{"product_id":"9781912271139","title":"Remember the Constable?: West Riding Constabulary Keighley Addingham Bolton Abbey 60s-70s","description":"\u003cp\u003eKen Pickles was born in 1939 at Riddlesden. He attended a local school reluctantly, intermittently. He was a born naturalist and spent his time in the countryside. During the war he lived for a time in Scotland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe became a gamekeeper, a highland soldier and a piper. He joined the police force in 1961. He has had two books on bees, one on poetry\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand a number of short stories published; two poems selected by General Lord Richard Dannatt and the Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy published in a book called Heroes. He is married with one daughter and two grandchildren. Ken continues to play the pipes, paint in oils and write.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe is descended from Irish, Scottish and Yorkshire stock and says if he was a terrier with that pedigree he might be a winner at Crufts Dog Show!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peacock Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47033128288496,"sku":"9781912271139","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781912271139_p0.jpg?v=1763631586","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781912271139","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}