Welcome to my RUC Home page.  From here you will find pages devoted to uniform, other types of uniform or working dress, station and unit plaques, as well as a page on recruitment and training.  I hope that you find them interesting.

In progress, are pages on RUC sports and the Athletic Association, official publications and documents, as well as working papers.  These latter pages will take time to construct as I need to check each type of document is obsolete and that its publication on this site does not compromise current working practices.  For this reason I will likely start with publications of types of books and forms from the formation of the force and which are clearly obsolete and only of historical interest.

In trying to organise any collection a certain degree of subjectivity is called for, but I do try and link items together in a logical way.  That said, I’m perfectly happy to hear other opinions and if there is an obvious link between items on different pages please let me know your rationale for change.  I’ve had a number of very valuable comments over the years that have made the site better and helpful criticism is always welcome.  There’s also the odd item that doesn’t really fit anywhere, either because it’s unique or just a little odd.  I think I have examples of both and in a manner which I hope keeps your visit to this site more interesting, I often change my mind and move things around.  So for now, as part of your ‘welcome to my RUC collection’, I hope you find the following images of interest.

The old and the new (ish)

And finally, as a reward for reaching the bottom of the page, I did promise something just a little odd. And here you have it, hiding behind the British IPA No2 Region Flag, the cell door from Helen’s Bay RUC. One of the cheapest and yet one of the most expensive purchases I’ve made. It cost me £1 on eBay…and then came getting it, storing it, delivering it, restoring it, servicing the lock, producing replacement keys, custom ordering a stainless steel frame to hang in on and finally installing it in my home office. All for £1? I wish. Oh and I still need to give it a final coat of paint and restore the cover on the spyhole.