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Originally Posted by Bob Carriere

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My grandfather and his brother ( Francis and Delphis) and the Big Larabie (Irish) were policemen in Hull....all over 6'4" and around 250....... they would respond to local tavern disputes on foot....clean out the patrons and 30 minutes later business would resume.

Everybody were friends ....hardly anyone was ever arrested.

You reminded me of the archetype cop of yesteryear. Bigger than the next guy. Bare knuckles skilled. Peace enforcer. Not necessarily the sharpest knife in the drawer, but guaranteed to the locals within the limits of foolishness.

Hull always had a tough reputation. VC winner Filip Konowal killed a man in an argument in Hull and was sent to hospital instead of to prison.