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BRIXTON ROAD, BRIXTON CENTRAL : NIGHT WATCHMAN

BRIXTON ROAD, BRIXTON CENTRAL : NIGHT WATCHMAN

R.Stokes, the last of the old 'Charleys' or night watchmen, predecessors of the 'Peelers'. Seen dressed in a thick overcoat with attached capes, he wears a sword and carries a constable's staff, rattle and a tin and horn lantern. The brick night watchman's box, behind him, was surmounted by a bell and located outside No.160 Brixton Road.
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Collection:Warwick
Image type:Photograph
Artist:
Ref:01801
Identifier:SP19/567/NOR.21
Date:c.1865

#1850 - 1875  #BRIXTON CENTRAL  #LAW AND ORDER  #People  #Photograph  #Warwick