The Life of a Scilly Sergeant
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| Rating | : | 4.22 (852 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01BI3CDRA |
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| Number of Pages | : | 339 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-24 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
This book is the first hand account of how he did it.Coupled with his increasingly popular ‘Isle of Scilly Police Force’ Facebook page, this book charts the day to day trials and tribulations of a small-island police officer, told in a perfectly humorous and affectionate way. This book is a fantastic read.. ‘Policing is like this everywhere but not everywhere is Scilly’Meet Sergeant Colin Taylor, he has been a valuable member of the police force for over twenty years, five of which have been spent policing the ‘quiet’ Isles of Scilly, a group of islands off the southwestern tip of the Cornish peninsula.Colin has made it his purpose to keep the streets of Scilly free anchor thieves, goldfish abductors and other culprits, some drunken, intent on breaking the law
A great read - No.1 in Books Top Ten" Western Morning News "Colin is a master of this art The Life of a Scilly Sergeant is more Bill Bryson than Old Bill anecdotes or memoirs; it is a travelogue that embraces the history and culture of the islands and celebrates their beauty and their inhabitants The Life of a Scilly Sergeant belongs in the travel section of all good book shops and I cannot recommend it highly enough" thisisscilly/the-life-of-a-scilly-sergeant . Anyone reading this book is sure to want to go there and experience this delightfully eccentric corner of the British Isles." Daily Express "Enchantingly dotty."
J. Williams said A wonderful story from a unique perspective focusing on one of the most misunderstood parts of the British Isles. I grew up in Cornwall and never visited the Isles of Scilly before moving away. My parents did and held a deep love of the place until they died. Reading this book almost makes me think I was there. Colin is not just an accomplished author but has a fine. "I had been enjoying Sergeant Colin's Facebook posts for several" according to Marcia Diorio. I had been enjoying Sergeant Colin's Facebook posts for several years on the IOSP page, and was among those who expressed the opinion that a book would be worth writing - how right I was! Not only is his writing witty and enjoyable, but also the content . "Summer holidays all year?" according to Lost John. This book will surely be good for the Isles of Scilly tourist industry, also for the public image of the Devon and Cornwall Police Authority, and indeed for the British police as a whole. The author, Sergeant Colin Taylor, has of course already done all
. He also runs the Isles of Scilly Police Facebook page where he regularly posts the dramatic events as they unfold on the island. Sergeant Colin Taylor has been in the police force for over twenty years. The last five years he has spent policing the Isles of Scilly where he lives with his family