15th of September 1975, I was starting my first day in the Police service. Seems like a lifetime ago....
We were still using Moggy 1000's and mark 1 Escorts and traffic cars were the Mark 1 Consul Granada The All aggro is a bit too modern
Didn't know they had Moggy 1000's!! It was the family car when we were kids, proper workhorse it was. Only vrm I can still remember DNU 585G Ploughed thru the winter snows & did thousands of miles up & down the country for years. Proudly handed over to my brother on passing his test....subsequently lasted about 2 months when an attempted donut in the village square whilst crammed with his mates went spectacularly wrong...
Some forces used 850 Mini's (the original) or the Mini van. Then we had vehicles such as the Hillman Avenger, Morris Marina (Horrible vehicle) but fortunately I was on Traffic within 6 months of finishing my probation so the quality of car I drove improved very quickly early in my service Jags and Granda's (The proper Mk1)