If anyone wants the email address of the guy that does the history of Sunderland police -Harry Wynne - i can send it off list He very kindly found my Grandfather William Overend police record his era was early 1900's Cheers Pat Phillips ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stan Mapstone" <stanmapstone@googlemail.com> To: <eng-dur-sunderland@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2010 7:48 PM Subject: Re: [ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND] Sunderland Police,Fire Brigade and Ambulance Services > My great great grandfather Wake Paxton was one of the first constables, > and > was appointed a sergeant on 15th Jan. 1838. > > On 22 January 2010 23:05, ROB SHEPHERD > <robshepherd1974@googlemail.com>wrote: > >> Can anyone tell me when Sunderland established its own police, fire >> brigade >> and ambulance services? >> >> Am I right in thinking that Sunderland had a combined police fire >> brigade? >> >> Were the fire brigade responsible for ambulance services? >> >> Many thanks >> >> Rob >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > -- > Stan Mapstone > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message