AN insight into how policing in the North-East changed during wartime is the subject of a free exhibition.
Gentlemen at War: Policing Britain 1939-1945, has opened at the Lamplight Arts Centre, Stanley. The North-Eastern Police History Society worked with the Community Heritage Project to stage the display.
Society chairman Harry Wynne said officers from the time not only had to carry out their regular police duties, but also had other tasks, including responsibility for air raid shelters and keeping people from bomb sites. He said: "Winston Churchill singled out the police for praise because they were always there. One woman had written to the Prime Minster and said they were gentlemen at war, and he picked up on that. The exhibition will appeal to people right across the board."
Artefacts are on show at the centre until April 14.
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