon Police. Croydon officers had their day jobs and only paraded at night, showing their appointments of two flintlock pistols and one cutlass each. A frequent cause of dismissal was that of pawning their issued pistols to buy grog.
This is so good. The eternal tussle: justice on the one side, disorder on the other, the police unequivocally on the right side. I think this is a good approximation to the way the world used to be, perhaps even a good approximation to the way the world now is. Thanks for the upload. - (signed) Toomas Karmo, in Nõo Rural Municipality, south-central Estonia
London was very dark and seedy in those days. It looked grim and dirty, but also had so really shocking things going on. Piccadilly Circus and all the major train stations for example were notorious for the very visible child prostitution that went on there. Lots of adult prostitution too. Police corruption was off the Richter Scale.
15:35 "Allow me to finish, please... "Specifically, lack of proper cleaning routines; dirty and greasy filters; greasy and encrusted deep fat fryer; dirty, cracked, and stained food preparation surfaces; dirty, cracked, and missing wall and floor tiles; dirty, marked, and stained utensils..."
Times have changed, it was rough back then, policing has changed a great deal as has the demographic & politics of contemporary London. Whilst I have no love for the police on the whole, they did & do an unenviable job. It must have been hard to make a case without CCTV, powerful computors and all the modern tech that modern day police have access to. Thanks for uploading this gem.
@th8257 No political correctness, no wokism, no recruiting or promotions based on skin color, gender or sexual orientation. Give me coppers who weren't afraid of the criminals, unlike today.
5:10 In my City in 2023, seven police officers are assigned 24/7/365 to look after 45,000 people, even on sick days and holidays. Thats 6500 people per police officer,
Looking at this and thinking it's wonderful it like looking like a newsroom from the same period and thinking its wonderful. The world has move on darlings.
@3:50...."but the officer's already admitted that your head hit the wall as you tried to run away".That made me EXPLODE with knowing laughter!.Me and half the known universe!. He'll be falling up the lift shaft next!.Must admit though, coppers had something SERIOUS swinging between their legs back then.My dad and brothers were all long time criminals with mouth AND action to back it up...BUT ,when the coppers were at our house, as they were more than not, they always had a distinct RESPECT.Not for the corrupt system and establishment that PAID them to keep it that way (did any copper SERIOUSLY think he WASN'T working to keep it that way?)but respect for the fact that if they failed to show deference they would find themselves on the "wrong side" of PC this or Sgt. that.Not a place they wanted to be.I myself will admit that coppers back then were physically imposing MEN, with height, width and stature.Today they are just SO lightweight and insignificant.Theire MUST have been specific regulations to physical "presence" ,certainly to height....I have been watching an old 1960's series, Gideon's Way. Some of the uniformed coppers in that are immensely tall and broad, the comparison to today is remarkable.
What is a police station ? As its now 2023 and police stations are long gone in England and are no more. Never seen police work or talk like in this video either. The video don't show the money taking and bribery, nor officers snorting coke and having non concentual sex while at work.
It can only be late 1978 or early 1979. The WPC on beat duty is wearing a "Smurf" hat. They were considered so awful they were withdrawn after just a few months.
hold on a minute, this can't possibly be mid 70s. 1971/2 is my guess. i used to live in gipsy hill and i know it well. always completely fkt. i know so much about this area. my family and i lived on roman rise just at the adjunct of central hill estate. we moved to cologne. who wouldn't? two daughters? no thank you. goodbye. some places are just cursed. it's not called gipsy hill for nothing.
@@TheWorldofGood79 they mentioned a *SPECIFIC* day and date, *_THURSDAY 6TH APRIL_* and with an R reg Austin allegro, I've worked out using old calendars, this is 1978, the only other 1970s year with Thursday 6th April was 1972
There is a genuine missing persons poster shown near the beginning of the film, Christina "Renee" MacRea and her son, Andrew. They disappeared on 12th November 1976, therefore the film was made after that date. In 2019 William MacDowell was charged with the murders and was sentenced in 2022 to 30 years minimum, but died after only six months in prison.
2:10 Seems like all low level crime they dealing with. Now in 2023 the UK police won't bother with any of this low level crime and take the day of with pay.😮😮😮
That STyle Of Police AlonG WiTh The Police STaTionS LonG Gone All It Is Now Is Politically Correct P.C.s Wearing That Months Rainbow Or Coloured Wristband.... Metropolitan Police R.I.P.
Back in the day when the police were real law enforcement officers , no nonsense policing, can you imagine the woke lot of police we have today behaving like this .LOL
Scrap PACE, Disband the IOPC, increase pay by £24,000, £10,000 'golden handshake' for any good shooting. Have Bail solely at the discretion of a panel of Superintendents
Back in the days when the cops actually fought crime, not sit around babysitting protestors, protecting hate filled pro terrorist protestors in the streets, arresting people for Facebook posts or having some just out of school cop who knows not what they are doing and have to ask their "sarge" who is equally clueless.
