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Source: BBC Radio 4 "The Old Bill"

Roundup

17c Parish Constables of Manchester [15min]

In the 17th century the parish constables of Manchester were volunteers, and it cost them 2d to keep someone in a cell overnight. Are there any parallels between their lives and the career-constable of today? Richard Foster with stories which stem from that basic piece of a historians research -- a bill.

Read entire article at BBC Radio 4 "The Old Bill"