A GROUP of retired senior Cheshire Police officers visited Warrington’s Museum of Policing to reminisce about their time serving with the force.

DS Frank Ball, CS Derek Barnett, CS Gary Finchett, DCS Phil Charlton, CI Steve Gould, CS Tim Jackson, DS Richard Hood and DCS Steve Wilkins visited the Arpley Street museum.

Here recently, they reminisced about their time serving with Cheshire Police and patrolling streets across the county.

Also among the guests at the museum was retired detective superintendent and museum researcher Will Brown, as well as retired DCC Graeme Gerrard, who first raised the idea of bringing a policing museum to Cheshire.

The senior officers were given a tour of the museum and enjoyed seeing their old haunts, beats and various items of equipment, uniforms and historic policing artefacts on display within the museum.

The group regularly keep in touch, but for most, it was their first time visiting the museum, and for some their first time in a police station for 20 years.

Museum manager Peter Hampson said: “The trip brought back happy memories for the officers, who were mostly senior detectives.

“They enjoyed seeing their former offices and the museum cells – where they had spent many hours with offenders.”

Retired DCS Phil Charlton added: “It was a fabulous visit to the museum and a great trip down memory lane.”

Cheshire's Museum of Policing is an independent charity run by volunteers in co-operation with Cheshire Police, to allow members of the public the chance to explore the history of policing within the region.

In Warrington town centre next to Warrington Police Station, the museum is home to a large collection of policing artefacts.

These include handcuffs and shackles, murder weapons and police equipment that has been preserved from police stations from across the force’s history.

For more information about the museum, call 01606 365803 or visit museumofpolicingincheshire.org.uk