4:50 😂😂😂 In 2023 if you do, and even if you find a open police station and go inside a say hello, they arrest you for anything they just made up, kick you around the cell a bit, and then take you somewhere and never to be seen again.
It's the 1970's More exactly, probably 1974. Iran wasn't destroyed (yet) and other Middle eastern countries were fine. They had no need to move to England, and as we can see, there were a few coloured in the film. This was before immigration changed the country vastly.
@@mohammadabdulsayedahmed289 so what are you a racist black boi ! What the guy said Is true , just because you dont like his answer doesn't make it any less true .
My dad is in this film! Still can't believe how young he looks in those days
I recognise all these officers although I was based at Brixton we took our prisoners to Gypsy Hill when I was on the crime squad. I hope your dad is still doing well. It seems like only just now to me so astonishing how time flies.
respect to your dad
and this is exactly how my first nick at Kings Cross looked and the way we all went about our business. Happy days, when London had a police force instead of the cast of a West End Show
1:40
"So I told him, becuase of the condition of the car, we better leave it there. So he said "Right officer, call me a taxi." So I did, I said "you're a Taxi' Sir."
This was such a laugh, my old stomping ground in the 70s and 80s, really took me back, had no idea Gipsy Hill nick was so active.....
4:50 "anyone can pop in at any time for advice, or just to say hello if you like"
😂😂 I'm gonna pop in to my next station, go up to the front desk and just say "Hello".
You try and find one! Our ex-police stn is a children's nursery.
"Car parked for a while with a foreign looking bloke in it"....different times.
Now that’s normal today
Renee Macrae @0:55. Her body and that of her son have never been found. The prime suspect, her lover (and, allegedly, the missing boy’s father), was finally arrested in 2019 and is due to stand trial this year.
I’ve just searched it, he was found guilty and sentenced to life with a minimum of 30 years. Terribly sad the two bodies have never been found.
@@CovRealist He died last year, after serving just a few months of his sentence.
Can’t believe this is from my area, that’s when you would get a clip round the ear for been cheeky.
Gypsy Hill, the one-time boundary between The Met and Croydon Police.
Croydon officers had their day jobs and only paraded at night, showing their appointments of two flintlock pistols and one cutlass each.
A frequent cause of dismissal was that of pawning their issued pistols to buy grog.
This is better than traffic cops and police interceptors all rolled into one 🤣
Watching these videos is heartbreaking . Just goes to show you . The betrayal of the UK 🇬🇧 Country & Citizens.
What a mess things have become
This is so good. The eternal tussle: justice on the one side, disorder on the other, the police unequivocally on the right side. I think this is a good approximation to the way the world used to be, perhaps even a good approximation to the way the world now is. Thanks for the upload. - (signed) Toomas Karmo, in Nõo Rural Municipality, south-central Estonia
Only watched this to see what London looked like before I was born.
London was very dark and seedy in those days. It looked grim and dirty, but also had so really shocking things going on. Piccadilly Circus and all the major train stations for example were notorious for the very visible child prostitution that went on there. Lots of adult prostitution too. Police corruption was off the Richter Scale.
I was 10 years old myself in A.D 1976
Better ,trust me
15:35 "Allow me to finish, please...
"Specifically, lack of proper cleaning routines; dirty and greasy filters; greasy and encrusted deep fat fryer; dirty, cracked, and stained food preparation surfaces; dirty, cracked, and missing wall and floor tiles;
dirty, marked, and stained utensils..."
Call me a taxi. All right, you're a taxi, sir. Classic' 😂
Ha ha ha! The photofit suspect looks like Billy Connolly!
15.41: Isn't he the guy who played the health inspector in Fawlty Towers?
so billy Connolly was the hand bag thief.
Gypsy Hill? Lol. Back in the days when people in that area still had Cockney accents......
Now i know where the idea for the Bill come from....
Times have changed, it was rough back then, policing has changed a great deal as has the demographic & politics of contemporary London. Whilst I have no love for the police on the whole, they did & do an unenviable job. It must have been hard to make a case without CCTV, powerful computors and all the modern tech that modern day police have access to. Thanks for uploading this gem.
The barrister at 16:10 was a food inspector in an episode of Fawlty Towers 🙂
'Basil the Rat' yeah I noticed him as well!
Well spotted! Mr Carnegie! :-)
yes you are 100 percent correct mate love Fawlty Towers lol
An unmistakeable distinct voice. - "Norwegian veal?"
@@dfolt I've been in this business 20 years. I've never heard of Norwegian veal 😄
Note what the copper says@9:50,about two types of law.........shame they dont think the same now when dealing with tv licences
those were the days were coppers were coppers.
