North Sussex Newsletter August 2014

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF RETIRED POLICE OFFICERS
NORTH SUSSEX BRANCH
July 2014
OBITUARIES
I regret to have to report the death of the following former Sussex Police Officers.
Eric Osborne BEM who sadly passed away at 4am on Tuesday 29th July 2014. He
died in the nursing home at Herons Ghyll, where he has been resident since 23rd of
December 2013. He was 89 years of age and leaves his wife Edna, whom he married
in January 1977.
He was appointed as a Constable in the County Borough of Hastings Police on the 6th
of August 1949. He served on uniform patrol until June 1954 when he transferred to
Plain Clothes Duty, returning to uniform patrol in August 1956.
He took up a role as Headquarters Police Federation Officer in January 1966 and was
promoted to the rank of Sergeant in May 1967.
He was a very astute, intelligent man and had the welfare of his colleagues very much
at heart. His vast experience of Welfare matters and the Police Federation was second
to none and he served for many years on the Sussex Police Welfare Committee and
Executive Committee. He was Chairman of both. He was also a Trustee, until
relevantly recently of the Sussex Police Charitable Trust.
He had the 'ear' of many Chief Constables, notably Sir George Terry, who both
admired and respected him. He recently said that he had, had the privilege to work
with numerous Chief Constables. He had the ability to talk to people on every level
and was always firm but fair in his dealings. It was through Sir George that he was
awarded the British Empire Medal (B.E.M.) for his services, in particular to the Police
Federation, by Her Majesty in her Birthday Honours List of June 1980. He also
received the Silver Jubilee Medal.
Albert Arthur OGDEN known to all as Peter OGDEN Aged 87 years at the Grange
Care Home Selsey on the 30/5/14 Peter was a former Police officer of Sussex Police
mostly serving at Chichester where he reached the Rank of Sergeant.
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Cyril Cornbill aged 90 years. Cyril joined Brighton Borough Police in 1951 and
retired in 1981 in the rank of Superintendent. The funeral will be held in St. Michael’s
Church, Church Lane, Southwick at 1.00pm followed by burial at 2.00pm.
ERIC HARRISON
One of our branch members, Eric Harrison is seriously ill. His wife Ingrid and his
family are very grateful for all the support they have received from his old friends and
colleagues but Eric is not up to receiving visitors at this time. Ingrid is happy to
receive phone calls but only in the evening and she may not immediately answer the
call so don’t be afraid to leave a message.
GRUMPY NIGHT
The Grumpy gang are taking a short holiday the next meet up will be held at
7pm (19:00hrs) Monday 8 September 2014
The Hornbrook, Brighton Road, Horsham
WEST SUSSEX POLICE REUNION
The next West Sussex Police Reunion will be held on Sunday19th October this year
at Worthing Golf Club, Links Road, Worthing BN14 9QZ. The cost is £14.00 per
head which will include a buffet with tea and coffee. A licensed bar will also be
available. Cheques made out to West Sussex Police Reunion should be sent to Alan
Skinner at 193 Kings Drive, Eastbourne, BN21 2UH. All enquiries to Alan at 01323
724313 or email [email protected]
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STILL AROUND?
The Following from Bob Davey, the picture was obtained by his son.
Bob says, he used to race Caterham’s and met this man who did work for Ford. He
owns one of the cars in the picture which appears to have been taken at the old
Chichester Police HQ presumably in 1965 when the cars were registered.
There was at least one with Crawley traffic when I was drafted to Crawley as an East
Sussex DC and a founder member of Crawley RCS in May 1967.
Simon tells me that paperwork shows the purchaser of the cars as Mr Christopher
Williams!
Any in the picture still around, I wonder?
THE SECRETARY’S BIT
NEW MEMBERS
A warm welcome is extended to Tim Tapley and Yvonne Brooker who have recently
joined our branch.
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SOCIAL EVENTS
Our Social Secretary, Roger Buttle is currently on holiday in Cyprus so I don’t have
any news of forthcoming social events to report.
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Bob Donaldson will be attending the Annual Conference at Brighton on 5 September
as a Branch Delegate as a replacement to Ahmed who will now be attending as a
member of the NEC.
CAPTIONS PLEASE
I received the below photo from Ian Hands. It was taken at a Brighton football match
in the 70’s or 80’s. Andy Rook is the officer on the left. Who is the other officer? If
you email me any captions I will publish them in next newsletter.
Adam Christie
Branch Secretary
[email protected]
IN THE CHAIR
You may be aware that Following Graham Alexander’s decisions to stand down as
one of the Regional Representatives on the NEC I, as first reserve, have stepped up
into his place.
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I would like to thank Graham for all the hard work he has done on our behalf and
wish him all the very best in the future.
I would also like to thank those branch members who have spoken to me and wished
me well in my new role.
Finally, I am grateful for the support given me by other Sussex Branches. The
appointment lasts only until September 2014 and there will be a Regional Meeting
prior to the Conference to appoint a Regional Representative to the NEC who will
remain in post until September 2016
As always the contents and views expressed in this newsletter are mine alone and do
not necessarily reflect the views of the committee, the branch or its members. In
other words the buck stops here.
Ahmed Ramiz,
Branch Chairman
August 2014
NARPO
The Voice of Retired Police Officers
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