31 uncovered photos of the police officers who protected Blackpool and the Fylde Coast in the 90s - including rare scenes inside Central Police Station in Bonny Street
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.
By Claire Lark
Published 3rd Aug 2022, 15:45 BST
Updated 3rd Aug 2022, 15:56 BST
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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.
Sgt Gary Haley and PC Sean Sheridan inspect the scene of a boiler theft in Cleveleys Wyre Housing Association area manager David Baker shows where a boiler was unlawfully removed from at a Cleveleys property, 1999 Photo: Bill Johnson
Bill Kerr and Alison Hilton of TLS Blackpool hand over the new vehicle to Blackpool police officers Detective Constable Russ Lawson and Detective Inspector Kevin Toole, 1998 Photo: submit
Pictured outside St John's Church are PCs Lindsey Nottingham (left) and Lisa Griffin. They were cracking down on street drinkers. The area was notorious for it. Photo: Rob Lock