books for antique whistles

Of all places in the world why would the UK be at the center ?? ( well I think they are anyway ) — of the whistle craze I mean.

Very good chance is because they took a great deal of care over many years to issue Police whistles to so many interesting forces.

Many countries had and have forces. Perhaps a LOT of them. But the UK excelled in that they had so many types with really cooooool sounding names like –

BURGH     and       SHIRE        and          well you get the picture right ???

Yah, sure !! Doesn't this sound really interesting ??? >>>>>  SHROPSHIRE Constabulary

Or how about  EDINBURGH Constabulary.

Makes you salivate just thing about those stamps doesn't it ??

SOOOOOOO….. Is it really a surprise that collecting took off there ???? Yeeeeeears, decades of whistles in fine nickle silver too !!!!!!!!!!

And all those matching chains, hooks and rings……

Oh my, so tuuuuubular 🙂 Like soldiers, they line up in a display box and sometimes there are really RAAAAAAAAARE ones and doesn't that attract collectors ????

We could go on and on about it, but the timing was ripe. The manufacturing was right. The quality was outstanding……Pre and post Steampunk even……

Then what happened ???