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The series of Dixon of Dock Green was very true to life. I don’t mean the choir practice before patrolling, nor the deference shown to detectives. No, what made it a home from home for any police officer was that Dixon, the station sergeant, stood behind the counter, not moving, not making decisions, and just saying the occasional anecdote or quotation for the enlightenment and edification of those doing all the work.
I used ‘evening all’ to a couple of suspects caught in the act, but they were too young and the reference was lost on them. Shame.
Oddly, the DODD-style sergeants, in the sense of honesty and mothering probationers, was quite common in my early days. If you dropped a clanger, you could go to them and say, ‘Ere, serge, I’ve got a bit of a problem,’ and they’d sort it somehow. My wife came to the nick once to meet me as we were going to a show. As I walked back to the nick, a serious injury accident occurred right in front of me. No chance to take my helmet off and mingle with the crowd. It would have been a 2 hour plus job. I radioed the nick and asked for an ambulance and return ticket for my wife. A few minutes later, the sergeant appeared, told me to ‘F**k off with your wife’, got me to sign a blank accident book, and then did it himself.
I used ‘evening all’ to a couple of suspects caught in the act, but they were too young and the reference was lost on them. Shame.
Oddly, the DODD-style sergeants, in the sense of honesty and mothering probationers, was quite common in my early days. If you dropped a clanger, you could go to them and say, ‘Ere, serge, I’ve got a bit of a problem,’ and they’d sort it somehow. My wife came to the nick once to meet me as we were going to a show. As I walked back to the nick, a serious injury accident occurred right in front of me. No chance to take my helmet off and mingle with the crowd. It would have been a 2 hour plus job. I radioed the nick and asked for an ambulance and return ticket for my wife. A few minutes later, the sergeant appeared, told me to ‘F**k off with your wife’, got me to sign a blank accident book, and then did it himself.
Derek Smith said:
The series of Dixon of Dock Green was very true to life. I don’t mean the choir practice before patrolling, nor the deference shown to detectives. No, what made it a home from home for any police officer was that Dixon, the station sergeant, stood behind the counter, not moving, not making decisions, and just saying the occasional anecdote or quotation for the enlightenment and edification of those doing all the work.
I used ‘evening all’ to a couple of suspects caught in the act, but they were too young and the reference was lost on them. Shame.
Oddly, the DODD-style sergeants, in the sense of honesty and mothering probationers, was quite common in my early days. If you dropped a clanger, you could go to them and say, ‘Ere, serge, I’ve got a bit of a problem,’ and they’d sort it somehow. My wife came to the nick once to meet me as we were going to a show. As I walked back to the nick, a serious injury accident occurred right in front of me. No chance to take my helmet off and mingle with the crowd. It would have been a 2 hour plus job. I radioed the nick and asked for an ambulance and return ticket for my wife. A few minutes later, the sergeant appeared, told me to ‘F**k off with your wife’, got me to sign a blank accident book, and then did it himself.
Sergeant Flint came first when Dixon was a mere constable. He was played by Arthur Rigby.I used ‘evening all’ to a couple of suspects caught in the act, but they were too young and the reference was lost on them. Shame.
Oddly, the DODD-style sergeants, in the sense of honesty and mothering probationers, was quite common in my early days. If you dropped a clanger, you could go to them and say, ‘Ere, serge, I’ve got a bit of a problem,’ and they’d sort it somehow. My wife came to the nick once to meet me as we were going to a show. As I walked back to the nick, a serious injury accident occurred right in front of me. No chance to take my helmet off and mingle with the crowd. It would have been a 2 hour plus job. I radioed the nick and asked for an ambulance and return ticket for my wife. A few minutes later, the sergeant appeared, told me to ‘F**k off with your wife’, got me to sign a blank accident book, and then did it himself.
bigothunter said:
Derek Smith said:
That photo was taken before we joined the Common Market and long before the European (Political) Union. UK has the same status now as it had back then - an independent state.
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