Thanks for that, Viv.
What would be nice would be to read some further reports on how effective this sort of thing was. And whether it was maintained throughout the war.
There are one or two other places where this happened – in particular the Thames River Patrol – and I have seen recently, elsewhere, a very similar picture from a Scottish city. Makes me wonder whether this was all a bit of a propaganda exercise at a difficult time.
I sometimes wonder the same about the much vaunted horseback troops. A unit certainly existed in Sutton and used to patrol the Park. But again, for how long and how regularly I have no idea.
Chris