50th anniversary concert

A special concert to mark the 50^th anniversary of North Wales Police is to be held in Rhyl next month.

Organised by the three North Wales branches of NARPO (National Association of Retired Police Officers) the concert will be held at the Pavilion Theatre on Saturday, 5^th October at 7:30pm.

Côr Alaw, Côr Meibion Colwyn and rock ‘n roll band The Raccoons will perform, and the evening will be compered by Dilwyn Price.

Tickets are £5 each and all proceeds will be donated to the Police Remembrance Trust.

Mel Jones, Chair of North Wales NARPO Liaison Committee said: “The evening promises to be enjoyable with something for everyone and hope as many people as possible will be able to join us.

“We are extremely grateful for the support we have received from talented local choirs and musicians, and we look forward to a fantastic evening at the theatre.”

The event will be attended by Chief Constable Amanda Blakeman. She said: “Policing has occurred in North Wales for over 160 years but North Wales Police as we now know it was officially formed on 1^st April 1974.

“We have marked this special year with a range of activities including the recent Open Day which was a huge success. We are extremely grateful to the three branches of NARPO who have kindly arranged this special concert to mark the anniversary, and we very much look forward to the evening.”

The Police Remembrance Trust operate throughout the UK under a Royal Charter granted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2018. The charity exists to ensure all those police officers who lost their lives on and in the line of duty are never forgotten.

Tickets can be purchased via the theatre: NARPO Golden Anniversary Concert – Rhyl Pavilion

Find out more about NARPO via their website: NARPO – The Voice of Retired Police Officers

To learn more about the Police Remembrance Trust please go to their website: Police Remembrance Trust – Incorporated by Royal Charter (policememorial.org.uk)

Notes:

• North Wales Police was formed when the new counties of Gwynedd and Clwyd came into existence. The force served the geographical areas of both the new counties as had its predecessor, the Gwynedd Police, which had been formed on 1^st October 1967 by the merger of the former Flintshire, Denbighshire and Gwynedd Constabularies, the latter having been the police force for Caernarvonshire, Anglesey and Merionethshire.