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Paul O'Hanlon | 08.07.2009 13:35 | SOCPA | Analysis | Terror War | South Coast | World

I was `happrehended` by the boys in blue in London's Connaught Square last Friday - I'm not the only one apparently.






’Allo, ’allo, ’allo, wot’s all this then? I was proceeding in a westerly direction when I happrehended a suspicious looking character who appeared to be taking pictures of the abode of the former Prime Minister Mr Tony Blair in Connaught Square, London.


I quizzed the aforementioned character and fortunately he was very forthcoming – he gave his name as Mr Canon Camera-Terrorist and his address as 123 Letsbe Avenue, Middlesex. I think my diplomatic approach defused the situation and the suspect – I mean gentleman, gave more information than he would had I used a bullying approach.


Aren’t our Police wonderful and incredibly intelligent?




If you are caught taking pictures of the BT tower or Tony Blair’s house or `Morning Crescent` (sic) tube station you may be asked to fill in form 5090(X) – a stop and account for your actions you ’orrible little man – a little disconcerting but hopefully not too much to worry about. I was stopped and asked to `account` for my actions in Connaught Square last Friday after I took a photo of Tony Blair’s £3.5 million home (from a distance) at 29 Connaught Square, London W2. The WPC who quizzed me asked me to delete one of the photos on my digital camera. The one she asked me to delete was the one of the garden in my hotel 2 miles away!


Someone in the North East was quizzed after taking photos of the Labour Party Conference in Gateshead in 2005 – this from the site Flickr:

“I got stopped by four body-armour clad gentlemen with machine guns for taking pictures when the Labour Party held it's conference at The Sage in Gateshead in 2005. I tried to explain that it was entirely due to the media circus in the city that I was grabbing some pics on my phone but I was quizzed (first answer accepted, no multiple choice) for about 15mins while a WPC examined every last shot on there.”

If they insist on an address why not give 123 Letsbe Avenue (Geddit?) as your fixed abode? It’s posher than Connaught Square and it’s where all those MPs claiming for second or third homes live.


Paul O'Hanlon
- e-mail: o_hanlon@hotmail.com

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Letsby Avenue is actually in..

08.07.2009 14:51

..Norton, Sheffield S9 1, UK

PC Bacon


Allo, allo -Letsby Avenue DOES exist!

08.07.2009 15:31

I was rather amazed to find out that such an address does exist – there is a Letsby Avenue in Sheffield (near the airport).

Letsby Ave
Norton, Sheffield S9 1

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PC plod


Is there a street called:

08.07.2009 17:15

'Shut the F**ck up,you're nicked Lane' or 'He fell down the stairs Street'? There is a street called Ambush street in Manchester.

PC Gamer


In addition ..

08.07.2009 17:39

.. there's a Pig Lane in St Ives: AND it really DOES have a police station in it!!

Apologies to porcine non-humans
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On snaps and addresses

08.07.2009 21:48

Serious issue yes - although taking pics of ex-pm house is probably going to be a much more valid reason for copper questioning that all the people questioned / detained / arrested for taking pictures of a) double decker buses b) police stations c) police vehicles d) police officers etc etc etc

btw why not say your address is Lye Close in clifton Bristol - it's on the A-Z but doesn't exist - not that it's some secret bunker or anything, just one of the steets included in OS / Royal Mail maps / postcode databases as a check to see if you're nicking their data.

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