Crypto Hunt and the days before PACE
bent as fuck and also hands off at the same time. i know whereof i speak.
Bring em back to fight crime' give these hoodie yobs a good kickin.
Corrupt? Racist? Homophobic? Sexist? Seems like nothing has changed, if you ask me.
@th8257 No political correctness, no wokism, no recruiting or promotions based on skin color, gender or sexual orientation. Give me coppers who weren't afraid of the criminals, unlike today.
Man with a Handbag, AHH, gypsy hill police station now out of bounds.!
Oh! The days before PACE when they carried truncheons.
And a cameo of Irene Handl at the start.
I've a feeling that this lady appeared in Hammer House of Horror - 'The 2 faces of evil'?
Now they carry batons, tasers, cs sprays, are equipped with video cameras and wear stab vests, almost as heavy medieval knights armour
Wasn't Irene Handel .. and police officers have always carried some form of Truncheon / baton / or asp
Public health inspector from Fawlty i think...the lawyer in the court room.
before PACE, it was case law , common law (common law still applies ), criminal law act 1967
"A foreign looking man." Wouldn't be much of a description these days.
Better than zero description the pub are given nowadays when a foreign man is responsible
@@AndrewDaley-lr9qg Too true.
@@awilderireland A man attacked someone!
( 4:27 ) Thats the inspector they picked up at 16: 30 ( 2:10 ) and took him back to the police station.... 😅😅 naughty police inspector.
I was a copper in the 80s the shift pattern was a killer 7 nights and quick change over shocking
Remember it well...a real bastard!
@@marklaurie1 do you ever carry a revolver ? model 10 i think the met issued back then
…if you can’t take a Jo..
Didn't know George Harrison was a bag snatcher
Those lads in the public info video though!😂💀
You Wanna See What That ManorS LiKe NoW........
5:10 In my City in 2023, seven police officers are assigned 24/7/365 to look after 45,000 people, even on sick days and holidays. Thats 6500 people per police officer,
I think you mean town. 🇬🇧
Fun Fact @ 12:05 there's a nuclear air raid shelter underneath the grey block of flats. The block just to the left of the car.
Haha. St Martins Estate in Tulse Hill hasn't changed one bit!
except for gun fire, stabbings , beatings , drug dealing etc
It's Kingswood Estate, right near Paxton Roundabout, bottom of Dulwich Wood Park, near Crystal Palace Tower.
The usual criminal response: deflect and distract.
Looking at this and thinking it's wonderful it like looking like a newsroom from the same period and thinking its wonderful. The world has move on darlings.
Fuzz Quiz: What was missing from the Oath?
@3:50...."but the officer's already admitted that your head hit the wall as you tried to run away".That made me EXPLODE with knowing laughter!.Me and half the known universe!. He'll be falling up the lift shaft next!.Must admit though, coppers had something SERIOUS swinging between their legs back then.My dad and brothers were all long time criminals with mouth AND action to back it up...BUT ,when the coppers were at our house, as they were more than not, they always had a distinct RESPECT.Not for the corrupt system and establishment that PAID them to keep it that way (did any copper SERIOUSLY think he WASN'T working to keep it that way?)but respect for the fact that if they failed to show deference they would find themselves on the "wrong side" of PC this or Sgt. that.Not a place they wanted to be.I myself will admit that coppers back then were physically imposing MEN, with height, width and stature.Today they are just SO lightweight and insignificant.Theire MUST have been specific regulations to physical "presence" ,certainly to height....I have been watching an old 1960's series, Gideon's Way. Some of the uniformed coppers in that are immensely tall and broad, the comparison to today is remarkable.
The Met was minimum 5' 10" when I joined in the 70s. Put a 6" helmet on top of that and you had one big fucker to deal with!
What is a police station ? As its now 2023 and police stations are long gone in England and are no more. Never seen police work or talk like in this video either. The video don't show the money taking and bribery, nor officers snorting coke and having non concentual sex while at work.
this is like teletubbies versus the sweeney but no swearing guv guv guv
Shame the moment ruined with a young Hywel Bennett at the start lol
And the Fawlty Towers health inspector lol Although that does look like Bromley Magistrates hehe
the coppers wore much nicer uniforms then, than today
This is a fantastic film, its like a carry on movie 😂
Is that Marty feldman, in the dock at the magistrates?
Law & Order of the Century.
11.30 George Harrison living in housing estate 70s, what a turn up huh
@3:10...."ELo, ELo, ELo....WHWGHT?......a bloke on the FIDDLE, no doubt!!". If you get the ref then you're as old as this film!!.
This was proper policing catching criminal..... this has all has gone now!!!!
Shame.
7: 11 HE,S NOT GOIING TO MUCH ICE CREAM GOIING AT THAT SPEED
@0:20 - I bet the local villans were shitting themselves.
Which exact year was this from?
After 1976, PCs in white shirts.
