What's Tha Up To Next?: More Memories of a Yorkshire Bobby

by Martyn Johnson

Overview

The fifth volume of Martyn Johnson's acclaimed series of stories about policing during the 1960s and 1970s. Whether 'on the beat' or 'as CID', once again Martyn enthrals, surprises and shocks his readers with tales set in an almost forgotten era: a veritable Lost World of people, places and phrases in his beloved Sheffield. Steven Spielberg please note.

This book will focus on Martyn's final years as a beat bobby, with more unbelievable true life tales told with Martyn's wicked sense of humour and candour. As usual, Martyn's down-to-earth honesty and humour shines through the pages; but he never loses sight of the human condition in all its forms: good, bad, sad and happy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781526740946
Publisher:	Pen and Sword
Publication date:	09/27/2018
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Born in 1943, at Darfield, near Barnsley, Martyn's first job at the age of fifteen was as a blacksmith but in his late teens joined Sheffield City Police, working on the streets of Attercliffe and Darnall until 1969. A few interesting years in CID followed but he returned to grassroot policing, serving for another seven years. A long-time resident of Wentworth, Martyn was consulted by author Catherine Bailey when she was compiling her best-selling book Black Diamonds. More recently, with his wife Christine, Martyn published Wentworth in Old Photographs.

Table of Contents

Foreword Brian Elliott vi

Acknowledgements ix

Chapter 1 What a FART! 1

Chapter 2 Cold Turkey - with a Twist 11

Chapter 3 A Knight of the Road 20

Chapter 4 HELP! What a Nightmare - Squawk, Squawk 28

Chapter 5 Now You See it - Now You Don't 36

Chapter 6 Embarrassing or What? 45

Chapter 7 What Next? You NEVER knew 56

Chapter 8 One Pillock After Another 64

Chapter 9 Comedy of Errors 72

Chapter 10 Gaffers, Bacon 'Sarnies' and Special Fried Rice 81

Chapter 11 Just Another Day at the Office! 91

Chapter 12 Attercliffe Police Box - If only it could Talk 99

Chapter 13 My Youngest Ever Prisoner? 108

Chapter 14 25th October 1973 116

Chapter 15 Life's Ups and Downs 125

Chapter 16 Roman Coins and Rock and Roll 134

Chapter 17 'A Bobby's Job' 143

Chapter 18 Balls! And 'Mr Crowbar' 151

Chapter 19 'Hans', Knees and Whoops-a-daisy! 160

Chapter 20 Dead Beat? 169