The Police and the Public geoffrey palmer Peter Firth and Alexandra Pigg

Peter Firth and Alexandra Pigg seen here filming a scene for the film Letter to Brezhnev on location in Liverpool 1st October 1985

In the foreground figures amble through the park and by the water's edge two swans watch the approach of a boy

towards two young ladies

Peter Noone

'The Irish Treason Shop'

The Police and the Public geoffrey palmer Peter Firth and Alexandra Pigg'The Police and the Public', 1874. A labourer faces the court to make a complaint against the constable standing next to him. It appears that being 'taken unawares' was what constituted police brutality in 1874. From Punch, or the London Charivari, March 28, 1874.