Calling WPC Crockford, 9781787399099
Paperback
A woman cop’s joyful, thrilling, and heartbreaking journey in post-war Britain.

Calling WPC Crockford

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  • Paperback

    352 pages

  • Release Date

    1 August 2022

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Summary

Adventures of a Woman Constable: The Story of WPC Crockford

In the early 1950s, the Berkshire Constabulary finally opened its ranks to more women. And WPC Crockford was one of those early pioneers…

When 21-year-old Gwendoline Crockford signed up to join the Berkshire Constabulary in 1951, she had little idea of what she was getting herself into. Whether carrying a human skeleton out of the woods, finding a missing child, investigating thefts, or chasing an escaped zebra, eve…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781787399099
ISBN-10:1787399095
Author:Ruth D'Alessandro
Publisher:Headline Publishing Group
Imprint:Headline Welbeck Non-Fiction
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:352
Release Date:1 August 2022
Weight:320g
Dimensions:196mm x 128mm x 26mm
About The Author

Ruth D'Alessandro

Ruth D’Alessandro is the daughter of police parents and was born and brought up in Shinfield, mid-way between Reading and Wokingham in Berkshire. She studied Modern Arabic at Durham University, and worked for 10 years with Librairie du Liban, the Middle East’s largest reference publisher. After having her daughters, Ruth worked as a freelance educational writer, then built up her business as a commercial digital content writer. Calling WPC Crockford is her debut, to be followed by two more police memoirs, Calling WDC Crockford and Calling WPS Crockford.

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