Bamfurlong Motorway Patrol Centre
Bamfurlong Motor Patrol Centre opened 1978 the building cost £331,136. (Gloucestershire Police Archives URN 257)
1978 saw the various Traffic bases in Gloucestershire closed down, as the department was centralised at Bamfurlong, near Cheltenham, at Junction 11 of the M5. Police Constable John Bryant with a 3-litre Ford. (Gloucestershire Police Archives 10023)
Photograph from John Bryant
Bamfurlong Vehicle Workshops. (Gloucestershire Police Archives URN 8262)
Bamfurlong Dog Section. (Gloucestershire Police Archives URN 8261)
Aerial view Bamfurlong. (Gloucestershire Police Archives URN 8260)
Police Constable John William Lane Bamfurlong, 1978 on a BMW R75/7. (Gloucestershire Police Archives URN 10368)
Early 1990s - new workshops open at Bamfurlong Left to right: Superintendent Joe Skipsey,Mike Barwick (Fleet Manager) Clive Morefield, Mike Rowles, Paul Elston, Peter Davies, Mrs Pam Emmet, Rob Stanley, John Arscott, Rod Stone, Dennis Woodward, Pat Harris, Brian Curtis and Len Whitty. (Gloucestershire Police Archives URN 2271)
Photograph from Martyn Hillier
Her Majesty's Inspectorate visit to Bamfurlong early 1980s. From the left talking to the visitors is Inspector Des Webb,Police Sergeant Roy Thomas, Police Constables Tony Birks, Garry Ashdown unknown,John Davies,Paul Biggs, Trevor Jones, Police Sergeant Brian Bailey, Police Constable John Phelps. (Gloucestershire Police Archives URN 2209)
Photograph from Martyn Hillier
Bamfurlong Motor Patrol and Operations Centre soon after opening. (Gloucestershire Police Archives 1972)
Bamfurlong Motor Patrol & Operations Centre circa mid-1980s. (Gloucestershire Police Archives 1972-1)
New Police Vehicle Workshops, Bamfurlong at time of opening 1978. (Gloucestershire Police Archives URN 687)
New Police Vehicle Workshops, Bamfurlong at time of opening 1978. (Gloucestershire Police Archives URN 687)
Police Vehicles (Gloucestershire Police Archives URN 2245)
Police vehicles (Gloucestershire Police Archives URN 2246)
Cars at Bamfurlong in the snow 1980/81 (Gloucestershire Police Archives URN 6066)
Now that is what you call a traffic department. (Gloucestershire Police Archives URN 6067)
Photograph from Alan Williams
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Text suggests that the vehicle workshops were opened in 1978. If my memory is correct it was actually built and opened a year or two later.
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