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.... of yours truly installing the cabling in a police mini-van & drilling through the fuel line! The traffic sergeant said "don't worry, there's only about a gallon in it" ......
Like hell there was ....... It was FULL!
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..... of getting reports from the police control room of incoming interference on Channel 1 - the main county wide channel.
After an investigation we proved it to be coming from somewhere in the north of the county.
Having checked all the fixed stations up that way, it was decided to use a bit of "RDF" to track it down, after we had spent almost all day on this, driving around the north of the county, we came to the conclusion that it came from the Dumfries area.
We drove around Dumfries a while, realising it seem to be coming from a certain building in the town ...... Dumfries & Galloway Police HQ !
Their "inter-force" set was jammed on TX but with the A.C.O.R. in the RX position!
Their engineer was none to happy about been called out ....
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...... and where are we now?
In 1988 I, along with many others in the dept. decided to look at what the directorate were offering in the way of pay-outs for early retirement.
The first figures were very, very unsatisfactory indeed, but after a month or so, these figures were "upgraded" and I applied for release. It was not until late 1989 that this was granted, and I took my leave of the Home Office on the last day of March 1990.
I have some very pleasant memories of my time with the department and of its staff.
And I might add, some rather unpleasant ones too ........
I still see at least one or two of my old work mates around the county at times ......
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I now run my own taxi business, OK very small, but keeps the wolf from the door.
John Borradaile
16th November 2004
Acknowledgement: John Borradaile
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