Thames Valley Police Museum, Sulhamstead, Tour & Talk
This visit to the Thames Valley Police Museum is organised by Newbury Branch as part of the special events to celebrate the 50th birthday of Berkshire Family History Society. It is open to members and non-members alike.Â
Thames Valley Police’s small museum is based at their training centre in Sulhamstead. It includes displays on the history of TV Police and the five police forces that merged to form it. These being Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxford City, Oxfordshire and Reading Borough. The museum’s collections include items from the Great Train Robbery of 1963, the Amelia Dyer baby farming murders, and uniforms, equipment, medals, scenes of crime evidence. Visitors are encouraged to bring their smartphone and headphones to benefit from the full interactive visitor experience.
The visit includes a tour of the Police Museum followed by a talk by Dave Stubbs.
Bookings close three days before the event. The meet point point will be communicated by email shortly before the visit.Â
Image above: Thames Valley Police Museum – Amelia Dyer
Location Image: Thames Valley Police Museum at Sulhamstead by Cam5179 CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikipedia
To book, scroll down.Â
Date
- Tue 05 Aug 2025
Time
- 11:00 - 13:00
Tickets
- £5.00
Location
- Sulhamstead House, Sulhamstead, Reading, RG7 4DU
Organiser
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Newbury Branch - Berkshire FHS
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Email
newbury@berksfhs.org.uk
Speaker
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Dave Stubbsretired Newbury policemanDave Stubbs joined the police in 1968 and has served as a police officer, police civilian staff and now police museum volunteer for over 54 years, mostly in Berkshire, with a strong emphasis on community policing and crime prevention throughout his service. Digging up musket balls from the civil war battle on his old beat generated a passion for history and his pride in his lifetime work with the police continues in his support for the Thames Valley Police Museum.