It can only be late 1978 or early 1979. The WPC on beat duty is wearing a "Smurf" hat. They were considered so awful they were withdrawn after just a few months.
@@robbierobson3251 Thanks!
@@marklaurie1 Thanks.
The cops having to deal with a lot of bad guys in this Met Police Film.
hold on a minute, this can't possibly be mid 70s. 1971/2 is my guess. i used to live in gipsy hill and i know it well. always completely fkt. i know so much about this area. my family and i lived on roman rise just at the adjunct of central hill estate. we moved to cologne. who wouldn't? two daughters? no thank you. goodbye. some places are just cursed. it's not called gipsy hill for nothing.
@@TheWorldofGood79 they mentioned a *SPECIFIC* day and date, *_THURSDAY 6TH APRIL_* and with an R reg Austin allegro, I've worked out using old calendars, this is 1978, the only other 1970s year with Thursday 6th April was 1972
I would think later ' like mid/late 70s' you got be at least 3 or 4 years off the mark ' mayby more.
I joined 1st August 1977 and am here being attested. I don't recall when it happened exactly but it was 'live'
There is a genuine missing persons poster shown near the beginning of the film, Christina "Renee" MacRea and her son, Andrew. They disappeared on 12th November 1976, therefore the film was made after that date. In 2019 William MacDowell was charged with the murders and was sentenced in 2022 to 30 years minimum, but died after only six months in prison.
2:10 Seems like all low level crime they dealing with. Now in 2023 the UK police won't bother with any of this low level crime and take the day of with pay.😮😮😮
That STyle Of Police AlonG WiTh The Police STaTionS LonG Gone
All It Is Now Is Politically Correct P.C.s Wearing That Months Rainbow Or Coloured Wristband....
Metropolitan Police R.I.P.
22 million coppers! Ha ha ha!
Hallo Hallo. Now then what's going on here?
Back in the day when the police were real law enforcement officers , no nonsense policing, can you imagine the woke lot of police we have today behaving like this .LOL
I want these villans lol
7:41 I sincerely hope no dog was really murdered in order to make this film.
A classic
In the 70s everyone would have been arrested and fitted up for crimes they didn't do.
but also those who did do criminal stuff
Pip Pip Cheerio
Bob’s your Uncle
My old mans a dust man.
Scrap PACE, Disband the IOPC, increase pay by £24,000, £10,000 'golden handshake' for any good shooting. Have Bail solely at the discretion of a panel of Superintendents
They sound like actors
Dramatised account, so yes, some of them are actors. The ones who sound like they are reading it, are likely the real coppers...
Those where the days the good old 70s, didn't have snowflakes then or arrested for hurty speech
It's a god awful small affair to the girl with the mousy hair.....
exactly right when they were allowed to do their job properly no bloody political correctness
People in Canada NEVER in history behaved like this...
Look like they were in a bleedin church at the start 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Back in the days when the cops actually fought crime, not sit around babysitting protestors, protecting hate filled pro terrorist protestors in the streets, arresting people for Facebook posts or having some just out of school cop who knows not what they are doing and have to ask their "sarge" who is equally clueless.
This is like a badly acted episode of "Z CARS".
This is how London was before we joined the EEC which is now EU....
Nothing to do with that . I wish the police in the UK were more like the Gendarmes where I live .. ( 30 years Ex Met ) .. They don't mess around
Not a tattoo in sight
Yes no class in them days huh
@@RaveDave871 Exactly. Absolutely no class. It's terrible.
When the police were worthy of the title and were not a pc para-military occupation force.
The good old days when you could call black people " coloured ".
4:50 😂😂😂 In 2023 if you do, and even if you find a open police station and go inside a say hello, they arrest you for anything they just made up, kick you around the cell a bit, and then take you somewhere and never to be seen again.
Que cojones es esto
Los surburius del Sur londres
The suburbs of south london
@@Keithbarber oh okay
@@julen9438 google translate/traductor de google
@@Keithbarber tienes un pokou de mokou de pavou paellou rico rico torros olé olé chouriso riko riko
Ah how quaint! This is the usual propaganda they were just as bent then as they are now
But at least they wernt tied down with paperwork.
Where’s the diversity
What?
Where’s the diversity 😡😡
It's the 1970's More exactly, probably 1974. Iran wasn't destroyed (yet) and other Middle eastern countries were fine. They had no need to move to England, and as we can see, there were a few coloured in the film. This was before immigration changed the country vastly.
Super Trini Gamer racist white boi
@@mohammadabdulsayedahmed289 This was before the sways of unchecked immigration under the guise of "multiculturalism" ruined the Capital.
@@mohammadabdulsayedahmed289 so what are you a racist black boi ! What the guy said Is true , just because you dont like his answer doesn't make it any less true .
There were black people in the classroom
5:11 What's wrong with this picture?