Brighton - Summer helmets c.1967

By Jo Blake

The famous white helmets were introduced for daytime summer wear in 1933. They ceased six years later during the second world war but were re-introduced between 1952 and 1968. This photograph shows the storeman Bert Holcombe with the white helmets which were handed back when the Sussex Force was created on January 1968.

Photo:Brighton Summer Helmets

Brighton Summer Helmets

The Chief Constable of Sussex

This page was added by Jo Blake on 29/03/2007.

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The current Sussex Police Force was commenced on 1st January 1968.

By David Rowland (17/01/2009)

There has to be 130 plus helmets there.I am bidding on one at the moment on Ebay not as good as these.  I got to £77.00 and still didn't win it.  So this guy has a small fortune behind him.

By John Crouch (17/01/2009)

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