As part of the police enforcement of a drinking in public ban, officers were patrolling Blackpool town centre. Pictured outside St. John's Church, a notorious location for drinkers, are PCs Lindsey Nottingham (left) and Lisa GriffinAs part of the police enforcement of a drinking in public ban, officers were patrolling Blackpool town centre. Pictured outside St. John's Church, a notorious location for drinkers, are PCs Lindsey Nottingham (left) and Lisa Griffin
As part of the police enforcement of a drinking in public ban, officers were patrolling Blackpool town centre. Pictured outside St. John's Church, a notorious location for drinkers, are PCs Lindsey Nottingham (left) and Lisa Griffin

27 of the Blackpool bobbies who policed our streets in the 1990s including inside Bonny Street station

By Claire Lark
Published 5th Mar 2024, 14:40 BST
Updated 5th Mar 2024, 14:47 BST

This was a time when there were more bobbies on the beat, the police stations were open round the clock and traffic officers were a familiar sight on our roads.

These pictures are all from the 1990s and feature the police officers you may remember – for the right reasons or the wrong ones – at work doing what they do best.

There are also a few snaps inside Bonny Street station from that era – the old CCTV rooms and cells as well as 1990s patrol cars and officers out and about in the community.

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Det Insp Kevin Toole

25. Police of the 90s

Det Insp Kevin Toole

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Sgt John Francis with some of the exhibits from Operation Tekken. (Pictured at Blackpool police Station).

26. Police of the 90s

Sgt John Francis with some of the exhibits from Operation Tekken. (Pictured at Blackpool police Station).

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DS John Francis of Blackpool Police with pornographic material retrieved from raids across the Fylde

27. Police of the 90s

DS John Francis of Blackpool Police with pornographic material retrieved from raids across the Fylde

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