By: geraldgail@xtra.co.nz
7/11/2009
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| In UK they call the Police; "The Bill" or "The Old Bill..?" |
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By: jaygosh@rocketmail.com
7/11/2009
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| Summit to do with fines mabie? Just a guess |
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By: therockandrollerpress
7/11/2009
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| Their caps look like beaks and they look like penguins |
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By: juzkirk
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The Old Bill - The police force as we know it today came into being when the politician Robert Peel introduced the Metropolitan Police Bill in 1829. This legislation set up a formal, uniformed police force who started their first organised patrols on the 29th September, 1829. Their nickname stems from The Bill that created them.
As well as the above, The Peelers and Bobbies, you also had the Bow Street Runners, Flatfoots, The Rozza's/The Roz, The Fuzz, The Sweeney and The Nick (as in you're nicked me ol' china).
as to when the term 'bobby' or 'bobbies on the beat' phased out, as mentioned above the term still remains in some parts of the country and media. |
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By: oaaria
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| They are just like ducks |
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By: berniehf12
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| probably came from the eastender rhyming slang.I had to say eastend because the braindeads moderating tell me that the first paet of what an east ender is called is offensive.Can I say ball *** ?This is a farce. |
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By: shanecameron65
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| and in france they're called le flic's for some reason that i used to know but eludes me now |
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By: datagarble
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| i think theyre called bobbies after robert peel,the bloke who 1st mooted having a police force. |
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By: civil.union
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| "BILL" FULL OF BULL LIKE BULLO |
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By: geraldgail@xtra.co.nz
10/11/2009
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| Thanks to those who sent informative replies. |
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