{"id":8623,"date":"2010-05-14T22:49:42","date_gmt":"2010-05-15T02:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=8623"},"modified":"2010-05-14T22:49:42","modified_gmt":"2010-05-15T02:49:42","slug":"the-new-z-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/the-new-z-cars\/","title":{"rendered":"The new Z-Cars"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the 1960s, in addition to the Beatles and LSD, there were the Z-Cars<\/a>. The long of memory – and tooth \u2013 will recognise a very young looking Brian Blessed, Frank Windsor and Judi Dench in this clip – Stratford Johns<\/a> is absent for some reason.<\/p>\n

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But, of course, it was really all about the cars. And it still is; the trouble is, they have turned into camper vans<\/a> and everyone laughs\u00a0\"Add<\/a>at them. It is hard not to laugh at the police these days, though.<\/p>\n

With a top speed of just 80 mph it is more likely to cause traffic jams than strike fear into the hearts of Birmingham’s hardened criminals.<\/p>\n

But this camper van, complete with full West Midlands Police livery, has been deployed on the mean streets of Britain’s second city.<\/p>\n

Embarrassed officers complain they are being openly mocked every time they are seen driving the 3.5-tonne motor home.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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