X CHESHIRE CONSTABULARYCONSTABLES ISAAC AND JOSEPH PICKFORDAND JOHN EASTWOODCollar Number/Rank. PC 157 Isaac PICKFORD.Born. 1837 Flach, Leek, Staffordshire.Date of Entry. 06 December 1864.Date of Leaving. 31 January 1891.How Discharged. On Pension.Initial Posting. HQ Reserve.Other Postings and Dates. 26 Dec 1864 Northwich;1879 Broxton; 1880 Wirral; 1881 Eddisbury; 1882Nantwich.Miscellaneous Information. Subject appears on 1871Census at Brerton, Nr. Sandbach as a servingConstable. 1881 Census subject is shown as aserving Constable in Liscard. 1891 Census showssubject as a retired PC and Farmer in Buglawton,Cheshire. Prior service of 1 year 9 month withManchester Borough Police. Religion Protestant,Height 6' 2", Age 27, Eyes Grey, Hair Light Brown,Complexion Fresh, Build Thin. Character "VeryGood" and Testimonials sent to him 09/02/1891.Died 29 April 1899, aged 61 years.Promotion/Misconduct/Pay. 12/1880 Disobedience ofOrders and making a false entry in his journal,Deprived of Merit Badge and Pay. 16/11/1883Receiving drink at a Beer House at Crewe when onduty at 8.45 pm, Decision on punishment not givenin book. Pay 15/09/1865 19/- to 20/- pw. 12/186621/-. 01/1868 22/-. 10/1871 23/4d. 08/1872 24/6d.12/1872 25/8d. 09/1873 Merit Badge 26/10d. 09/187528/-. 12/08/1882 29/2d. 12/08/1889 29/2d all perweek. Discharged on a Pension of £50.0s.0d perannum. Please note that there should be furtherinformation held with regard to the exact amountof pension Isaac received during his retirement.This information will eventually be incorporatedinto what this Museum already holds, but atpresent it is held under CJP20/2/1 Cheshire PolicePensions Register at Chester Record Office. Ishould make you aware that whilst this Museum istotally reliant on donations, the Cheshire RecordOffice will charge you a minimum search fee of £27for searching the pension register.Awards/Good Conduct/Other information. 05/1873 ForMeritorious Service, Merit Badge and Pay. 03/1880Service, 4 Good Conduct Badges, 11/02/1882Service, 4 Good Conduct Badges. 12/08/1889Service, Merit Badge and Pay.Address in 1881 Zig Zag Hall, Liscard, Wallasey,Cheshire. Noted on Census returns of 1871, 1881and 1891. Cheshire Record Office ReferencesCJP20/2/1, this appertains to the Married OfficersRegister, I have checked this for Isaac's Marriagewhich is recorded, but I understand you alreadyhave this information. I also checked for Joseph'sand John Eastwood's marriage sadly they are notrecoded. CJP7 Volumes 1, 2 and 3 contain theinformation which is being given to you now.====================================Collar Number/Rank. PC 154 & 228 JosephPICKFORD.Born. 1841 Leek, Staffordshire.Date of Entry. 06 December 1864. (Note both Isaac& Joseph joined together)Date of Leaving. 24 November 1876How Discharged. Resigned.Re-Appointed. 11/12/1876.How Discharged. Dismissed 25/01/1879.Initial Posting. HQ Reserve.Other Postings and Dates. Posted 09 December 1864Bucklow. 1873 Hyde. December 1876 Nantwich. April1878 Hyde.Miscellaneous Information. Prior service of 1 year8 months with Manchester Borough Police. ReligionProtestant, Height 5' 8", Age 23, Eyes Grey, HairDark Brown, Complexion Fresh, Build Proportional.Testimonials and Character "Very Good" sent to him27/11/1876. No other Testimonials or Charactergiven on discharge after re-appointment.Promotion/Misconduct/Pay. No Misconduct reportsrecorded on initial service. Pay 12/1866 20/-.06/1868 21/-. 11/1869 22/-. 08/1872 23/4d. 08/187424/6d. 05/1875 25/8d. 06/1876 26/10d all per week.18/01/1879 Absent from duty and drunk at hisstation at 3.30pm. Dismissed. Pay 12/1876 23/11d.01/1877 24/6d. 11/1877 25/8d all per week.Awards/Good Conduct/Other information. 11/1873Good services during 9 years at Dunham, A Watchfrom several of the inhabitants of Dunham.================================Collar Number/Rank. PC 63 John EastwoodBorn. 1826 MottramDate of Entry. 10 September 1859.Date of Leaving. 21 December 1878 How Discharged. Resigned.Initial Posting. HQ Reserve.Other Postings and Dates. 23 September 1859Northwich. 1876 Altrincham.Miscellaneous Information. Religion Protestant,Height 5' 8", Age 30, Eyes Grey, Hair Brown,Complexion Fresh, Build Stout. 11/06/1879Testimonial and Character "Good" sent to him.Promotion/Misconduct/Pay. 11/1878 Neglect of dutyand drinking in a Public House during duty hours,Reduced to 2nd Class Constable at 26/10d pw and tobe removed to another District. Pay. 13/04/186119/- to 20/-. 15/04/1862 20/- to 21/-.12/1866 22/-pw. 10/1871 23/4d pw. 09/1872 24/6d pw. 09/187325/8d pw. 09/1875 26/10d pw. 11/1877 28/- pw.Awards/Good Conduct/Other information. NoneRecorded.