The Police House
In 1908 the police house in Badsey was at Belmont Terrace, 33 Willersey Road; then briefly in 1911 at Homeleigh, 5 Willersey Road; then from about 1913 at Hopyard Villas, 16 Bretforton Road. During this time the village policeman was P.C Frederick William Hill.
The police house is the building on the left in this photo taken on Coronation Day 1937.
The occupant of the house at this time was P.C. Frank Haines, the epitomy of the village policeman as remembered by Pat Goldstraw
“He was a tall sturdy man with kind twinkling eyes. Avuncular and yet firm, he knew us all by name. I'm sure he was a consummate actor - he could scold us children for riding bicycles without lights or scrumping fruit from the trees making us truly ashamed but never frightened. He knew everyone in the village - the venerable old ladies, the men who drank too much of our local cider and many others with problems. He was always helpful but never judgemental.”
The Police House remained the residence of the local officer until the advent of neighbourhood policing in the 1980s.