108 Posted May 7 Posted May 7 1 hour ago, artdjones said: This one is remembered, parked outside Pearse St GS, among the various dark blue or white patrol cars.
artdjones Posted May 8 Posted May 8 10 hours ago, 108 said: This one is remembered, parked outside Pearse St GS, among the various dark blue or white patrol cars. It must have been some sort of command car, I think the guard is wearing Assistant Commissioner's badges.
108 Posted May 8 Posted May 8 9 hours ago, artdjones said: It must have been some sort of command car, I think the guard is wearing Assistant Commissioner's badges. Yes, that’s definitely a senior officer’s cap badge. I don’t know whether this car was specially assigned or just a random “what’s in stock” odd coloured fleet car. If my - fading - memory is correct there were a small few odd coloured cars in the Dublin fleet at the time.
108 Posted May 8 Posted May 8 And that’s definitely the Pearse Street station building in the background. Very distinctive windows. eddyramrod 1
The Old Bloke Next Door Posted May 8 Posted May 8 At the time these were in regular use officers were required to salute senior officers, but the stability of the Velocette was so poor that taking your hands off the handlebars for even a moment could cause a loss of balance. Instead, officers upon the bikes began to nod at senior officers instead, earning the nickname 'noddies'. High Jetter and MiniMinorMk3 2
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