Cornflakes with Whisky
One career, two lives, one marriage – a real story of community policing and an enduring relationship
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About the Book
An affectionate and humorous gallop through the author’s four decades of community policing across the Midlands counties of England from the early 1970’s until his retirement in 2003. As the author says, ‘All cops who have served for some time could both tell and write some good stories. In that respect this book is not unique. I hope that what is unique is that this story picks up the emotions, the characters and the true feelings that so often are not described when cops recount their experiences. But, this is more. It is a story of two loves. The first is the love of a job that served me well for 33 years, but, just as importantly it is a story of love and marriage that has survived even longer. The job and the marriage were entwined inextricably because in the days when this story started they had to be – there was no choice. Does this sound like survival? Well at times it probably was, for both of us. Do I regret any of it? No, not one bit. Does my wife Jud? Well, you had better ask her!
About the Author
Les King was born in Herefordshire, England in 1953. After leaving school with little in the way of formal qualifications he worked on a farm and then at the age of 16 years he joined West Mercia Police which covers the counties of Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Shropshire. Les joined as a police cadet and remained in the police for 33 years rising to the rank of Chief Inspector until his retirement in 2003. He describes his two passions in life as his family and criminal justice in which he has worked for a total of 45 years. Married to Judy since 1975 he has two grown up daughters and a granddaughter and is extremely proud of all of his ‘girls.’ Les enjoys swimming, watching motorcycle speedway and snooker and drinking real ale. He also has a wicked sense of humour. If he had to write his epitaph it would be, ‘He loved people and he loved life. People were his life.’ He lives in Worcestershire and says he started writing to avoid gardening and doing DIY jobs around the house!