Kate Barker 1556: 52. We are not allowed to at the moment because of the threat level. You are advised not to travel in what we call half blues, so I couldn’t wear my trousers and boots and a jacket over the top, just for our own safety really. I come in in anything, I have a locker in the police station, so I come in and just put my uniform on then. (16.19).
Press A toListen to Belinda Harding talk about her women’s uniform in the 1970s Press B to hear about uniforms today Press C to find out why the police don’t wear uniforms when travelling to work