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How
old
were
you
at the
time?
Around
about
40
How
did
you
get
involved
David?
Well,
I
was
uniform
inspector
at
Blackburn
and
obviously
when
we
were
on
nights
these
things
were
happening.
And
so
it
was
it
was
just
a…
how
should
we
say?
as
err
regarding
policing,
and
the
people
of
Blackburn,
it
was
something
which
the
youngsters
enjoyed,
but
the
residents
didn’t.
Because
there
were
1000s
of
cars
coming
in
to
Blackburn.
From
all
over
and
of
course
the
residents
with
the
tooting
of
horns
and
loud
music.
It
was
a
disturbance.
I
don’t
say
that
I
don’t
agree
with
the
parties,
but
the
people
that
attended
them
put
themselves
in
danger
because
of
the
situation.
They
were
going
into
Mills
where
there
was
electrics
and
all
sorts
and
all
though
some
were
probably
electricians,
*laughs*
it
is
a
danger
to
themselves.
Were
you
involved
from
the
beginning?
what’re
your
memories
about
whole
process
from
the
start
of
it
right
through
to
these
huge
events?
What
are
your
memories?
Yeah.
Well
mine
was
only
from
the
point
of
view
of
Blackburn
and
obviously
I
wasn’t
always
on
duty
when
they
took
place,
but
I
seemed
to
be
on
duty
when
a
lot
took
place.
I
didn’t
have
any
problems
with
it.
I
didn’t
particularly
like
the
music
because
I
was
brought
up
in
the
60s.
But
it
seemed
to
be
just
one
beat
boom
boom
boom
all
the
time.
And
in
fact,
I
walked
through
1
or
2
of
the
parties
that
went
on.
Which
you
can
imagine.
I
was
in
full
uniform
and
I
wandered
through
and
I
was
actually…
I
wasn’t
shouted
at
it
was
people
were
having
a
happy
time,
but
I
know
I
spoke
to
1
or
2
since
and
it
was
all
about
drugs.
Well
I
mean
in
the
60s
purple
hearts
and
things
like
this
where
it
was
just
the
society
at
that
time,
you
looked
everybody
experimented.
I
suppose
but
my
own
personal
opinion
was
it
there
was
some
enjoyment
from
the
people
that
went
but
there
was
a
lot
of
parents
who
didn’t
know
the
kids
were
borrowing
their
cars
and
they
were
coming
in
here
and
I
can
remember
on
one
occasion
Whitebirk
…
Drive
is
a
dual
carriageway
and
there
were
cars
on
either
side
going
the
same
way.
And
I’m
not
talking
about
just
1
or
2
cars.
They
were
4
and
5
abreast
going
up
the
dual
carriageway
to a
venue
which
unfortunately
for
them
had I
found
and
took
all
the
equipment !
That
was
on
Phillips
Road,
but
it
was
it
was
just
from
the
policing
point
of
view.
It
was
a
nightmare
because
there
were
so
many
people
I
knew
what
was
going
on
because
there
were
1
or
2
people
that
would
whisper
it
to
me
about
where
they
were
going
but
there were
decoy
cars
going
this
way
and
decoy
cars
going
that
way
to
take
the
police
away
and
I
believe…
I
believe…
and
I
can’t
prove
this
that
somebody
rang
the
police
station
up
and
said
there’s
a
big
fight
in
Blackburn
centre.
So
all
the
police
cars
that
were
following
were
diverted
into
Blackburn
as
a
result
of
a
shall
We
say
a
false.
call.
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How
old
were
you
at the
time?
Around
about
40
How
did
you
get
involved
David?
Well,
I
was
uniform
inspector
at
Blackburn
and
obviously
when
we
were
on
nights
these
things
were
happening.
And
so
it
was
it
was
just
a…
how
should
we
say?
as
err
regarding
policing,
and
the
people
of
Blackburn,
it
was
something
which
the
youngsters
enjoyed,
but
the
residents
didn’t.
Because
there
were
1000s
of
cars
coming
in
to
Blackburn.
From
all
over
and
of
course
the
residents
with
the
tooting
of
horns
and
loud
music.
It
was
a
disturbance.
I
don’t
say
that
I
don’t
agree
with
the
parties,
but
the
people
that
attended
them
put
themselves
in
danger
because
of
the
situation.
They
were
going
into
Mills
where
there
was
electrics
and
all
sorts
and
all
though
some
were
probably
electricians,
*laughs*
it
is
a
danger
to
themselves.
Were
you
involved
from
the
beginning?
what’re
your
memories
about
whole
process
from
the
start
of
it
right
through
to
these
huge
events?
What
are
your
memories?
Yeah.
Well
mine
was
only
from
the
point
of
view
of
Blackburn
and
obviously
I
wasn’t
always
on
duty
when
they
took
place,
but
I
seemed
to
be
on
duty
when
a
lot
took
place.
I
didn’t
have
any
problems
with
it.
I
didn’t
particularly
like
the
music
because
I
was
brought
up
in
the
60s.
But
it
seemed
to
be
just
one
beat
boom
boom
boom
all
the
time.
And
in
fact,
I
walked
through
1
or
2
of
the
parties
that
went
on.
Which
you
can
imagine.
I
was
in
full
uniform
and
I
wandered
through
and
I
was
actually…
I
wasn’t
shouted
at
it
was
people
were
having
a
happy
time,
but
I
know
I
spoke
to
1
or
2
since
and
it
was
all
about
drugs.
Well
I
mean
in
the
60s
purple
hearts
and
things
like
this
where
it
was
just
the
society
at
that
time,
you
looked
everybody
experimented.
I
suppose
but
my
own
personal
opinion
was
it
there
was
some
enjoyment
from
the
people
that
went
but
there
was
a
lot
of
parents
who
didn’t
know
the
kids
were
borrowing
their
cars
and
they
were
coming
in
here
and
I
can
remember
on
one
occasion
Whitebirk
…
Drive
is
a
dual
carriageway
and
there
were
cars
on
either
side
going
the
same
way.
And
I’m
not
talking
about
just
1
or
2
cars.
They
were
4
and
5
abreast
going
up
the
dual
carriageway
to a
venue
which
unfortunately
for
them
had I
found
and
took
all
the
equipment !
That
was
on
Phillips
Road,
but
it
was
it
was
just
from
the
policing
point
of
view.
It
was
a
nightmare
because
there
were
so
many
people
I
knew
what
was
going
on
because
there
were
1
or
2
people
that
would
whisper
it
to
me
about
where
they
were
going
but
there were
decoy
cars
going
this
way
and
decoy
cars
going
that
way
to
take
the
police
away
and
I
believe…
I
believe…
and
I
can’t
prove
this
that
somebody
rang
the
police
station
up
and
said
there’s
a
big
fight
in
Blackburn
centre.
So
all
the
police
cars
that
were
following
were
diverted
into
Blackburn
as
a
result
of
a
shall
We
say
a
false.
call.