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Ruth D’Alessandro<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Agent: Kate Hordern<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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CALLING SERGEANT CROCKFORD: The Story of a Pioneering Policewoman in the 1960s was published by Welbeck on 1 March 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CALLING WPC CROCKFORD: The Story of a 1950s Policewoman was published by Welbeck on 3 March 2022.    <\/p>\n\n\n\n

CALLING DETECTIVE CROCKFORD: The Story of a Pioneering Policewoman in the 1950s was published by Welbeck on 2 March 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1951, at the age of 21, Gwendoline Crockford joined the Berkshire Constabulary as a woman police constable. Ruth\u2019s memoir of her mother, a pioneering female officer in the days before beat police even had radios, is set in a world of barely-remembered post-war austerity and a society on the brink of enormous change. Gwen\u2019s colleagues are a colourful cast of characters, including her fellow WPC the fun-loving Pattie Baxter, fearsome WPS Miss Robertshaw, lechy PC Higgs, full-of-himself DI Dankworth, Barbadian nurse Suzette McDaniel with the newly formed NHS, and probation officer Hilda Bloom with the then-in-its-infancy social services. CALLING WPC CROCKFORD navigates both the cosiness of solving burglaries and chasing escaped circus animals with darker child protection themes, narrated with humour and a deliciously light touch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ruth D\u2019Alessandro studied Modern Arabic at Durham University and worked in publishing before becoming a commercial copywriter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Praise for CALLING WPC CROCKFORD:
“For fans of Heartbeat<\/em> and Call the Midwife<\/em>, this is a charming policing memoir.” Judge Rinder<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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