Who is A.C Suttling? He is Tony Suttling who as you may notice from the uniform was a police officer and he served Tillingham and the Dengie 100 for 17 years, so some of you may remember him.
I like finding out about our local history and whilst looking for a book to take out to my cousin in Canada, I came across his and purchased it and it arrived whilst I was away, so i only got to read it last week but oh what a book.
Unfortunately Mr Suttling passed only a couple of months ago on the 16th July 2016 aged 90 leaving his widow Jean and son Dana.
But not before writing his stories of a Bobby on the Beat in the Dengie 100 down on paper which we should all be thankful for as its a glimpse into history. Amazon.And at near on £20 with postage was one of the most expensive books I've purchased in quite a while, but well worth it.
It was a shame when I entered his name into Google and found out he'd died recently as he was quite a remarkable man as I gathered quite a bit from the book but other stories came to light which put him in an even greater light as you'll see for yourselves soon enough.
There are 63 stories in the book and Ill share a few with you in the coming days as like I said the book is expensive and only 2 second hand copies left available through 3rd party sellers on Amazon and the book isn't showing up anywhere else on Google and it doesn't have a date of publishing but I think it was in last 10 years or so.
Tillingham, Where the Blazes is Tillingham - Stories of a British Bobby on the Beat 1954-70 is the first post I've put together and if you want to read before it goes onto Facebook then click the link above.
Also if you might have a few hours to spare in a week or a month and feel like doing some volunteer work that could lead to a job then click the link here http://thisisburnham.blogspot.co.uk/p/help-required.html
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