Following in his father’s footsteps entirely by chance, Pc Andy Watkins represents the second generation of a remarkable 60-year family legacy within the British police service. His father, Sgt Watkins, served with the Gloucestershire Constabulary from 1951 to 1983, a career that took him from running a traditional, one-man police station on the Cotswolds 1i the early 1960`s to instructing at the Police Training School and supervising in the Forest of Dean. Andy began his own 30-year career with Dorset Police in 1981, serving through the historic 1984 Miners' Strike, working as a Police Dog Handler, and finishing his service as a dedicated Community Beat Officer in East Dorset. Now retired, he brings their combined six decades of frontline history to life. His warm and nostalgic talk is beautifully illustrated by a unique collection of policing memorabilia gathered by both father and son over a lifetime on the beat