Comments on: On Night Patrol With PC Tassell

By: Marcia Howard

Marcia Howard — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 19:13:01 +0000

Wonderful images and great quality photographs, especially for 1972 when most of us didn’t have top-notch cameras. Well done that policeman!

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 16:39:06 +0000

Good pics. Visited some of these places as a kid with parents round about 72/73.
Nice to know the old bill kept an eye on honest hungry folk in the middle of the night!

By: Amanda

Amanda — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 13:05:29 +0000

There is Lew in a REAL uniform. How impressively well cut and svelte their ‘kit’ looked in those days.

Police whistle on it’s chain tucked in the lapel ready for a chase, hanging on to his helmet.
The City’s unique blue enamel helmet badge standing out from the shiny silver of the rest of the force.
And the snazzy denim blue shirt was also peculiar to our City of London police.
The rest wore white.

The photo had me researching police uniforms online to discover the detachable striped band on his sleeve meant “on duty” and l THINK they also wore it on the way to work too, in case they needed to nab anyone.

Grateful thanks for the wonderful atmospheric nocturnal photos of all the historic places l’ve been to by day, mostly not seen at night:

A unforgettable lunch in Middle Temple’s ancient hall.

A buying trip with my dad as a kid to the underground wine cellars under Ludgate Hill when we could park outside !

The buzzing Fleet Street pubs and fast Italian sandwich bars when my crowd worked in the City – all a stones throw from the house my grandmother Emily was born.

l always felt excited growing up and working in the heart of London – never took it for granted.

This was my London and my City and East End grandparents London.
Thank you very much Lew & GA – nostalgia is so important right now.

By: Lynne Perrella

Lynne Perrella — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 13:02:52 +0000

Wonderful. A fantastic first-hand account with great photos. Dare I say, these photos have an undeniable “Film Noir” look to them. I can imagine footsteps, deep shadows, glimpses of people, wisps of conversation, passing vehicles, everything bathed in the overhead street lights. I can imagine the sounds of the 24/7 businesses and markets — the vivid, steady grind of commerce. An incredible metropolis.

What a treat! Thank you Constable and GA.

By: Peter Metaxas

Peter Metaxas — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 12:23:20 +0000

Thanks Constable Tassell. Great photographs! I particularly like the Middle Temple Lane and Old Bailey. Bouverie St at 3:15 am.

By: Iansilverton

Iansilverton — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 04:50:02 +0000

Great Pictures, loved the piece on Micks Cafe all so true, as ex Fleet Guys will always tell you,it was the place to be on night work/ shift, always met another side of London there early mornings.
Stay safe London Tier 3 now wow thought you where getting over it, country needs people back at work pronto but safely IMHO, but it keeps closing down even the Schools. Thanks Lew and GA, another trip down my past life.