Does anyone know anything more about this guy involved in the opening ceremony for Boothferry Park back in 1946? From Wiki: "The teams were led onto the pitch by Sergeant JT "Tommy" Brooke riding a white horse. Sergeant Brooke was a detective and mounted officer in the Hull Police and was a veteran of the First World War and the Battle of the Somme where he was a machine gunner with the Royal Horse Guards." Was he really a detective who rode a horse in Hull? Was he still a serving officer at this time? And was the horse-riding a part-time thing, or was that how he attended investigations (I guess this is unlikely, but it conjures up a nice image)? Other than the Wikipedia entry I can't find much else on the internet. Does anyone know if it's possible to access the Hull Daily Mail archive remotely?
