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Memories tagged with "Sparkhill"

Allegations and counter allegations in the police

Bernard talks about what subsequently happened to him after he came out on television. “I used to have a group of Asian kids, in their teens, twenties, chatting to me, etc. After a while the young lads saw through me being gay and saw me for wh...

Discrete about our sexuality in Sparkhill

Gill and Betty live in Sparkhill, a predominantly Muslim area. GILL : “Initially we were living in two houses, for a time I moved into Betty’s because her children were quite young and then when we decided that the children really should fend for the...

Senior police officers just paid lip-service

Bernard talks about the reaction of the police force to his coming out on the TV programme Crime Stalker. “At the time I was working at Sparkhill Police Station as an officer, and I told them I was taking part in a Crime Stalker programme and t...