Framed display of items relating to the retirement dinner of Superintendent William Lodge in 1934

Object/Artifact

Old Police Cells Museum Brighton

Name/Title

Framed display of items relating to the retirement dinner of Superintendent William Lodge in 1934

Entry/Object ID

Description

Display of items relating to Supt. Willie Lodge in modern glass fronted gold coloured frame, 44cm wide, 50cm high. This contains two copies of a menu (one showing the front, the other the inside) for Dinner Dance and Presentation to Supt. W Lodge, at Aquarium Restaurant, Brighton on 4 May 1934. There is also a small photograph of Suypt. Lodge in his ceremonial uniform 14cm x 9cm. At the bottom of the display in a modern biography of Supt. Lodge.

Use

To display items relating to the retirement of a Brighton Police superintendent.

Context

Retirement celebrations and presentations have long been a police tradition and c continue to be so. In the past the more senior the officer the more lavish the affair and often theses events were paid for by subscriptions from colleagues. These items relate to the post retirement dinner and presentation for Superintendent William (Willie) Lodge of Brighton Borough Police, on 4th May 1934 at the Aquarium Restaurant in Brighton. He joined Brighton Police on 30th March 1905 and served until 1st March 1934. During this time he served in all ranks and acted as the chief constable in 1933 between the retirement of Charles Griffin and the appointment of William Hutchinson. This display of items was probably put together when the museum opened.