A Copper In Castleford

About the Book

Fun, games and sadness, all in the life of a Uniformed Police Officer. Laugh and Cry whilst given an insight of a Coppers work in a busy Yorkshire town. This is an account of a Police Officers life in the 1970s, recounted with a good dose of humour this compendium of tales is basically true to life. An insight into the duties of a Copper working a very special town, Castleford, West Yorkshire.

About the Author

Robin Whatley was born in Whitwood, a mining village between Castleford and Normanton, West Yorkshire. When he was three, his family moved to live on the Airedale Council Estate, Castleford; conjoined with Ferry Fryston, this was one of the largest council estates in the north of England. He received a secondary education, attending Airedale Secondary Modern School and Whitwood Technical College. He is a qualified welder, first working in garages in Pontefract and Glass Houghton as a panel beater/welder, and later working as a plater/welder in Wakefield. He joined the West Yorkshire Police in the spring of 1973 and retired following a car accident twenty-two years later. Married with two children and two grandchildren, Robin Whatley is now retired and living on the Algarve in Portugal.