We have just been informed that a van was stolen overnight which contained the polling station ballot papers for the Hastings & Rye constituency (around. 72 300 ballot papers).
Tag: Metropolitan Police
This collection traces Metropolitan Police across Rye’s Own, bringing formal news together with the personalities and everyday moments behind the name. Readers can move between “Victoria’s Medal”, “Rye Ballot Papers Stolen”, and “Life Should Mean Life”, seeing how the subject appeared at different moments in the magazine. Read together, the articles show how public events and private memories become part of the town’s shared story.
Rye Borough Police
By Frank Palmer Rye Borough Police Force came into being in 1838, two years after Hastings and nine years after the Metropolitan Police.
Victoria’s Medal
Rye Celebration Medals By Frank Palmer. The issue of official medals for Royal celebrations such as Coronations and Jubilees, were much more generous in the past and were pleasing moments for the recipients who, in many cases, had been involved in the event.
Life Should Mean Life
Dear Editor. I agree with you that the certainty of detection combined with the severity of the sentence should deter even the most vicious criminal. Deterrence certainly worked in the international relations during the Cold War.